Command-line interfaceAs of version 0.3 there is now a command-line interface to the Lorem Ipsum Generator. By default, calling lorem-ipsum-generator with no command-line arguments will open the GUI. Calling lorem-ipsum-generator with the -p or -s arguments will generate paragraphs or sentences of text and print it to the terminal, without loading the GUI. Providing any command-line arguments in addition to the --gui option will apply the effects of the arguments and then load the GUI. Providing the -p or -s arguments in addition to the --gui option will load the GUI and then generate the specified number of paragraphs or sentences. Exampleslorem-ipsum-generator -p 5 To generate sentences lorem-ipsum-generator -s 5 To send default settings to the GUI lorem-ipsum-generator --sample mysample.txt -p 5 -f html-li -g To get help on command-line arguments lorem-ipsum-generator --help Command-line argumentsHere is a list of the command-line arguments, as listed by the --help option: Usage: lorem-ipsum-generator [options]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p NUM, --paragraphs=NUM
generate NUM paragraphs
-s NUM, --sentences=NUM
generate NUM sentences
--sample=FILE use FILE as the sample text
--dictionary=FILE use FILE as the dictionary text
--sentence-mean=NUM set the mean sentence length to NUM
--paragraph-mean=NUM set the mean paragraph length to NUM
--sentence-sigma=NUM set the standard deviation sentence length to NUM
--paragraph-sigma=NUM
set the standard deviation paragraph length to NUM
-l, --lorem start with "Lorem ipsum dolor..."
-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
produce format in plain, html-p, or html-li format
-g, --gui force GUI to start
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