Random Phrase Maker, V1.00 ( 05-Nov-2002) by KevinC

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You can create your own random phrase files ( *.rpf) using the following.

1) You can either create them using a word processor, saving the results as a text file, then renaming the file's extension to rpf.

2) You can create new file with an rpf extension, and edit it using Window's Wordpad ( use the right-mouse menu's "open with" option).

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Format used inside Random Phrase Files:

There are two basic types of lines; those which contain static text ( a word/phrase that always appear), and those which contain random text ( part of a list of possible word/phrase options, of which one will be picked each time the program runs).

Static text starts with one of two characters:

1) a '\' indicates that after this word/phrase, the paragraph ( block of text) ends -- indicated by a blank line being inserted into the generated text immediately afterwards.

2) a '*' indicate that this word/phrase is just part of the ongoing paragraph

Random text consists of two parts:

1) the first line starts with the '#' character followed a number ( which indicates the total number of random choices that will follow).

2) the following lines each contain one of the random word/phrase choices, with no special character in front of them.  Note: It is valid to have a random choice which is a blank line ( signifying that this random phrase won't appear).

If you have any further questions about the rpf format, see the sample rpf file that comes with this software.

The software will report most formatting mistakes inside the randomly created text.

Please note: the software does not insert any space ( ' ') characters when "gluing" together the resulting text; it is the responsiblity of the phrase file author to make sure that any word/phrase is followed by a blank space ( ' ' character) if more words, instead of punctuation follows it.

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If you create any useful rpf files for gaming, please let me know about them.

If you have any questions or other feedback, please contact me at:

kevinc AT cnetech DOT com

or via my website at:

http://www.geocities.com/pentapod2300/

