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   1 ;;; spook.el --- spook phrase utility for overloading the NSA line eater
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1988, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   6 ;; Keywords: games
   7 ;; Created: May 1987
   8
   9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  10
  11 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  12 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  13 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  14 ;; any later version.
  15
  16 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  18 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  19 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
  20
  21 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  22 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
  23 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  24
  25 ;;; Commentary:
  26
  27 ; Steve Strassmann <straz@media-lab.media.mit.edu> didn't write
  28 ; this, and even if he did, he really didn't mean for you to use it
  29 ; in an anarchistic way.
  30 ;
  31 ; To use this:
  32 ;  Just before sending mail, do M-x spook.
  33 ;  A number of phrases will be inserted into your buffer, to help
  34 ;  give your message that extra bit of attractiveness for automated
  35 ;  keyword scanners.  Help defeat the NSA trunk trawler!
  36
  37 ;;; Code:
  38
  39 (require 'cookie1)
  40
  41 ; Variables
  42 (defvar spook-phrases-file (concat data-directory "spook.lines")
  43    "Keep your favorite phrases here.")
  44
  45 (defvar spook-phrase-default-count 15
  46    "Default number of phrases to insert")
  47
  48 ;;;###autoload
  49 (defun spook ()
  50   "Adds that special touch of class to your outgoing mail."
  51   (interactive)
  52   (cookie-insert spook-phrases-file
  53                  spook-phrase-default-count
  54                  "Checking authorization..."
  55                  "Checking authorization...Approved"))
  56
  57 ;;;###autoload
  58 (defun snarf-spooks ()
  59   "Return a vector containing the lines from `spook-phrases-file'."
  60   (cookie-snarf spook-phrases-file
  61                 "Checking authorization..."
  62                 "Checking authorization...Approved"))
  63
  64 ;; Note: the implementation that used to take up most of this file has been
  65 ;; cleaned up, generalized, gratuitously broken by esr, and now resides in
  66 ;; cookie1.el.
  67
  68 ;;; spook.el ends here