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Import of checkerboard-layout experiment. Chris Pressey 10 years ago

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	0	checkerboard-layout
	1	===================
	2
	3	Requirements
	4	------------
	5
	6	* Python 2.7.6 (probably works with older versions too)
	7	* An input text
	8	* A modern web browser (to see the result)
	9
	10	Basic Strategy
	11	--------------
	12
	13	* Display each alternating word on a background of an alternating
	14	colour. This allows us to remove intervening spaces and still
	15	claim that the result is readable.
	16
	17	Sample Output
	18	-------------
	19
	20	Here is a screenshot of Firefox 33.0 displaying something by Lord Dunsany
	21	that was passed through this script:
	22
	23	![screenshor][screenshot.png]

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	0	#!/usr/bin/env python
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	3	def template(title, styles, wordlist):
	4	return """<!DOCTYPE html>
	5	<head>
	6	<meta charset="utf-8">
	7	<title>{0}</title>
	8	<style>{1}</style>
	9	</head>
	10	<body>{2}</body>
	11	""".format(title, '\n'.join(styles), ''.join(wordlist))
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	13
	14	def main(argv):
	15	words = []
	16	with open(argv[1], 'r') as f:
	17	for line in f:
	18	words.extend(line.strip().replace('-', ':').split())
	19
	20	styles = [
	21	".b0 { background: black; color: white; word-wrap: break-word }",
	22	".b1 { background: white; color: black; word-wrap: break-word }",
	23	]
	24
	25	title = "Gimme that Old-Time Collision"
	26
	27	num = 0
	28	marked_up_words = []
	29	for word in words:
	30	marked_up_words.append(
	31	'<span class="b{0}">{1}</span>'.format(num % 2, word)
	32	)
	33	num += 1
	34
	35	print template(title, styles, marked_up_words)
	36
	37
	38	if __name__ == '__main__':
	39	import sys
	40	main(sys.argv)

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