curses-art

A ncurses based ascii-art editor

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03/09/2022: added resize mode.

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Dependences

The only dep is ncurses 5.0 or higher.

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Compile and Run

Compile:

$ make

Run:

$ ./bin/cursesart file

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Keys

• i, j, k, l: move the cursor through the sheet.
• Space: print the current character with the current attribute.
• Delete, x: delete the current character at cursor position.
• w, a, s, d: Move the character selector on the left toolbar.
• Up, down, left, right arrows: move the color/attribute selector on the right toolbar.
• Ctrl + (i, j, k, l): move the sheet.
• I, J, K, L: Move the drawing relative to the sheet.
• c: center the sheet.
• r: Resize mode: Open resize mode dialog.
• v: show / hide sheet background.
• F2: save the file and generates C source.

Resize Mode

• i, j, k, l: set the new width and height.
• Enter: accept changes.
• Esc: discard changes.

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Mouse

• Left click on the sheet: print current character/attr at mouse position.
• Right click on the sheet: delete the current character/attr at mouse position.

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Command line

$ cursesart FILE -w -h -H

• FILE: (required) name of the file to edit.
• -w, --width: width of the sheet.
• -h, --height: height of the sheet.
• -H, --help: Show quick cmd line help.

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Saving the file

Press F2 to save the file. curses-art generates a binary file to be reopened later. Also generates a source C language file to export to any ncurses project.