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Update User's Guide authored by lucidhack's avatar lucidhack
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## Random Book Cover Generation ## Random Book Cover Generation
If a book-cover does not exist on disk, one will be generated on the fly. If a book-cover does not exist on disk, one will be generated on the fly. There are 36 different texture backgrounds, and 36 label styles. Combined, this allows for 1,296 different book-styles that will be automagically applied to books with no covers. A book-style (texture and label) is each determined at run-time by one character (each) in the MD5 hash. This ensures that the same book-style cover is applied across different systems.
There are 36 different texture backgrounds, and 36 label styles. Combined, this allows for 1,296 different book-styles that will be automagically applied to books with no covers. A book-style (texture and label) is each determined at run-time by one character (each) in the MD5 hash. This ensures that the same book-style cover is applied across different systems. There is also an Identicon graphic on the book-cover, which is derived from the books Title. This insures that books with identical titles will all share the same Identicon, however, if the underlying book data is different (i.e. year, edition, author) then they will each take on different book-styles. There is also an Identicon graphic on the book-cover, which is derived from the books Title. This insures that books with identical titles will all share the same Identicon, however, if the underlying book data is different (i.e. year, edition, author) then they will each take on different book-styles.
![random-cover-generator](uploads/33c04461b2534ac1bba1ab9d16a909b6/random-cover-generator.png) ![random-cover-generator](uploads/33c04461b2534ac1bba1ab9d16a909b6/random-cover-generator.png)
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