ASCART manpage

ASCART(1) General Commands Manual

NAME

ascart — A command line tool for creating ASCII art (“[ASC]II[ART]”) from plain text or image files.

SYNOPSIS

ascart -t <text> [ --font-family <fontFamily> ] [ --font-style <fontStyle> ] [ --color-palette <colorPalette> ] [ --padding <padding> ] [ --border-style <borderStyle> ] [ -o <outputFile> ] [ --line-width <lineWidth> ] [ -v ] [ -d ]
ascart -i <imageFile> [ --ratio <ratioMode> ] [ --color-palette <colorPalette> ] [ --padding <padding> ] [ --border-style <borderStyle> ] [ -o <outputFile> ] [ --line-width <lineWidth> ] [ -v ] [ -d ]
ascart -h | --sysinfo [ -v ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the ascart command: The ascart command renders a text --text using a given font family --font-family and font style --font-style or an image --image-file with a ratio --ratio applied as ASCII art using a given color palette --color-palette and a provided line length --line-length surrounded by a padding --padding and border --border-style to an output file --output-file or STDOUT.

Depending on the executable’s flavor the command might also be named ascart-x.y.z.jar, ascart-bundle-x86_64-x.y.z.elf, ascart-bundle-x86_64-x.y.z.exe, ascart-installer-x86_64-x.y.z.msi, ascart-launcher-x.y.z.sh, ascart-launcher-x86_64-x.y.z.elf, ascart-launcher-x86_64-x.y.z.exe, ascart-native-x86_64-x.y.z.elf where x.y.z stands for the version of the ascart command. The according executable’s name will be referenced to in this manual as ascart.

OPTIONS

--border-style <borderStyle>: The style of the border surrounding the ASCII art: { SINGLE, SINGLE_DASHED, SINGLE_DOUBLE, DOUBLE_SINGLE, DOUBLE, BOLD, HYBRID_BOLD_SINGLE, HYBRID_SINGLE_BOLD, BOLD_HEADER_SINGLE_BODY, SINGLE_HEADER_BOLD_BODY, HYBRID_BOLD_HEADER_SINGLE_BODY, HYBRID_SINGLE_HEADER_BOLD_BODY, HYBRID_DOUBLE_SINGLE, HYBRID_SINGLE_DOUBLE, DOUBLE_BORDER_SINGLE_CONTENT, SINGLE_BORDER_DOUBLE_CONTENT, ASCII, BLANK, SINGLE_BLANK, ASCII_BLANK }
--color-palette <colorPalette>: The color palette (chars) to use for the ASCII art (defaults to <MAX_LEVEL_GRAY>): { MIN_LEVEL_GRAY, NORM_LEVEL_GRAY, MAX_LEVEL_GRAY, HALFTONE_GRAY, MONOCHROME }
-d --debug: Enables the debug mode with additional (developer readable) informational output.
--font-family <fontFamily>: The font family to use for the ASCII art text (defaults to <Dialog>): { DIALOG, DIALOG_INPUT, MONOSPACED, SERIF, SANS_SERIF }
--font-style <fontStyle>: The font style to use for the ASCII art text (defaults to <Plain>): { PLAIN, BOLD, ITALIC, BOLD_ITALIC }
-h --help: Shows this help.
-i --image-file <imageFile>: The image file from which to create the ASCII art from.
--line-width <lineWidth>: The line width to use when creating the ASCII art (defaults to current console’s line width <201>).
-o --output-file <outputFile>: The output file where to write the ASCII art to.
--padding <padding>: The padding width to use when creating the ASCII art (defaults to <0>).
--ratio <ratioMode>: The ratio mode when rendering images (defaults to <CONSOLE>): { NONE, ONE_HALF, TWO_THIRDS, THREE_QUARTERS, CONSOLE }
--sysinfo: Shows some system information for debugging purposes.
-t --text <text>: The text message from which to create the ASCII art from.
-v --verbose: Enables the verbose mode with additional (human readable) informational output.

EXAMPLES

Render text with current console’s width:

  • ascart -t <text>

Render text with given width:

  • ascart -t <text> --line-width <lineWidth>

Render text with current console’s width and given border:

  • ascart -t <text> --border-style <borderStyle>

Render text with given width and border:

  • ascart -t <text> --line-width <lineWidth> --border-style <borderStyle>

Render text with given width, padding and border:

  • ascart -t <text> --line-width <lineWidth> --padding <padding> --border-style <borderStyle>

Render text with given font family and font style:

  • ascart -t <text> --font-family <fontFamily> --font-style <fontStyle>

Render text with given color palette:

  • ascart -t <text> --color-palette <colorPalette>

Render image with current console’s width:

  • ascart -i <imageFile>

Render image with given width:

  • ascart -i <imageFile> --line-width <lineWidth>

Render image with current console’s width and given border:

  • ascart -i <imageFile> --border-style <borderStyle>

Render image with given width, padding and border:

  • ascart -i <imageFile> --line-width <lineWidth> --padding <padding> --border-style <borderStyle>

Render image with given width and border:

  • ascart -i <imageFile> --line-width <lineWidth> --border-style <borderStyle>

Render image with given color palette:

  • ascart -i <imageFile> --color-palette <colorPalette>

Render image with given ration:

  • ascart -i <imageFile> --ratio <ratioMode>

To show the help text:

  • ascart -h

To print the system info:

  • ascart --sysinfo

BUGS

See BitBucket issues at <https://bitbucket.org/funcodez/funcodes-ascart/issues>

AUTHOR

Siegfried Steiner steiner@refcodes.org

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