From 66c99168267f152e057e0cb7bdb776ac5725ed71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iou1name <iou1name@national.shitposting.agency>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 20:44:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] new braille method

---
 ascii.py | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ascii.py b/ascii.py
index 6b578be..454d37b 100755
--- a/ascii.py
+++ b/ascii.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
 ASCII
 """
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ BRAIL_CHARS = "⠿⠾⠼⠸⠰⠠ "
 HEADERS = {'User-Agent': 'Gimme ascii.'}
 
 
-def scale_image(image, maxDim=100):
+def scale_image(image, maxDim=(100,100)):
 	"""
 	Resizes an image while preserving the aspect ratio. Chooses the
 	dimension to scale by based on whichever is larger, ensuring that
@@ -27,14 +26,14 @@ def scale_image(image, maxDim=100):
 	"""
 	original_width, original_height = image.size
 	original_width = original_width * 2
-	if original_width <= maxDim and original_height <= maxDim:
+	if original_width <= maxDim[0] and original_height <= maxDim[1]:
 		new_width, new_height = image.size
 	elif original_width > original_height:
-		new_width = maxDim
+		new_width = maxDim[0]
 		aspect_ratio = original_height/float(original_width)
 		new_height = int(aspect_ratio * new_width)
 	else:
-		new_height = maxDim
+		new_height = maxDim[1]
 		aspect_ratio = original_width/float(original_height)
 		new_width = int(aspect_ratio * new_height)
 	image = image.resize((new_width, new_height))
@@ -223,6 +222,58 @@ def handle_gif(imagePath, **kwargs):
 		numpngw.write_apng(file, np_ascii_seq)
 
 
+def brail_char(chunk, threshold):
+	"""
+	Accepts a numpy matrix and spits out a brail character.
+	"""
+	chunk = np.array_split(chunk, 3, axis=0)
+	chunk = np.concatenate(chunk, axis=1)
+	chunk = np.array_split(chunk, 6, axis=1)
+
+	dots = ""
+	for sub_chunk in chunk:
+		if np.mean(sub_chunk) < threshold:
+			dots += "1"
+		else:
+			dots += "0"
+	char = chr(int(dots, base=2)+10240)
+	return char
+
+
+def image_to_brail(image, fontSize=(8,15)):
+	"""
+	An alternative method of generating brail ascii art.
+	"""
+	if not image:
+		image = open_image(kwargs["imagePath"])
+
+	if image.mode == "P":
+		image = image.convert(image.palette.mode)
+	if image.mode == "RGBA":
+		image = alpha_composite(image).convert("RGB")
+
+	image = image.convert("L")
+	matSize = (image.size[0] // fontSize[0], image.size[1] // fontSize[1])
+	if image.size[0] > fontSize[0]*100 or image.size[1] > fontSize[1]*100:
+		image = scale_image(image, (fontSize[0]*100, fontSize[1]*100))
+	image = image.crop((0, 0, matSize[0]*fontSize[0], matSize[1]*fontSize[1]))
+	
+	threshold = np.mean(image)
+
+	grid = np.array(image)
+	grid = np.split(grid, matSize[1], axis=0)
+	grid = np.concatenate(grid, axis=1)
+	grid = np.split(grid, matSize[0]*matSize[1], axis=1)
+
+	for n, chunk in enumerate(grid):
+		char = brail_char(chunk, threshold)
+		grid[n] = char
+
+	grid = "".join(grid)
+	grid = [grid[n : n + matSize[0]] for n in range(0, len(grid), matSize[0])]
+	return "\n".join(grid)
+
+
 if __name__=='__main__':
 	import argparse
 
@@ -275,6 +326,11 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
 		"--brail",
 		action="store_true",
 		help="Uses brail unicode characters instead of ascii characters.")
+	parser.add_argument(
+		"-B",
+		"--brail2",
+		action="store_true",
+		help="A better braille algorithm for a better you.")
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
 	if args.animated:	# --animated includes --image
@@ -287,6 +343,12 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
 		handle_gif(**vars(args))
 		exit()
 
+	if args.brail2:
+		image = open_image(args.imagePath)
+		chars = image_to_brail(image)
+		print(chars)
+		exit()
+
 	image_ascii = image_to_ascii(None, **vars(args))
 	if args.drawImage:
 		image = ascii_to_image(image_ascii)