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PyTextCanvas is a module for writing text and ascii art to a 2D string “canvas” in Python.

PyTextCanvas has a Canvas class, which is a data structure for a “2D string”, where characters can be “drawn” to the canvas using x, y coordinates. The canvas can be exported as a basic Python string or HTML.

Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

This module could be used in curses-like or urwid-like modules.

Installation

pip install pytextcanvas

Example Usage

>>> import pytextcanvas as pytc
>>> canvas = pytc.Canvas(20, 4)
>>> canvas.fill('.')
>>> print(canvas)
....................
....................
....................
....................
>>> canvas.write('Hello, world!')
>>> print(canvas)
Hello, world!.......
....................
....................
....................
>>> canvas.cursor = (10, 2)
>>> canvas.write('Howdy!!!')
>>> print(canvas)
Hello, world!.......
....................
..........Howdy!!!..
....................
>>> str(canvas)
'Hello, world!.......\n....................\n..........Howdy!!!..\n....................'
>>> canvas.rectangle('*', 0, 0, 20, 4)
>>> print(canvas)
********************
*..................*
*.........Howdy!!!.*
********************

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