Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: pymesomake
Version: 0.2.2
Summary: An implementation of the mesostic generation algorithm Andrew Culver developed for John Cage.
Home-page: https://github.com/erictheise/pymesomake
Author: Eric Theise
Author-email: erictheise@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Description: ## PyMesomake
        
        PyMesomake is a Python 3 implementation of the mesostic generation algorithm Andrew Culver developed for John Cage.
        
        
        ## Installation
        
        ### Windows
        
        I only use Windows for testing in my projects but these instructions work for me on a vanilla Windows 10 VirtualBox virtual machine:
        
        0. If you don't already have Python on your system download and install the current release from [python.org](https://www.python.org/). 
        
        1. Open a Command Prompt.
         
        2. Run this command.
        
        ```python
        pip install pymesomake
        ```
        
        3. Download the `punkt` tokenizer from Python's Natural Language Tool Kit.
        
        ```
        python -m nltk.downloader punkt
        ```
        4. Download [this file, containing the text of Genesis](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erictheise/pymesomake/master/data/genesis.txt).
        
        
        5. Run this command, making sure to provide the correct path to the downloaded Genesis text.
        
        ```
        python -m pymesomake --sourcefile=Downloads\genesis.txt --mesostring="these are the times that try men's souls"
        ```
        
        You should see a mesostic on your screen. Congratulations.
        
        
        ### MacOS
        
        _coming soon_
        
        ### Linux
        
        _coming soon_
        
        
        ## Usage
        
        ```
        python pymesomake --sourcefile='data/genesis.txt' --mesostring="these are the times that try men's souls"
        ```
        
        ## Acknowledgements & Resources
        
        Andrew Culver
        
        * [post to silence mailing list](https://lists.virginia.edu/sympa/arc/silence/2019-01/msg00013.html) that inspired this code
        * compilation of [computer programs used by John Cage](http://www.anarchicharmony.org/People/Culver/CagePrograms.html)
          
        The Holy See
        
        * [source of Genesis text](http://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/genesis/documents/bible_genesis_en.html). HTML source subjected to these minimal edits:
            * removal of page navigation elements
            * removal of chapter headings (e.g., "Chapter 6") and line numbering (e.g., "[1:30]")
            
            
        Marjorie Perloff contextual essays
        
        * [John Cage Conceptualist Poet](http://thebatterseareview.com/critical-prose/116-john-cage-conceptualist-poet)
        * [The Music of Verbal Space: John Cage’s “What You Say”](http://marjorieperloff.com/essays/cage-verbal-space/)
        
        ## Reminder to Maintainer
        
        Publish thusly:
        
        ```
        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
        twine upload dist/*
        ```
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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