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Cocoa Fortune - 1.4.0

port of the UNIX utility, Fortune

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.4.0
Release Date:	2004-05-11
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	3,934
Downloads (all versions):	7,638

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Product Description:

Traditionally, a utility called fortune, appears on most UNIX distributions. For unknown reasons, Apple has chosen not to include this program in OS X.
Cocoa Fortune is two things: 1) An OSX port of fortune, and 2) A Cocoa GUI wrapper for the command line application.
Cocoa Fortune is freeware, but donations are appreciated. People who have donated some money, and others as well, may email the developer to receive the full source code, both for the GUI wrapper and the CLI application.

What's new in this version:

The title bar can be removed
The shadow can be removed
The color of the text can be changed
Enabled copying the current fortune without selecting the text
Support for speech in Panther
Can (re)generate .dat index files for fortune files, several at a time
The fortune list management has been moved to a separate window
Drag and drop reordering
Add files by dragging them to the list
Instead of using the traditional fortune program, fortunes can be retreived from the Internet host with tens of thousands of quotes, described on this page: http://www.update.uu.se/cookie.html
Bug fixes and minor tweaks:
Leak that led to resource starvation (file handles) after some time
Positioning (over/under the menu bar, belove the Dock)
Minor redraw bug in preferences
Made it easier to select fonts
Window fits the text better, even for fortunes that lack a trailing newline
The window can be locked to the corner of a secondary screen
(fortune) Better randomization if called multiple times in a short time
(fortune) Now uses the latest fortune version from the FreeBSD tree
Added some command key shortcuts for various menu items
Code cleanups

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2.0 or higher

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Don't work on Intel Tiger 11 - Version: 1.4.0, 12/1/2007 08:21PM PST

man de hu

No wrapper, Prefs can't be modified (clicking on OK buttons does nothing).

20' iMac Intel Core 2 Duo, Tiger 11, 500GB HD, 3GB RAM

It works on 10.4.8 - Version: 1.4.0, 1/16/2007 09:20AM PST

Robert.A.Black

This app works on 10.4.8, but I always have to delete the preferences before running it on a 1.8 GHz G5, then changing them after the program launched. I do this automatically at 4:30 PM with the following cron tab:

30 16 * * * rm /Users/uname/Library/Preferences/com.ittpoi.cocoafortune.plist

then launch the Cocoa Forune.app manually. For unknown reasons, this does not work properly when Cocoa Fortune is launched as a Startup Item or with a cron tab.

Even Better - Version: 1.4.0, 5/12/2004 01:06AM PST

Mr Tea

I didn't think that Cocoa Fortune needed any improvement, but here's version 1.4, bristling with new options. Irresistable.