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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import cliapp
+import random
+import textwrap
+
+
+wrapped_text = '''
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod 
+tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, 
+quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo 
+consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse 
+cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat 
+non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
+'''
+
+
+class Lorem(cliapp.Application):
+
+    max_sentences = 8
+
+    def add_settings(self):
+        self.settings.integer(
+            ['paragraphs', 'p'],
+            'number of paragraphs to produce, approximately; each paragraph '
+                'is of a random, but fairly short length '
+                '(default is infinite)',
+            metavar='N')
+
+    def process_args(self, args):
+        text = ' '.join(x for x in wrapped_text.split('\n') if x)
+        sentences = [x for x in text.split('.') if x]
+        sentences = [' '.join(x.split()) + '.' for x in sentences]
+        
+        i = 0
+        paragraphs = self.settings['paragraphs']
+        while True:
+            n = random.randint(1, self.max_sentences)
+            paragraph = '\n'.join(random.choice(sentences) for i in range(n))
+            self.output.write('\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(paragraph)))
+            self.output.write('\n')
+            i += 1
+            if paragraphs and i >= paragraphs:
+                break
+            # Output empty line only between paragraphs, not after the last.
+            self.output.write('\n')
+
+
+Lorem().run()
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+.\" Copyright 2012 Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
+.\" 
+.\" This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+.\" (at your option) any later version.
+.\" 
+.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
+.\" 
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+.\" along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+.\"
+.TH LOREM 1
+.SH NAME
+lorem \- produce nonsense text
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B lorem
+produces a stream of nonsense text,
+for use as a filler,
+based on the classic "Lorem ipsum dolor" pseudo-latin snippet.
+The output can be useful for layout purposes, for example.
+.PP
+The output is generated by randomly picking a random number of
+sentences from the pseudo-latin text, and combining the sentences into
+a paragraph.
+This gives more variation to the generated text than just repeating the
+same snippet many times.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR cliapp (5).