PyDRCS 0.1.0

Make DRCS glyphs for DEC VT-series from image files

Install

via github

$ git clone https://github.com/saitoha/PyDRCS.git pydrcs
$ cd pydrcs
$ python setup.py install

or via pip

$ pip install PyDRCS

Usage

Command line tool:

$ drcsconv [options] filename

or

$ cat filename | drcsconv [options]

• Options:

  -h, --help                    show this help message and exit
  -8, --8bit-mode               Generate a DRCS image for 8bit terminal or printer
  -7, --7bit-mode               Generate a DRCS image for 7bit terminal or printer
  -u, --unicode                 Use drcsterm's DRCS-unicode mapping
  -n, --negate                  Negate image
  -c COLUMNS, --columns=COLUMNS Image width in cell size (default=62, max=62)
  -r ROWS, --rows=ROWS          Image height in cell size
  -t, --text                    Interpret input stream as a text run
  -f FONT, --font=FONT          Specifies the absolute path of font file if -t option is set (default: GNU unifont)
  --version                     show version

Code Example

from drcs import DrcsWriter
writer = DrcsWriter()
writer.draw('test.png')

Dependency

• Python Imaging Library (PIL) http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

• wcwidth.py https://svn.wso2.org/repos/wso2/carbon/platform/trunk/dependencies/cassandra/pylib/cqlshlib/wcwidth.py (Licensed under Apache License 2.0)

• GNU Unifont Glyphs http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html

Reference

• VT320 Soft Character Sets http://vt100.net/dec/vt320/soft_characters

• DECDLD http://vt100.net/docs/vt510-rm/DECDLD