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47 lines
1.3 KiB
Python
47 lines
1.3 KiB
Python
2 years ago
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# This is a program that takes keyboard input and prints it out ont a card shaped piece of paper using a pen plotter
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# Global stuff
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import os
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import csv
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import getch
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userText = ["growing","write seven","words onto","a card"]
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currentCard = 0
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cardHeight = 95
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cardWidth = 70
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pageHeight = 249
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pageWidth = 378
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cardX = 0
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cardY = pageHeight
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lineHeight = 10
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locX = 0
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locY = 0
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newLines = [" "]
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#--------------------------------------------------------
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# Getting the input from the keyboard one character at a time
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# If you want to do stuff one character at a time maybe use getch
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print("Enter the body line by line. Press ^C then enter to cancel")
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os.system('echo "IN;" > /dev/ttyUSB0')
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os.system('echo "SC0,379,0,250,2;" > /dev/ttyUSB0')
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# os.system('echo "DT#,1;" > /dev/ttyUSB0')
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#--------------------------------------------------------
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# Sneakily saving it maybe to a txt file for alternative documentation
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def fileWrite(char):
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with open('the-record.txt', 'a') as file:
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file.write(char)
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file.close()
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while 1:
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char = getch.getch()
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if char == 13:
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os.system('echo "LB' + chr(3) + ';" > /dev/ttyUSB0')
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fileWrite(char)
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else:
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os.system('echo "LB' + char + chr(3) + ';" > /dev/ttyUSB0')
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fileWrite(char)
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# os.system('echo "#;" > /dev/ttyUSB0')
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