cube-scramble-cli

A CLI for pyTwistyScrambler, to generate random states for Rubik's cubes/twisty puzzles.

Installation

Requires python3.6+

$ pip3 install cube-scramble-cli

Run

$ cube-scramble-cli

❯ cube-scramble-cli -h
usage: cube-scramble-cli [-h] [-s] [-H]

A command line based stopwatch and twisty puzzle scramble generator

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s, --print-symbols   Print a list of the supported symbols
  -H, --hide-stopwatch  When using the stopwatch, don't display the time while
                        solving

Supported Symbols:

3x3 WCA Scramble                           3x3
2x2 WCA Scramble                           2x2
4x4 WCA Scramble                           4x4
5x5 WCA Scramble                           5x5
6x6 WCA Scramble                           6x6
7x7 WCA Scramble                           7x7
Pyraminx Scramble                          PYRAMINX
Megaminx Scramble                          MEGAMINX
Square-1 Scramble                          SQUARE ONE
Skewb Scramble                             SKEWB
Clock scramble                             CLOCK
Last Layer Scramble                        LAST LAYER
First 2 Layers Scramble                    FIRST 2 LAYERS
<MU>-Last Six Edges Scramble               LAST SIX EDGES
<RU>-gen Scramble                          RU SCRAMBLE
Last Slot and Last Layer Scramble          LAST SLOT AND LAST LAYER
[Stopwatch]                                STOPWATCH
[Print Help]                               HELP
[Quit]                                     QUIT

You can press tab to scroll through the symbols at the prompt, and arrow keys scroll through history (stored at ~/.scramble_history.txt. You can change this location by setting the SCRAMBLE_HISTORY environment variable describing a different path.)

After selecting a scramble, you may repeatedly press return/enter to generate another scramble of the same type, or enter a number to generate that many scrambles of the selected type; e.g. 3x3 3

Use Ctrl+C or Ctrl+D, or type QUIT to quit

The STOPWATCH command will start a stopwatch that stops when any key is pressed. You can use the -H flag when starting cube-scramble-cli to hide the timer while solving.

If you provide 'user input' as command line arguments, its prints the results and exits without entering interactive mode:

$ cube-scramble-cli 3x3 3
R' B2 L2 F2 D2 B2 R U2 R' F2 R' U' R B' R2 U2 F' L D R2
U2 B2 L2 F2 U L2 D' F2 D' U B R B U' R' U B D L'
D' R' U F2 L' U2 L F' U' D B2 U L2 B2 D' L2 B2 U' F2 R

This is also accessible through python3 -m cube_scramble_cli