rolldice is just a simple program that rolls an amount of virtual dice of any size. Well, technically, all the attributes of the dice can't exceed MAXSHORT, but I think it suffices for any normal FRPG. :) rolldice is a simple program, trying to uphold the UNIX philosophy of doing one thing, and doing that thing well. However, this is not a claim that rolldice cannot be improved, only that I am satisfied with it, as of right now... of course, any improvements will be accepted gladly :) I've had a request to add /dev/(u)random as random number input, and so I've added the capability to use the random number devices as random input. The -u option gives you /dev/urandom, and the -r /dev/random. I know I've been a little late in adding some new features, and I apologize, but I'm sure you understand, college and all... anyway, there are two new features in this version of rolldice: A default for the number of dice to roll (so that strings like "d6" are possible now), and the ability to use "d%" as a percentage roll (rolls d100). Actually, for the latter, you can use strings like "#d%" to roll # percentage dice at once... it's a feature :) I still haven't put in either the option to print out all the dice, nor allowing multiple dice strings on the command line. All these features will be easy to implement, but I have more CS to work on right now, so they'll have to wait just a little while longer... This program has been placed under the GPL... just thought I'd let you know that. ;) Stevie Strickland sstrickl@resnet.gatech.edu http://computersprache.net/~sstrickl/
