Hello, I modified the previous patch. I needed the change "3" to "few".
diff --git a/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn b/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn
index e5c8c160..ed97e167 100644
--- a/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ powerful one. Here is an introductionary text.
## Intro
The Hurd has some unique capabilities, and we created this simple image
-to enable you to easily try three of them:
+to enable you to easily try a few of them:
* The simplest of translators: Hello World!
* Transparent FTP
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ you remove the translator from the file "hello"
via "settrans -g hello".
Having done that, verify that now the file is empty again.
+### Getting your Daily Fortune
+
+The run translator returns the result of running a program. When mounted on a filesystem node, reading from that file would return the result of executing the program. When combined with the fortune program you can create a file that will give you a different fortune every time you access it.
+
+$ sudo apt-get install fortune
+$ settrans -c ~/.signature /hurd/run /usr/games/fortune
+$ cat ~/.signature
+ Your lucky number has been disconnected.
+$ cat ~/.signature
+ Don't look now, but there is a multi-legged creature on your shoulder.
+
+
### Transparent FTP
We already setup a a transparent FTP translator for you at /ftp:
@@ -76,7 +88,7 @@ Now that we can access ftp.gnu.org transparently, let's mount a remote ISO file:
It is interesting to note that since the ISO9660 format is indexed, ftpfs does not have to download the whole ISO file, it merely fetches what iso9660fs requests.
-These were only three basic usages of translators on the Hurd. We're sure you'll quickly see many other ways to use this.
+These were only a few basic usages of translators on the Hurd. We're sure you'll quickly see many other ways to use this.
As a last comment: You can setup a translator on any node you have access to, so you can for example mount any filesystems as normal user.
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