python-aalib

python-aalib is a Python interface to AAlib, an ASCII art library.

Author: Jakub Wilk

License: The Expat license

Version: 0.4 released on 2021-02-25

Example:
>>> import io
>>> import urllib2
>>> import PIL.Image
>>> import aalib
>>> screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=80, height=40)
>>> fp = io.BytesIO(urllib2.urlopen('https://www.python.org/static/favicon.ico').read())
>>> image = PIL.Image.open(fp).convert('L').resize(screen.virtual_size)
>>> screen.put_image((0, 0), image)
>>> print screen.render()
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                      nvvvvvvIIvIIIIIIIlIlllllllililiii;
                    )vvvvvvIvIvlIvlIIlllllllliliiliiiii|i
                    =vvvvnwmmmgwIlIIlllllllililiiiiiiiiii|;
                    )lIvIdQWQQQQlvllIlllllililiiiiiiiii|i|;
                    =IvvIdWQQQQWIvlllllllliliiiiiiiiii|ii|;
                    =vvIvvvZUZkvllllllliliiliiliiiii|i|i|i;
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