sista 3.0.0a21

Sista is a memory-safe and OS-agnostic library for making terminal videogames and animations

Sista - Python C extension for Sista C++ Library

This repository contains a Python C extension that provides bindings to the Sista C++ library, enabling Python developers to leverage its functionality for ANSI terminal graphics manipulation, videogame and animation development.

Features

• Full access to Sista C API functions
• Enum values exposed for foreground colors, background colors, and text attributes
• Automatic memory management through Python capsules and objects

Dependencies

• Python 3.9 or higher
• Sista C++ library

Installation

Since the wheel package is available on PyPI, you can easily install it using pip:

pip install sista

Usage

After successful installation, you can use the sista module in your Python scripts:

import sista

Documentation

The documentation is generated with...

python -m pdoc --html sista --output-dir docs --force

...and can be found in the docs directory. You can also host it locally using:

python -m http.server --directory docs

Then, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/sista/index.html to view the documentation.