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Fun: Watch ASCII Starwars!

briarfox

Thought I'd have a little fun and display the telnet ascii Starwars in pythonista!

Enjoy!

#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
STARWARS!
'''
import telnetlib
import ui

HOST = "towel.blinkenlights.nl"
playing = False

def button_pressed(sender):
    global playing
    if sender.title == "Play":
        sender.title = 'Pause'
        playing = True
    else:
        sender.title = 'Play'
        playing = False

tn = telnetlib.Telnet(HOST)
#view
view = ui.View()
view.background_color = (0,0,0)
view.frame = (0,0,800,800)
#textview
tv = ui.TextView()
tv.font = ('Courier',17)
tv.flex = 'LRTB'
tv.text_color = (1,1,1)
tv.name = 'textview1'
tv.frame = (0, 60, 800, 400)
tv.background_color = (0,0,0)
view.add_subview(tv)
#button
btn = ui.Button()
btn.name = 'button1'
btn.title = 'Play'
btn.action = button_pressed
btn.tint_color = (1,1,1)
btn.flex = 'LR'
btn.frame = (359, 6, 80, 32)
view.add_subview(btn)

view.present('fullscreen')
tn.read_until('\r\n')
while True:
    if playing:
        txt = ''
        lines = tn.read_until('[H').replace('[H','')
        view['textview1'].text = lines

tomkirn

I definitely enjoyed!
Thanks a lot for the script. It makes my day.