Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: xiangqi-setup
Version: 2.0.0
Summary: Command line tool to generate razor-sharp Xiangqi (Chinese chess) setup graphics
Home-page: https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup
Author: Sebastian Pipping
Author-email: sebastian@pipping.org
License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 or later
Download-URL: https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup/archive/2.0.0.tar.gz
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Classifier: Intended Audience :: Education
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Other Audience
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3 or later (AGPLv3+)
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Topic :: Artistic Software
Classifier: Topic :: Games/Entertainment :: Board Games
Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics
Classifier: Topic :: Printing
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
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Requires-Dist: svgutils (==0.3.2)
Provides-Extra: tests
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Requires-Dist: pytest ; extra == 'tests'

# xiangqi-setup (and xiangqi-board)

## Overview

**xiangqi-setup** is a command line tool using [svgutils](https://pypi.org/project/svgutils/) 0.3.2 to
render [Xiangqi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi) (Chinese chess) board setups from WXF/FEN/annoFEN/XAY files to SVG images.
With WXF files that contain move history, **xiangqi-setup** can replay these moves on top of the initial setup —
all of them, none, or any custom number of moves (using the `--moves COUNT` argument).

The most simple way to render a given setup is:

```console
# xiangqi-setup input.wxf output.svg
```

For file [doc/demo.wxf](https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup/blob/master/doc/demo.wxf), the result is:

[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup/master/doc/demo_retro_simple.png "demo_retro_simple.{png,svg}, CC0 1.0 Universal: Public Domain Dedication")](https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup/blob/master/doc/demo_retro_simple.svg)
[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup/master/doc/demo_euro_xiangqi_js.png "demo_euro_xiangqi_js.{png,svg}, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: Jasmin Scharrer, Sebastian Pipping")](https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup/blob/master/doc/demo_euro_xiangqi_js.svg)

(left: default board, default pieces — right: default board, `euro_xiangqi_js` pieces)

There are a number of themes to pick from for board and pieces (independently).
The `--help` listing below also includes the list of all themes
and their license information.

The [default board theme `clean_alpha`](https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup/blob/master/xiangqi_setup/themes/board/clean_alpha/board.svg)
has been generated with command line tool `xiangqi-board`
that is included with the **xiangqi-setup** package.  It can be used to create
variations of the detault theme, e.g. to create a version with reduced spacing
in crosses you would run:

```console
# xiangqi-board --cross-gap-px 2 board.{svg,ini}
```


# Installation

You can install the latest release using pip like so:

```console
# pip install xiangqi-setup
```

If you would rather run the latest pre-release code off Git `master` in a virtualenv, you could do:

```console
# git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-setup
# cd xiangqi-setup/
# python3 -m venv venv
# source venv/bin/activate
# pip install -e .
```


# Writing a Book

For a demo of how to use **xiangqi-setup** in writing a book
please see https://github.com/hartwork/xiangqi-book-example .


# Usage in Detail

## `xiangqi-setup` — Renders WXF/FEN/annoFEN/XAY Files to SVG Images

```console
# xiangqi-setup --help
usage: xiangqi-setup [OPTIONS] INPUT_FILE OUTPUT_FILE
       xiangqi-setup --help
       xiangqi-setup --version

Generate razor-sharp Xiangqi (Chinese chess) setup graphics

positional arguments:
  INPUT_FILE            location of WXF/FEN/annoFEN/XAY file to render
  OUTPUT_FILE           location of SVG output file to write

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --debug               enable debugging (e.g. mark corners of the board)
  --moves COUNT         how many moves of a game in a WXF file to play, e.g.
                        "3" would play the first move of red, the first move of
                        black and the second move of red and then skip any
                        remaining moves, "all" would play all moves, "-1" all
                        moves but the last, "-2" all but the last two (default:
                        "0")
  --version             show program's version number and exit

theme selection:
  --board THEME         name of board theme to use (default: "clean_alpha");
                        please check the list of available themes below
  --pieces THEME        name of piece theme to use (default: "retro_simple");
                        please check the list of available themes below

scaling:
  --width-px PIXEL      width of the output in pixels
  --width-cm CENTIMETER
                        width of the output in centimeters
  --dpi FLOAT           resolution of the output in dots per inch
  --scale-pieces FACTOR
                        factor to scale pieces by (0.0 to 1.2, default: 0.9)

board themes (16 available, in alphabetic order):
  a4_blank_2cm_margin                        (license: CC0-1.0)
  cambaluc_remake_nolegend                   (license: CC0-1.0)
  cambaluc_remake_nolegend_nogap             (license: CC0-1.0)
  ccbridge_3_0_beta4_default_preview_remake  (license: CC0-1.0)
  clean_alpha                                (license: CC0-1.0)
  clean_beta                                 (license: CC0-1.0)
  commons_xiangqi_board_2008                 (license: public-domain)
  commons_xiangqi_board_2008_bw_thin         (license: public-domain)
  dhtmlxq_2014_remake                        (license: CC0-1.0)
  latex_xq_remake                            (license: CC0-1.0)
  minimal                                    (license: CC0-1.0)
  minimal_chinese                            (license: CC0-1.0)
  minimal_chinese_arabic                     (license: CC0-1.0)
  playok_2014_remake                         (license: CC0-1.0)
  western_red_wine                           (license: CC0-1.0)
  xiexie_2_5_0_remake_minimal                (license: CC0-1.0)

piece themes (9 available, in alphabetic order):
  ccbridge_3_0_beta4_default_preview_remake  (license: CC0-1.0)
  commons_xiangqi_pieces_print_2010          (license: FDL-1.2+ / CC-BY-SA-4.0)
  commons_xiangqi_pieces_print_2010_bw_heavy (license: FDL-1.2+ / CC-BY-SA-4.0)
  euro_xiangqi_js                            (license: CC-BY-4.0)
  latex_xqlarge_2006_chinese_autotrace       (license: non-commercial)
  latex_xqlarge_2006_chinese_potrace         (license: non-commercial)
  playok_2014_chinese                        (license: CC0-1.0)
  playok_2014_chinese_noshadow               (license: CC0-1.0)
  retro_simple                               (license: CC0-1.0)
```


## `xiangqi-board` — Creates Custom Board Themes

```console
# xiangqi-board --help
usage: xiangqi-board [-h] [--line-thickness-px FLOAT] [--field-width-px FLOAT]
                     [--field-height-px FLOAT] [--border-thickness-px FLOAT]
                     [--border-gap-width-px FLOAT]
                     [--border-gap-height-px FLOAT] [--cross-width-px FLOAT]
                     [--cross-thickness-px FLOAT] [--cross-gap-px FLOAT]
                     SVG_FILE INI_FILE

positional arguments:
  SVG_FILE
  INI_FILE

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --line-thickness-px FLOAT
                        Line thickness of square fields in pixel (default: 1)
  --field-width-px FLOAT
                        Width of fields in pixel (default: 53)
  --field-height-px FLOAT
                        Height of fields in pixel (default: 53)
  --border-thickness-px FLOAT
                        Line thickness of border in pixel (default: 2)
  --border-gap-width-px FLOAT
                        Widtn of gap to border in pixel (default: 40)
  --border-gap-height-px FLOAT
                        Height of gap to border in pixel (default: 40)
  --cross-width-px FLOAT
                        Width of starting position cross segments in pixel
                        (default: 10)
  --cross-thickness-px FLOAT
                        Line thickness of starting position cross in pixel
                        (default: 1)
  --cross-gap-px FLOAT  Gap to starting position cross in pixel (default: 4)
```


