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.TH "custom" "5" "1.0.0" "Mark Veinot" "LinuxTaRT template format"
.SH "NAME"
.LP
\fBcustom\fR \- Template format for LinuxTaRT
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP
LinuxTaRT can use a user defined template file to generate the signature.
The name and location of this file can be specified in ~/.TaRTrc, but defaults to the following location:
.LP
~/.custom
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.LP
LinuxTaRT recognizes the following directives in the template and replaces them with the corresponding values:
.TP
\fB%c1\fR \- \fICustomText1 from .TaRTrc\fR
.TP
\fB%c2\fR \- \fICustomText2 from .TaRTrc\fR
.TP
\fB%tg\fR \- \fItagline\fR
Randomly selected from the tagline database.
.TP
\fB%hr\fR \- \fIhorizontal line\fR
.TP
\fB%dt\fR \- \fItodays date\fR
In the format: Monday, February 25, 2002
.TP
\fB%12\fR \- \fIcurrent hour\fR
12\-hour format
.TP
\fB%24\fR \- \fIcurrent hour\fR
24\-hour format
.TP
\fB%mn\fR \- \fIcurrent minutes\fR
.TP
\fB%ap\fR \- \fIAM / PM\fR
.TP
\fB%ut\fR \- \fIsystem uptime\fR
For RiscOS or systems with the sysinfo function.
.TP
\fB%ib\fR \- \fItime in ibeats\fR
.TP
\fB%vi\fR \- \fILinuxTaRT version string\fR
.TP
\fB%%\fR \- \fIthe percent symbol (%)\fR
.LP
Any other characters in the template are copied to the signature as is.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
The following template:
.LP
LinuxTaRT \- The Automatic Random Tagline
.br
%hr
.br
/dev/random says:
.br
%tg
.LP
http://mvgrafx.dyn.ca/~vmark/LT
.br
%hr
.LP
Generates the following signature:
.LP
LinuxTaRT \- The Automatic Random Tagline
.br
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
.br
/dev/random says:
.br
Best way to dispose of the Borg: Give them Windows 3.1.
.LP
http://mvgrafx.dyn.ca/~vmark/LT
.br
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
.SH "FILES"
.LP
~/.custom
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP
TaRT(1) TaRTrc(5) specialdates(5)
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