/* * Collections of syllables and other data used for name generation. * * All the strings must be enclosed between quotation marks, with no semicolon * at the end. * * SYLLABLE SETS: * Please use only latin characters, apostrophes and dashes for syllables. All * other characters will be treated as separators between syllables, eg. "ish" * and "is'h" are syllables, but "|sh" and "ish!" aren't (the erroneous * syllables will be read as "sh" and "ish", respectively). If you wish to use * a special character, please write it after a slash, eg. a semicolon will need * to be written as "/;" in order to be correctly parsed. Beware: a slash at the * end of a string will not trigger an error whatsoever, but the final syllable * will not be added to the list at all. Spaces are a special case: they can be * triggered either with the above method, or with a single underscore: "\ " and * "_" are both valid and will produce a space. * * PHONEME SETS: * Phoneme sets should be single characters or digraphs. Please use lowercase * characters only. "ch" and "tz" are valid consonants, but "Ch" or "trz" are * not. They will be rejected upon generating phoneme lists. * * RULES: * These denote how a word is generated. A rule is a string consisting of * normal characters [a-z,A-Z,',-], special characters preceded by a slash (see * the notes concerning syllables), underscores to denote spaces and wildcards. * Wildcards are preceded by a dollar sign. Here's the full list: * "$P" - a random Pre syllable * "$s" - a random Start syllable * "$m" - a random Middle syllable * "$e" - a random End syllable * "$p" - a random Post syllable * "$v" - a random vocal * "$c" - a random consonant * "$?" - a random phoneme * So, if we hav the following data: * syllablesStart = "Ivan" * syllablesEnd = "Terrible" * rules = "$s_the_$e" * the generator will output "Ivan the Terrible". * The wildcards may also include an integer number. This number marks the per * cent chance of actually appearing the related wildcard has. The number is * placed after the asterisk, but before the corresponding character. For * instance, "*50m" means "50% chance of adding a Middle syllable". * If multiple rules are specified, they should be separated by characters that * are not special character or wildcard indicators. A comma is a legible * separator. * A rule may be preceded by a special wildcard consisting of a per cent sign * "%" and an integer number. This means the per cent chance of picking this * rule should the RNG encounter it. For instance, if two rules are specified, * each will have 50% chance of being chosen. However, if one of them is * preceded by the "%50" sign, it will actually have a 100/2*50% = 25% chance of * being selected (100/2 is the initial chance any single rule from a set of two * will be picked, for five rules this would be 100/5, etc.). * The rules are a mandatory field. Also, any field thai it references are to be * included as well, lest it produce errors or, in the best of cases, generate * an empty syllable as output. * * Don't get paranoid about controlling whether the syllables are repeated. The * program will ignore repeated entries anyway. This applies to phonemes too. * * Please make sure you have enough syllables specified to ensure variety in the * generated names. A string with 512 characters should be sufficient in most * cases. Anything below that is a risk of making the names predictable. * * I hope this little tool is both fun and useful for you. Take care! * * -Mingos */