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A small C program to add the current moon phase to your prompt
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
/**
* Output the current moon phase as an emoji for your prompt.
*
* Build:
*
* gcc -o moon moon.c
*
* Place in your path, call from your shell.
* Requires UTF-8 terminal and UTF-8 locale.
*
* Examples:
*
* bash:
* export PS1='$(moon)\!\$\[\e[0;37m\]'
*
* zsh:
* setopt PROMPT_SUBST
* export PROMPT='$(moon)%#'
*
* fish:
* function fish_prompt
* echo -n (moon) '> '
* end
*
* Disclaimer:
*
* Moon phase calculation function found online and may be
* inaccurate. Not intended for astrogation, or for treatment
* or management of lycanthropy.
*
* See http://www.voidware.com/moon_phase.htm
*
* Additional code by meta@pobox.com
*/
int moon_phase(int y, int m, int d)
{
int c,e;
double jd;
int b;
if (m < 3) {
y--;
m += 12;
}
++m;
c = 365.25*y;
e = 30.6*m;
jd = c+e+d-694039.09; /* jd is total days elapsed */
jd /= 29.53; /* divide by the moon cycle (29.53 days) */
b = jd; /* int(jd) -> b, take integer part of jd */
jd -= b; /* subtract integer part to leave fractional part of original jd */
b = jd*8 + 0.5; /* scale fraction from 0-8 and round by adding 0.5 */
b = b & 7; /* 0 and 8 are the same so turn 8 into 0 */
return b;
}
char *moon_emoji(int p) {
switch (p) {
case 0:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x91";
case 1:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x92";
case 2:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x93";
case 3:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x95";
case 4:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x96";
case 5:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x94";
case 6:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x97";
case 7:
return "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x98";
}
}
int main() {
time_t t = time(NULL);
struct tm tm = *localtime(&t);
int p = moon_phase(tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday);
char *moon = moon_emoji(p);
printf(moon);
}
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