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Diffstat (limited to 'TurtleArt/tasprite_factory.py')
| -rwxr-xr-x | TurtleArt/tasprite_factory.py | 26 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/TurtleArt/tasprite_factory.py b/TurtleArt/tasprite_factory.py index 21777df..0e1dd18 100755 --- a/TurtleArt/tasprite_factory.py +++ b/TurtleArt/tasprite_factory.py @@ -20,6 +20,26 @@ #OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN #THE SOFTWARE. +''' +The basic idea is to generate SVG for the various blocks used in +Turtle Art and a few other things, like the turtle itself. There is an +SVG class and then lots of properties to manipulate. + +There are several different classes of shapes and a comment set of +attributes thfor example, there are methods to generate corners, tabs +and slots for vertical docking of blocks, "innies" and "outies" for +horizontal docking of blocks, "clamps" for nesting blocks. + +Two additional complexities are expandable regions and dock positions: +there are regions within some blocks that expand so that the block can +grow in one dimension without distorting, so, for example, the clamp +in a repeat block can grow (or shrink) to accommodate the nesting of a +larger or smaller stack of blocks to repeat; dock positions are used +to keep track of the absolute position of the tabs, slots, innies and +outies so that the method that does the docking knows where to +position blocks. +''' + import pygtk pygtk.require('2.0') import gtk @@ -1494,6 +1514,7 @@ def generator(datapath): f.write(svg_str) close_file(f) + ''' svg = SVG() f = open_file(datapath, "clamp.svg") svg.set_scale(2) @@ -1504,8 +1525,8 @@ def generator(datapath): svg_str = svg.clamp() f.write(svg_str) close_file(f) - ''' + ''' svg = SVG() f = open_file(datapath, "clampn.svg") svg.set_scale(2) @@ -1518,7 +1539,6 @@ def generator(datapath): f.write(svg_str) close_file(f) - ''' svg = SVG() f = open_file(datapath, "clampe.svg") svg.set_scale(2) @@ -1530,7 +1550,6 @@ def generator(datapath): svg_str = svg.clamp() f.write(svg_str) close_file(f) - ''' svg = SVG() f = open_file(datapath, "clampb.svg") @@ -1555,6 +1574,7 @@ def generator(datapath): svg_str = svg.clamp_until() f.write(svg_str) close_file(f) + ''' def main(): |