LDS Scriptures Fortune Modules

Mormon Documentation Project

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Fortune is a program that reads random quotes from data text files.

The fortune-mod-mormon project aims to provide free (public domain) fortune modules for the Scriptures.

The latest release includes seventeen individual modules. Download now!

The Holy Bible (King James Version)

• bible - The Holy Bible (Old and New Testaments)
• ot - The Old Testament
• nt - The New Testament
• gospels - The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)
• acts - The Book of Acts
• eccl - Ecclesiastes
• epistles - The Epistles (Romans - Jude)
• isaiah - The Book of Isaiah
• proverbs - The Book of Proverbs
• psalms - The Book of Psalms

The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price

• mormon - The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
• aof - The Articles of Faith
• dc - Doctrine and Covenants
• pgp - The Pearl of Great Price
• scriptures - All the Scriptures included

See also: fortune-mod-bible, another KJV Bible module.

Download

2005-11-06 - v1.0.0

Download from Sourceforge.

Gentoo ebuild coming soon!

md5sum: 6fc6a4eeff2b64c2b1256d00bf1c48b8 fortune-mod-mormon-1.0.0.tar.bz2

Project Documentation

• ChangeLog
• README
• Contact: sdibb at users dot ldsoss dot org

Installation

Gentoo, SuSE

Install modules to /usr/share/fortune

Mandriva

Install modules to /usr/share/games/fortune

Default

On most Linux / BSD systems, you can use the Makefile provided. Just run make install as root to install the modules in /usr/share/fortune, or you can just copy them manually.

If you are using Windows, you can install fortune with Cygwin.

Once installed, run fortune <module> to see a random scripture. :)

$ fortune mormon

And now behold, this I speak unto their seed, and also to the Gentiles
who have care for the house of Israel, that realize and know from whence
their blessings come.
-- Mormon 5:10