The Original TrashGuy™ Animation!

A fun line-based text animation for all your trash disposal needs! Written in Python, this module has full Unicode and emoji support. It can be accessed from the command line directly or used as part of your scripts (i.e., chatbot plugin, loading animations, website widget, etc.)

Contents

• Installation Instructions
• Brief Documentation
• Usage Examples
• Environment Setup
• Like what you see?
• ⭐️ Supporters and Contributors

Installation Instructions

pip install trashguy

Or if cloning from repo:

git clone https://github.com/TrashGuyAnimations/TrashGuy.git

python setup.py install

Or download the project files directly from PyPI here: https://pypi.org/project/trashguy/#files

Brief Documentation

Input Arguments

Input Arguments	Accepts	Description	Default Value
trash_items	Tuple[str, ...]	The item(s) for throwing away 1 character at a time	N/a
glyph_can	String	The emoji/string to be used as the trash can	Symbols.GLYPH_CAN
glyph_left	String	The string to be used for the left-facing guy	Symbols.GLYPH_LEFT
glyph_right	String	The string to be used for the right-facing guy	Symbols.GLYPH_RIGHT
spacer	String	The character/string to be used for spacing the canvas	Symbols.SPACER_DEFAULT

Symbols Class

Constants from the Symbols class are meant to be used as shortcuts to commonly used strings and symbols. Additionally, they are also used as default values for the input arguments as shown above. However, they are not required for the correct functioning of the animation and can be substituted with custom values of the indicated type. Please note there may be unintended results when using custom values.

Symbols	Type	Value	Rendered As
SPACER_DEFAULT	String	"\u0020"	" "
SPACER_WIDE	String	"\u2800\u0020"	"⠀ "
SPACER_EMOJI	String	"\u2796"	"➖"
GLYPH_CAN	String	"\U0001F5D1"	"🗑"
GLYPH_LEFT	String	"<(^_^ <)"
GLYPH_RIGHT	String	"(> ^_^)>"

Usage Examples

Command line:

python -m trashguy A B C

Python module:

from trashguy import TrashGuy

print(TrashGuy('ABC'))
print(TrashGuy(['📂', '📊', '✉️']))

Python module as iterator:

from trashguy import TrashGuy

animation = TrashGuy('ABC')

for frame in animation:
    print(frame)

Telegram user-bot plugin:

from trashguy import TrashGuy, Symbols
import asyncio

# {client and handler code omitted}

user_input = event.message.text  # input from a given message

animation = TrashGuy(user_input,
                     spacer=Symbols.SPACER_WIDE)  # use wide spacer for better viewing

for frame in animation:
    asyncio.sleep(0.4)  # external library for sleeping between frames
    wrapped = f'`{frame}`'  # Wrap in backticks for monocode font
    await event.edit(wrapped)  # plays back the animation frame by frame in real time

Setting custom symbols with keyword arguments and printing as a newline-joined string:

from trashguy import TrashGuy, Symbols
import asyncio

# {client and handler code omitted}

user_input = event.message.text  # input from a given message

animation = TrashGuy(user_input,
                     glyph_can='\u2A06',
                     glyph_left='<(-.- <)',
                     glyph_right='(> -.-)>',
                     spacer=Symbols.SPACER_EMOJI)

# outputs entire animation with each frame separated by newline with pre-formatted code block markdown
await event.reply(f'```{animation}```')

Using HTML formatting:

from trashguy import TrashGuy, Symbols
import asyncio

# {client and handler code omitted}

user_input = event.message.text  # input from a given message

animation = TrashGuy(user_input)

for frame in animation:
    asyncio.sleep(0.4)
    await event.edit(f'<code>{frame}</code>')

Environment Setup

The environment setup steps are separated into three sections, the Text Editor, the Python Platform and the Operating System. Please follow the instructions for each part of the three sections that applies to you in the given order of setup.

• Text Editors
  • Vim
  • Emacs
  • Notepad++
• Python Platform
• Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Android
  • MacOS
  • Windows

Text Editors

Vim

• Open the vimrc file:

vim ~/.vimrc

• Add these lines to the file if they don't exist:

set encoding=utf-8  " The encoding displayed.
set fileencoding=utf-8  " The encoding written to file

• Save and close:

:wq

Emacs

You can force Emacs to read a file in a specific encoding with C-x RET c C-x C-f. If you opened a file and EMACS determined the encoding incorrectly, you can use M-x revert-buffer-with-coding-system, to reload the file with a named encoding.

You can change the encoding to use for the file when saving using C-x C-m f. You can also force this immediately by using C-x C-m c utf-8 RET C-x C-w RET. You can list all available encodings with M-x list-coding-systems.

You can also mark the entire file with C-x h and then try M-x recode-region. It will ask you for Text was really in and But was interpreted as.

Notepad++

You may set the character encoding in Notepad++ as shown in the below image:

If doing so still does not display the file correctly, try selecting Convert to UTF-8 and then save the file. If that still fails also, try selecting Convert to UTF-8-BOM instead, and save the file.

Python Platform

The TrashGuy™ Animation module was written in Python 3.7.8. Backwards compatibility has not yet been tested.

To get your current python version type into the terminal:

python -c "import sys;print(sys.version)"

If the command fails to execute, it's possible that no python installation exists. In that case, please follow this guide.

Check the output of this command, it should say utf-8.

python -c "import sys;print(sys.stdout.encoding)"

If it returns any other value, try to set the default encoding with one of the following platform specific methods:

Operating Systems

Linux

Type this command to see your current locale settings:

locale

In the output of the command, check the variable LC_ALL= to see if it contains UTF-8. If it does not, try setting it by using the following commands:

locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US.en LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

Type the locale command again to confirm that LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 has been set.

To confirm that the default encoding has been successfully set, use the code in the snippet here.

Android

The Android platform default is always UTF-8, however, if the code file does not display correctly, it may have been corrupted. Try re-downloading it and try again. If that does not solve the problem, refer to the help documentation of the specific application/terminal emulator you are using with regards default encoding.

MacOS

Navigate to Terminal -> Preferences from Terminal’s menu bar.

In the Preferences window select the Settings -> Advanced tab. Then, under the Character encoding drop-down box, select Unicode (UTF-8) and tick the box Set locale environment variables on startup.

To confirm that the default encoding has been successfully set, use the code in the snippet here.

Windows

Go to Start -> Edit environment variables for your account or Start -> Edit the system environment variables -> Environment Variables... From the System variables section, click on New.. Under the Variable name: type in PYTHONIOENCODING Under the Variable value: type in utf-8

To confirm that the default encoding has been successfully set, use the code in the snippet here.

Like what you see?

⭐️ Star the repository and share with your friends! ⭐️

For more TrashGuy related projects, visit the official TrashGuy web-page!

⭐️ Supporters and Contributors

Special thanks to all the folks down on Telegram for their help and support (and patience) - you know who you are!! >_>

TrashGuy™ is an unregistered trademark of Zac (trashguy@zac.cy) protected under the provisions of Common Law and may not be used in the identification of sufficiently similar projects with regard the field of trade where these would cause confusion or damage the trademark of the unregistered trademark owner. All text and images are including the TrashGuy™ (TG) logo are © Zac (trashguy@zac.cy) unless otherwise indicated.