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| -rw-r--r-- | beescroll.lua | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/beescroll.lua b/beescroll.lua index 858b1ac..ccc294c 100644 --- a/beescroll.lua +++ b/beescroll.lua @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ local function news_item() norm_color, " has ", choice { -- the council has condemned all bees for [being/having been] boiled [illegally/without a permit/behind schedule] { "condemned ", beecount(), "for ", choice{"being","having been"}, " ", colors.blue, choice(verbs), - norm_color, choice{"illegally","without a permit","behind schedule"} }, + norm_color, " ", choice{"illegally","without a permit","behind schedule"} }, -- the council has decreed that 1234 bees shall be skewed by next tuesday { "decreed that ", beecount(), "shall be ", colors.orange, choice(verbs), norm_color, " by ", timeframe() }, @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ local function news_item() -local function make_entry() +local function regular_item() return { choice{colors.yellow, colors.red, colors.cyan}, string.format("%5d",math.random(0,99999)), @@ -111,12 +111,14 @@ end for _ = 1,H do m.scroll(1) m.setCursorPos(1,H) - f_write(m,news_item(), false) + f_write(m,regular_item(), false) end while true do m.scroll(1) m.setCursorPos(1,H) - f_write(m, news_item(), true) + local it + if math.random<0.05 then it = news_item() else it = regular_item() end + f_write(m, it, true) os.sleep(math.random(5,100)/10) end |