Subj : Penguins Byte
To   : Andy Alt
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sat Aug 01 2026 12:29 am

Hey Andy!

> How would I use this with NoCarrierMail (MultiMail fork)?

I like the idea of using the external editor to tack on the penguin matrix 
before the tagline when creating the post|reply, suggested by Alexander 
Grotewohl (ref MSGID: 1:120/616 710589fd).

I just wrote a sample bash script that might help you if you choose to follow a 
scripted solution;

<Esc>:read ~/testing/penguin_matrix
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/testing
for i in `seq 1 $(nproc)`
do
  (( RANDOM % 2 )) && mylist+="lf-penguin " || mylist+="rf-penguin "
done
paste -d ' ' $mylist | sed 's/ *$//'
unset i mylist
_____EOF_____

Where: seq, nproc, and paste are all from coreutils
       sed (GNU sed) 4.10
       lf-penguin rf-penguin are each 12 byte files

Setting the permission of ~/testing/penguin_matrix to 755 allows me to do this 
within this reply;

<Esc>:read !~/testing/penguin_matrix
 o- -o  -o  -o   o-  o- -o   o-
/)   (\  (\  (\ /)  /)   (\ /)
^^   ^^  ^^  ^^ ^^  ^^   ^^ ^^

Groovy.  However the 8 penguin matrix just above the tagline is automagically 
inserted by my extra-special bash script I deploy for fidonet msg'ing.  You 
should be able to run ~/testing/penguin_matrix from the commandline and it will 
output the matrix to your screen.

Clear as mud?

Life is good,
Maurice

 o- -o  -o   o-  o-  o- -o  -o
/)   (\  (\ /)  /)  /)   (\  (\
^^   ^^  ^^ ^^  ^^  ^^   ^^  ^^
.... Forbær oft ðæt þu eaðe wrecan mæge.
    Forbear often where you might easily take vengeance.
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