cowsay/TODO.md

Cowsay Project - TODO List

1. Project Overview

• Understand the timeline: starts on the first day of INF203, ends on the last week (Sunday midnight).
• Plan to stay ahead, especially for the Bash section before C begins.

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2. Preliminaries

• Read the cowsay manual with man cowsay.
• List all cowsay options/arguments in a table or list in your report.
• Provide examples of executions for each option.

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3. Bash Scripts

• cow_kindergarten
  • Cow says numbers 1 to 10, 1-second pause between each, sticks out tongue at the end.
• cow_primaryschool
  • Cow says numbers 1 to n (argument).
• cow_highschool
  • Cow says squares (1, 4, 9, ..., n^2) (argument).
• cow_college
  • Cow says Fibonacci sequence up to n.
• cow_university
  • Cow says prime numbers up to n.
• smart_cow
  • Cow says a simple arithmetic expression (e.g., "3+11"), eyes show the result.
• crazy_cow
  • Create a "crazy arithmetic cow" script with something unusual or complex.

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4. C Programming

• newcow.c
  • Create affiche_vache function: displays a cow without a speech bubble.
  • Compile and run.
• Add Features
  • Support -e/ --eyes option to change cow's eyes.
  • Implement other options from cowsay manpage.
• New Feature
  • Implement a new feature (e.g., --tail L to adjust tail length, or display a herd).
• wildcow
  • [~] Test and explain update() and gotoxy().
  • Create an animated cow using update(), gotoxy(), and sleep().
• reading_cow
  • Cow "reads" a file character by character, displaying each in its mouth before "swallowing".

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5. Automata (Cow-Tamagotchi)

• Design
  • Draw an automaton for cow's health states: liferocks, lifesucks, byebyelife.
  • Assume fixed fitness, digestion, and stock.
• tamagoshi_cow.c
  • Reuse affiche_vache to display cow's health state.
  • Initialize stock and fitness to 5.
  • Create stock_update() and fitness_update() functions.
  • Main loop:
    • Display cow's state.
    • Display stock.
    • Prompt for lunchfood.
    • Update stock and fitness.
    • Increment duree_de_vie.
  • End game at byebyelife, display score.

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6. Report

• Format: plain text, Markdown, Org, or LaTeX.
• Include:
  • Source code.
  • Execution outputs for relevant test cases.
  • Comments in code and report: justify choices, ideas, challenges.
  • Highlight original and advanced implementations.

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