Lorem Ipsum ruby generator.
See www.lipsum.com/
This program outputs random sentences based on number of paragraphs, words or characters.
It’s a ruby library wich only needs active_record.
Lipsum is provided as a plugin for Rails.
script/plugin install git://github.com/gcrofils/lipsum.git
Alternatively it can be installed as a simple library for your projects.
cp lipsum.rb /where/ever/you/want/lipsum.rb require 'lipsum'
Generate default sentence :
Lipsum.generate
Generate 50 words :
Lipsum.generate :words => 50
Generate 3 paragraphs (about 200 words by paragraph):
Lipsum.generate :paragraphs => 3
Generate 457 characters
Lipsum.generate :characters => 457
Options could be set when new or generate is call.
l = Lipsum::Base.new :words => 50 l.generate
is equivalent to:
l = Lipsum::Base.new l.generate :words => 50
Available options:
- :
words -
Number of words to generate (minimum is 5)
- :
paragraphs -
Number of paragraphs to generate (minimum is 1)
- :
characters -
Number of characters to generate (minimum is 27)
- :
start_with_lipsum -
If you want to start your text with “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”
- :
type -
What is the most important measure ? :words, :paragraphs or :characters
- :
force -
if false, try to guess which type you want.
Example :
l = Lipsum::Base.new(:paragraphs => 3, :words => 200)
l.generate
l.stats
$> {:words=>600, :paragraphs=>3, :characters=>4329}
3 paragraphs need 600 words at least
l = Lipsum::Base.new(:paragraphs => 3, :words => 800)
l.generate
l.stats
$> {:words=>800, :paragraphs=>3, :characters=>5816}
Copyright © 2010 Gilles Crofils, released under the MIT license