Welcome to dinosay
$ dinosay -d ptero "Hi, I'm dinosay, and you?"
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dinosay is a nice command line tool, which serves…to make a smile.
Command line usage
dinosay is mainly used on the command line.
Command flags
| short | long | description | args |
|---|---|---|---|
| -d | –dinosaur | dinosaur to print | dinosaur name or alias. see (–list/-l/dinolist) |
| -r | –random | random dinosaur to print | |
| -f | –file | file containing ASCII to print | path of file ASCII |
| -l | –list | list of all dinosaurs and parts | see (dinolist) |
| -c | –color | color dinosaur | color name. see (–list/-l/dinolist) |
| -b | –behavior | behavior of dinosaur | behavior name. see (–list/-l/dinolist) |
| -i | –idea | idea’s speech bubble | |
| -t | –tongue | insert tongue | |
| -e | –eye | shape of the eye | shape name. see (–list/-l/dinolist) |
| -w | –wrap | length of the message | integer of wrapping message |
List all parts
dinosay, it’s not the only command.
To list all parts and components you can use the --list flag or directly the dinolist command.
$ dinolist
DINOSAY list elements and dinosaurs
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DINOSAURS - ALIAS: BEHAVIOR: EYE: COLORS:
- tyrannosaurus - trex - normal - classic: O O - purple
- dimetrodon - dim - happy - borg: = = - cyan
- ankylosaur - anky - joking - stoned: * * - darkcyan
- hypsilophodon - hypsi - lazy - glass: 0-0 - blue
- stegosaurus - stego - tired - hypno: @ @ - green
- deinonychus - deino - nerd - rage: ° ° - yellow
- pterodactyl - ptero - cyborg - ko: x x - red
- archaeopteryx - archa - dead - happy: ^ ^ - default
- maiasaur - maia - trance - closed: - -
- pleisiosaur - plei - stoned
- brachiosaur - brachio
- corythosaur - cory
- parasaurolophus - para
- triceratops - trice
Python module usage
dinosay can be used as an output for your script strings. What’s wrong with adding a little sympathy to your script?
dinoprint function
The main function of the dinosay module is dinoprint. This function accepts 3 arguments. The first, a message to print. The second, is the dinosaur body to print (of course, it can be anything; there is no limit to the imagination). The third is optional, and the behavior is specified, that is the shape of the eyes, the language and the comic. By default it is set to normal. Here is a small example:
from dinosay import dinoprint, DINO_TYPE
dinoprint('Hi dinosay!', DINO_TYPE['tyrannosaurus'])
dinoprint('Hi dinosay!', DINO_TYPE['stegosaurus'], behavior='happy')
Dino class
Another feature of the dinosaur module is to build your own dinosaur (or whatever you want). In fact, through the Dino class, we can build a dinosaur object.
from dinosay import dinoprint, Dino
body = r"""
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/ ## ## (oo)
/ \## __ ./
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"""
my_dino = Dino(body, "Hi, I'm alternative of cowsay", behavior='happy')
dinoprint(my_dino.message, my_dino.body, my_dino.behavior)
# Now in color
my_dino.color = 'red'
my_dino.apply_color()
dinoprint(my_dino.message, my_dino.body, my_dino.behavior)
Acknowledgments
dinosay was born from the minds of two children (my children) who are fond of animals and dinosaurs. I thank them for making this tool but also for the wonderful days they gave me together.