README.md

In emitanaka/quoter: Quotes extracted from various sources

quoter

The quoter R package generates a random quote sourced from various sources. You can use this, say, to output an inspirational quote every time your R starts.

Installation

You can install the released version of quoter with

remotes::install_github("emitanaka/quoter")

Example

Get a random quote that are sourced from brainy, statquotes or dadjoke.

quoter::quotes(source = "brainy")
#> Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great 
#> responsibilities. 
#> --- Napoleon Hill

You can get a decorated one. The color output will show on terminal.

TODO: need to add dark/light themes. Also ability to customise output easily.

quoter::decorate(quoter::quotes())
#> ----------------------------------------
#> To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these
#> are the measure of His purpose.
#>          -- Florence Nightingale
#> ----------------------------------------

Show quote on R start-up

To show quote on R start-up, you will need a special function ot the .Rprofile file. The easiest way to access the .Rprofile is to use

usethis::edit_r_profile()

In the .Rprofile file add below to get a quotation for every start-up.

.First <- function() {
  quoter::decorate(quoter::quotes())
}

emitanaka/quoter documentation built on Nov. 4, 2019, 11:53 a.m.