pyimager 3.4.7

display images in console or compress them

pyimager

a package for displaying images in console and creating/compressing them

Installation

Using pip

You can install pyimager via pip using

in a commandline:

py -m pip install pyimager

in a python script:

import os
os.system('py -m pip install pyimager')

Usage

Creating an image

If you don't want to create an image manually,
i strongly recommend using pyimagers Designer Mode, that is updated often to fix any issues.

Use it via a commandline the following:

py -m pyimager

OR use it via calling it within a Python script with:

import os
os.system('py -m pyimager')

OR (also Python)

import pyimager
print("Loading Designer module...")
d = pyimager.designer.Designer()
d.run_designer()
input("Finish designing...")

For more help, the Designer mode offers a dedicated help page that is accessible using the !help command.

Displaying an image

Pyimagers images are saved in the ".lkim" file format.
This means you can display any valid image with the newest version of pyimager if it has LKIM format.

Display an image using either:

import pyimager
pyimager.display("C:/Path/To/Image.lkim")

OR, if you already know the files content or generated it:

import pyimager
pyimager.display("display_content", "17#*#1#**#lkimcontentoffile")

, where the width, height and colors are seperated by #*# seperators.

Compressing an image

The most compicated part is the compression.

Decompressing

You may use the following to decompress a LKIM file:

import pyimager
pyimager.decompress("C:/Path/To/Image.lkim", "C:/Path/To/Decompressed/Image.lkim")

, but you may also leave the second path out and replace the image.

Also, it is possible to temporarily decompress an image via reading its content and decompressing this:

from pyimager import temp_uncompress
data = "ImageDataWithoutSizeDescription"
data = temp_uncompress(data, "$", 5)
data = temp_uncompress(data, "%", 10)
data = temp_uncompress(data, "&", 20)
final_data = temp_uncompress(data, "§", 50)

, which uncompresses all common compressing sign codecs known by pyimager.

Compressing

There are also compressing functions at pyimager.
Therefore, you need to know that pyimagers compression bases on replacing frequent signs or strings with replacing signs.
In order to do that, pyimager generates very large lists with possible combinations of signs.
The currently largest list available is one with 6 signs long combinations.
To not slow down your program, it is disabled by default.
To include it, you can either set the includeComb6 arg to True the first time you use the compression or:

import pyimager
pyimager.compressing.addComb6()

Then, you can compress an image using:

import pyimager
pyimager.compressing.compress("C:/Path/To/Your/Image.lkim", "C:/Path/To/File/You/Want/To/Save/New/Image.lkim")

, where you, again, can replace the original file via not giving the second arg.
This may take a while, especially with the comb6 list.

Finally, you can recompress a compressed image using pyimager.compressor("C:/Path/To/Image.lkim", "C:/New/Image.lkim").

More functions

about

The pyimager.about() function returns information about your release.

pyimager.data

This is the submodule for pyimagers data.
You probably won't be able to use it if you aren't developing another pyimager module.

pyimager.utils

This submodule has two functions for creating lists with all combinations from other lists.
pyimager.utils.listComb combines the lists,
pyimager.utils.countDif counts the number of different characters in two strings.

pyimager.message

Upcoming functions for colored error messages etc..

More coming soon...