From 96ce5c4f18e328e1ad139bf1eb18e1364875ce51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Moellmann Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:07:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add explanation of how to make cookie.el compatible with strfile(1) to comment. --- lisp/play/cookie1.el | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/play/cookie1.el b/lisp/play/cookie1.el index 9e8412d17f1..ef879eae675 100644 --- a/lisp/play/cookie1.el +++ b/lisp/play/cookie1.el @@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ ;; formats could be supported by adding alternates to the regexp ;; `cookie-delimiter'. ;; +;; strfile(1) is the program used to compile the files for fortune(6). +;; In order to achieve total compatibility with strfile(1), cookie files +;; should start with two consecutive delimiters (and no comment). +;; ;; This code derives from Steve Strassman's 1987 spook.el package, but ;; has been generalized so that it supports multiple simultaneous ;; cookie databases and fortune files. It is intended to be called -- 2.39.2