How to Add a Random Quote as Your Signature in Evolution
In this article I’m going to tell you how you can add a random quote as your signature in Evolution
In this article I’m going to tell you how you can add a random quote as your signature in Evolution, like this:
Install The Fortune-Mod Package
First you will need to install the fortune-mod package. If you’re in Fedora you can do this by typing the following in to terminal as root or super user:
yum install fortune-mod
Once you have that installed, you can use the default fortunes file or you can create your own file with quotes in it.
Creating Your Own Quotes File
Create a file with Gedit. Create your quotes, adding a % variable between each new quote. Like this:
Save the file without a file extension. For the sake of this tutorial we will name the file quotes.
Adding Your Quotes File to Fortune-Mod
Now we need to create a .dat file for the quotes file. Open terminal in the location where you saved the quotes file and issue the following command:
This will generate a quotes.dat file in the directory where you saved the quotes file. Now copy these files to the fortune-mod directory as root or super user by issuing the following commands:
cp quotes.dat /usr/share/games/fortunes
cp quotes /usr/share/games/fortunes
Test it in terminal by issuing the following command:
You should have a random quote pop up.
Adding a Signature Script in Evolution
Open Gedit and enter in the following lines:
echo “Your Name Here ~ “
# remove the old .signature file (from the last time script was run)
# make a new .signature from our “template”
cp /home/yournamehere/.sig-template /home/yournamehere/.testfile.txt
# insert a new quote into .signature
Name the file evolution-sig-generator.sh and save it in your home directory. Now we need to make the file executable, so open up Terminal and issue the following command:
chmod u+x evolution-sig-generator.sh
Open up Evolution and navigate to Edit > Preferences > Composer Preferences > Signatures. Click on Add Script. Under Name name your script. Click on the box next to Script and select the script we just created, then click Save.
Now when you want to use your random quotes signature just select it from the Signature drop down menu in a new message.
Thanks to Mark at Bodhi for helping me figure this out!
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