startifyR

startifyR is similar to cowsay, just with different quotes and ascii art.
Inspired by vim-startify and this blog post.

Installation

You can install the development version of startifyR from GitHub with:

# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("schochastics/startifyR")

Example

library(startifyR)
set.seed(12345)
startify()

#> +----------------------------------------------------------------+
#> |The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the     |
#> |development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for    |
#> |the other 90% of the development time.                          |
#> |                                                   - Tom Cargill|
#> +----------------------------------------------------------------+
#>                     o
#>                       o
#>                                    ,```.._   ,```.
#>                                   :,--._:)\,:,._,.:       All Glory to
#>                                   :`--,``   :`...`;\      the HYPNO TOAD!
#>                                    `,`       `---`  `.
#>                                    /                 :
#>                                   /                   \
#>                                 ,`                     :\.___,-.
#>                                `...,---```````-..._    |:       \
#>                                  (                 )   ;:    )   \  _,-.
#>                                   `.              (   //          ``    \
#>                                    :               `.//  )      )     , ;
#>                                  ,-|`.            _,`/       )    ) ,` ,`
#>                                 (  :`.`-..____..=:.-`:     .     _,` ,`
#>                                  `,`\ ``--....-)=`    `._,  \  ,`) _ ```._
#>                               _.-/ _ `.       (_)      /     )` ; / \ \`-.`
#>                              `--(   `-:`.     `` ___..`  _,-`   |/   `.)
#>                                  `-. `.`.``-----``--,  .`
#>                                    |/`.\``        ,`,`); SSt
#>                                        `         (/  (/

startify()
#> +------------------------------------------------------------+
#> |Remember the big picture.                                   |
#> |Don't get so engrossed in the details that you forget to    |
#> |check what's happening around you.                          |
#> +------------------------------------------------------------+
#>                    o
#>                      o
#>                                     ____
#>                                   /` .---.
#>                                  |  /  o o\
#>                                 _\  `.     |_
#>                                 \>\   )    .-`
#>                                    `-` _~.`
#>                                   ___/ /__
#>                            jgs  /(( `  ` ))\
#>                                /  `======`  \

If you want to have a different quote with art every time you start an R console, put

if (interactive()) {
    startifyR::startify()
}

in ~/.Rprofile.