Function: yow

yow is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in yow.el.gz.

Signature

(yow &optional INSERT DISPLAY)

Documentation

Return or display a random Zippy quotation. With prefix arg, insert it.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 17.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/obsolete/yow.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun yow (&optional insert display)
  "Return or display a random Zippy quotation.  With prefix arg, insert it."
  (interactive "P\np")
  (let ((yow (cookie yow-file yow-load-message yow-after-load-message)))
    (cond (insert
	   (insert yow))
	  ((not display)
	   yow)
	  (t
	   (message "%s" yow)))))