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import re # libary to search and replace strings in the postscript file
from dictionary import font_index
# function with two arguments
def future_relics(previous_module, module):
#text = input("Enter text:") # create input field for text input
text = "enter text here"
submit="0"
font = font_index[module[1]] # use font_index from dictionary to translate the fontname
fontsize = module[2] # sensor3
linewidth = module[3] # sensor2
x = module[4]
y = module[5] # sensor4
submit = module[6] # sensor 4, same the exact same value
script = """
newpath
/"""+font+"""
% fontname
"""+fontsize+""" selectfont
% fontsize in points, establishes the font as the current one
"""+x+""" """+y+""" moveto
% x and y coordinates in px (origin is the lower-left corner of the page)
("""+text+""") true charpath
% normally text works with "show", but to use the characters in the string as a path that can be stroked and filled use "true charpath"
gsave
% save the current path to apply stroke first and then go back to the saved path to apply fill (Both drawing commands destroy the current path)
"""+linewidth+""" setlinewidth
% linewidth for the outline of the text
stroke
% stroke (outline) the text in parentheses
showpage
% print all on a page
"""
if submit == "1": # sensor6
print("starting to write the ps-file")
if previous_module == "":
#input file
fileInput = open("empty.ps", "rt") # rt = read text mode
#output file to write the result to
fileOutput = open("future_relics.ps", "wt") # wt = write text mode
else:
#input file
fileInput = open(previous_module + ".ps", "rt") # rt = read text mode
#output file to write the result to
fileOutput = open("future_relics.ps", "wt") # wt = write text mode
# read the input file, search for a patterns, replace it with new patterns (that take the values from the input sensor)
# uses regular expressions library (re)
content = fileInput.read()
content = re.sub(r"showpage\n% print all on a page", (script), content)
# write the new text to the output file
fileOutput.write(content)
#close input and output files
fileInput.close()
fileOutput.close()