How can I add ponies?

[elpideus]

How can I add ponies?

[matthias4217]

Hello, there are some instructions in the pdf documentation. What you roughly need to do is the following :

1. Create the picture and export it as a PNG file.
2. Install `util-say :
   1. If you are running ArchLinux, it's available in the AUR repo, else, you need to clone the git repository
   2. Execute a make install in the repository (you'll need java-runtime version 6 minimum and coreutils.
3. Convert the picture to a .pony file using util-say : img2ponysay -- SOURCE_IMAGE > PONY_FILE
4. Then you can display your pony : ponysay -F PONY_FILE -o

Then you can edit the metadata, using ponysay-tool --edit PONY_FILE.

If you want, I can do the conversion to a pony image for you. However it may be a bit slower as the colors used by terminals are limited, and thus the picture do not reflect exactly the true colors of the original picture. I maintain a repository of non-pony pictures here if you want to see more.

[elpideus]

Thank you so much for your answer.
I will try to do it all by myself. I already know that the terminal colors are limited, I will try to draw using limited colors.
I will let you know when I'll finish doing my first pony for ponysay.