I am pleasantly surprised...

[Bazza]

Hi guys...

I uploaded this ultra simple piece of Python code to here, about a month ago:-

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578 ... -python-t/

It has been at No1 from day 1 of upload and has now been voted up yet again to 7 today.

How can something so simple get rated so high?

I am pleasantly surprised...

[lok1950]

Perhaps it's the simple things that are the hardest to understand completely That and you may have made that little snippet generalized enough that it falls into that category of code of wheels not to reinvent

Enjoy the Choice

[Ram]

Hi Bazza,

Works on LXDE 13.10, handy when having multi tabs open.

[Bazza]

Hi guys...

Thanks for the replies...

And Ram, can I quote you on that and put it in the comments section of the pointer?

[Ram]

You can Bazza,

An to be more precise, multi tabs in LXTerminal

Python version " Python 2.7.5+ (default, Sep 19 2013, 13:48:49)
[GCC 4.8.1] on linux2 "

[Bazza]

Thanks Ram...

Done!

That has pleased me even more...

I have almost dumped Python in preference to shell scripting ATM.

I am really enjoying doing unusual shell stuff especially in text mode...

Here is summat I am working on ATM:-

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#!/bin/bash --posix
clear
echo ""
echo "Graphics characters and Logic Analyser display DEMO."
# Enable _extended_ graphics characters.
echo -e "\x1B(0"
echo -e "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\n"
echo "lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq"
echo "j                                                               "
echo "lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk                               "
echo "j                               mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq"
echo "lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk               lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk               "
echo "j               mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj               mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq"
echo "lqqqqqqqk       lqqqqqqqk       lqqqqqqqk       lqqqqqqqk       "
echo "j       mqqqqqqqj       mqqqqqqqj       mqqqqqqqj       mqqqqqqq"
echo "lqqqk   lqqqk   lqqqk   lqqqk   lqqqk   lqqqk   lqqqk   lqqqk   "
echo "j   mqqqj   mqqqj   mqqqj   mqqqj   mqqqj   mqqqj   mqqqj   mqqq"
echo "lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk lqk "
echo "j mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mqj mq"
echo "x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x "
echo "vqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvqvq"
echo "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
echo "vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv"
# Disable _extended_ graphics characters.
echo -e "\x1B(B\x1B[0m"
echo "Graphics characters DEMO end."
echo ""

Results on Macbook Pro, OSX 10.7.5, default bash terminal.
(Note I have a Python version too...)

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Last login: Mon Oct 21 17:42:23 on console
AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./Logic_Analyser.sh

Graphics characters and Logic Analyser display DEMO.

▒␉␌␍␊°±␤␋┘┐┌└┼⎺⎻─⎼⎽├┤┴┬│≤≥

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┘                                                               
┌───────────────────────────────┐                               
┘                               └───────────────────────────────
┌───────────────┐               ┌───────────────┐               
┘               └───────────────┘               └───────────────
┌───────┐       ┌───────┐       ┌───────┐       ┌───────┐       
┘       └───────┘       └───────┘       └───────┘       └───────
┌───┐   ┌───┐   ┌───┐   ┌───┐   ┌───┐   ┌───┐   ┌───┐   ┌───┐   
┘   └───┘   └───┘   └───┘   └───┘   └───┘   └───┘   └───┘   └───
┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐
┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─
││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││
┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴

Graphics characters DEMO end.

AMIGA:barrywalker~> _


I am thinking of using this idea as an 8 channel Logic_Analyser project using purely text mode shell scripting...

Enjoy...

[nelz]

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#!/bin/bash --posix


Use /bin/sh to run bash in posix compatible mode, since this works for other shells too. Doing it the bash --posix way means you still require bash to be installed even though you are not using any of its features.

[Bazza]

just tested the pointer from the OP inside a default CygWin terminal install and it works a treat.

Way cool...