Modified to use cookie.el

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 69 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/play/spook.el b/lisp/play/spook.el
index 1ba0b2dabb6..1b4bce46a8b 100644
--- a/lisp/play/spook.el
+++ b/lisp/play/spook.el
@@ -24,17 +24,11 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-; Steve Strassmann (straz@media-lab.media.mit.edu) didn't write
+; Steve Strassmann <straz@media-lab.media.mit.edu> didn't write
 ; this, and even if he did, he really didn't mean for you to use it
 ; in an anarchistic way.
 ;
 ; To use this:
-;  Make sure you have the variable SPOOK-PHRASES-FILE pointing to 
-;  a valid phrase file. Phrase files are in the same format as
-;  zippy's yow.lines (ITS-style LINS format). 
-;  Strings are terminated by ascii 0 characters. Leading whitespace ignored.
-;  Everything up to the first \000 is a comment.
-;
 ;  Just before sending mail, do M-x spook.
 ;  A number of phrases will be inserted into your buffer, to help
 ;  give your message that extra bit of attractiveness for automated
@@ -42,6 +36,8 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
+(require 'cookie)
+
 ; Variables
 (defvar spook-phrases-file (concat data-directory "spook.lines")
    "Keep your favorite phrases here.")
@@ -49,71 +45,17 @@
 (defvar spook-phrase-default-count 15
    "Default number of phrases to insert")
 
-(defvar spook-vector nil
-  "Important phrases for NSA mail-watchers")
-
-; Randomize the seed in the random number generator.
-(random t)
-
-; Call this with M-x spook.
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun spook ()
   "Adds that special touch of class to your outgoing mail."
   (interactive)
-  (if (null spook-vector)
-      (setq spook-vector (snarf-spooks)))
-  (shuffle-vector spook-vector)
-  (let ((start (point)))
-    (insert ?\n)
-    (spook1 (min (- (length spook-vector) 1) spook-phrase-default-count))
-    (insert ?\n)
-    (fill-region-as-paragraph start (point) nil)))
-
-(defun spook1 (arg)
-  "Inserts a spook phrase ARG times."
-  (cond ((zerop arg) t)
-	(t (insert (aref spook-vector arg))
-	   (insert " ")
-	   (spook1 (1- arg)))))
-
-(defun snarf-spooks ()
-  "Reads in the phrase file"
-  (message "Checking authorization...")
-  (save-excursion
-    (let ((buf (generate-new-buffer "*spook*"))
-	  (result '()))
-      (set-buffer buf)
-      (insert-file-contents (expand-file-name spook-phrases-file))
-      (search-forward "\0")
-      (while (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t\n\r\f") (not (eobp)))
-	(let ((beg (point)))
-	  (search-forward "\0")
-	  (setq result (cons (buffer-substring beg (1- (point)))
-			     result))))
-      (kill-buffer buf)
-      (message "Checking authorization... Approved.")
-      (setq spook-vector (apply 'vector result)))))
-
-(defun pick-random (n)
-  "Returns a random number from 0 to N-1 inclusive."
-  (% (logand 0777777 (random)) n))
-
-; Thanks to Ian G Batten <BattenIG@CS.BHAM.AC.UK>
-; [of the University of Birmingham Computer Science Department]
-; for the iterative version of this shuffle.
-;
-(defun shuffle-vector (vector)
-  "Randomly permute the elements of VECTOR (all permutations equally likely)"
-  (let ((i 0)
-	j
-	temp
-	(len (length vector)))
-    (while (< i len)
-      (setq j (+ i (pick-random (- len i))))
-      (setq temp (aref vector i))
-      (aset vector i (aref vector j))
-      (aset vector j temp)
-      (setq i (1+ i))))
-  vector)
+  (cookie-insert
+   spook-phrases-file
+   spook-phrase-default-count
+   "Checking authorization"
+   "Checking authorization...Approved"))
+
+;; Note: the implementation that used to take up most of this file has
+;; been cleaned up and generalized and now resides in cookie.el.
 
 ;;; spook.el ends here