# Blosxom Plugin: randomizer
# Author(s): Pascal Deschenes 
# Version: 0.1
# http://chozmedia.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/O11OO1O/Blosxom/Plugins

package randomizer;

# --- Configurable variables -----

# the location of the text file where the randomization should be apply.
$random_text_file="/var/www/blosxom/random.dic";

# --------------------------------

sub start
{

  open (FILE, $random_text_file);
  @file_content=<FILE>;
  close FILE;

  $index = int(rand(int(@file_content)));
  $text = join('', $file_content[$index]);
  
  return 1;
}

1;

__END__

=head1 NAME

Blosxom Plug-in: randomizer

=head1 SYNOPSIS

Populates $randomizer::text with a random line from a text file. 

Note that multiline random text can be provided using <br/> tag

=head1 VERSION

0.1

=head1 AUTHOR
 
Pascal Deschenes  <pasde@geocities.com>

=head1 SEE ALSO

=head1 BUGS

Submit bug reports and comments to author's email address.

=head1 LICENSE

This Blosxom Plug-in
Copyright 2004, Pascal Deschenes
 
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