This is an old post I realize, but since I just happened to stumble upon it and it didn’t get any responses, I’ll just mention that you can use clipPath() and then looping through a grid and drawing an image.

# make an image that we’ll tile
im = ImageObject()
im.sunbeamsGenerator(
    (100, 100),  # size
    (0, 0),  # center
    )

# draw a single tile in the lower left, for reference
image(im, (0, 0))

# get the size 
imWidth, imHeight = im.size()
rows = int(ceil(height()/imHeight))
cols = int(ceil(width()/imWidth))

# make a shape
shape = BezierPath()
shape.oval(100, 100, 800, 800)
shape.rect(500, 500, 400, 400)

# i always like to save state before clip path
with savedState():
    # clip the path using the shape
    clipPath(shape)
    # loop through y and x to make a grid
    for y in range(rows):
        for x in range(cols):
            # draw the image a bunch of times
            image(im, (x*imWidth, y*imHeight))

I hope you don’t mind me reviving this...I’ve been trying to work with @frederik’s gist from march, and cannot seem to get beyond this error after installing markdown using the package manager. Usually I would just ascribe this to my weird python setup, but since Drawbot is its own self-contained universe, I wonder if there is something obvious I am missing?

Drawbot Version 3.126, MacOS 10.15.7 (19H2)

Many thanks!

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<untitled>", line 72, in <module>
  File "<untitled>", line 14, in appendMarkdown
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/core.py", line 27, in <module>
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/preprocessors.py", line 29, in <module>
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/htmlparser.py", line 31, in <module>
AttributeError: 'zipimport.zipimporter' object has no attribute 'exec_module'

This is an old post I realize, but since I just happened to stumble upon it and it didn’t get any responses, I’ll just mention that you can use clipPath() and then looping through a grid and drawing an image.

# make an image that we’ll tile
im = ImageObject()
im.sunbeamsGenerator(
    (100, 100),  # size
    (0, 0),  # center
    )

# draw a single tile in the lower left, for reference
image(im, (0, 0))

# get the size 
imWidth, imHeight = im.size()
rows = int(ceil(height()/imHeight))
cols = int(ceil(width()/imWidth))

# make a shape
shape = BezierPath()
shape.oval(100, 100, 800, 800)
shape.rect(500, 500, 400, 400)

# i always like to save state before clip path
with savedState():
    # clip the path using the shape
    clipPath(shape)
    # loop through y and x to make a grid
    for y in range(rows):
        for x in range(cols):
            # draw the image a bunch of times
            image(im, (x*imWidth, y*imHeight))

In teaching classes/workshops, I have found that indentation tends to be a challenge for folks who are new to Python. Since the Drawbot editor is intended to help beginners, I think an editor preference to show tabs might be very helpful...if it’s not too difficult to add!

There are a few ways to visualize this: greyed-out middots for each space, vertical lines, etc.

Talking to @robstenson about this topic, he suggested the Indent Rainbow VSCode extension, which clearly but subtly color codes tabs to help students easily identify the indentation level of a code block. (He also showed me Rainbow Brackets as well, which is pretty cool.)

If this should be a github issue, let me know, but I figured I would start here because I prefer typing my feature requests in DBRegular!

Thank you!

@frederik done! https://github.com/typemytype/drawbot/issues/414

I’m curious if you think there is value in adding interpolation functions to DrawBot, similar to lerp(), norm(), and map() in Processing/p5.js.

I understand it’s not good to bloat the initial state, and perhaps this is better handled by an external package. (Or maybe there is already a built-in way to deal with this that I don’t know about?)

Interpolation plays such a big part in so many of my scripts and those I create with my students, and I have cut and pasted the code below into so many of my DrawBot scripts that I felt moved to write this post and ask.

In case you are interested, I am happy to contribute the code I use. It uses the same syntax as Processing, except that remap() is used to avoid conflict with the Python map() function.

Thank you, as always

# Released by DJR under the BSD license 
def lerp(start, stop, amt):
	"""
	Return the interpolation factor (between 0 and 1) of a VALUE between START and STOP.
	https://processing.org/reference/lerp_.html
	"""
	return float(amt-start) / float(stop-start)
	
def norm(value, start, stop):
	"""
	Interpolate using a value between 0 and 1
	See also: https://processing.org/reference/norm_.html
	"""
	return start + (stop-start) * value

def remap(value, start1, stop1, start2, stop2, withinBounds=False):
    """
    Re-maps a number from one range to another.
    """
    factor = lerp(start1, stop1, value)
    if withinBounds:
        if factor < 0: factor = 0
        if factor > 1: factor = 1
    return norm(factor, start2, stop2)

@gferreira said in Markdown syntax for FormattedString?:

markdown==3.2.2

Thanks so much Gustavo!

I hope you don’t mind me reviving this...I’ve been trying to work with @frederik’s gist from march, and cannot seem to get beyond this error after installing markdown using the package manager. Usually I would just ascribe this to my weird python setup, but since Drawbot is its own self-contained universe, I wonder if there is something obvious I am missing?

Drawbot Version 3.126, MacOS 10.15.7 (19H2)

Many thanks!

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<untitled>", line 72, in <module>
  File "<untitled>", line 14, in appendMarkdown
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/core.py", line 27, in <module>
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/preprocessors.py", line 29, in <module>
  File "/Users/david/Library/Application Support/DrawBot/Python3.7/markdown/htmlparser.py", line 31, in <module>
AttributeError: 'zipimport.zipimporter' object has no attribute 'exec_module'

@robstenson Wow!! This works perfectly for me.

Of course it would be cool to see something like these solutions worked into the drawbot API, but this solves my problem. Thanks so much!

I realize this is a pretty niche request, but I found it interesting so I figured I’d share it. Perhaps there is even a way of doing this already?

1. Normally, to convert text into outlines I would use a BezierPath object with a text method, but this doesn’t help me with a COLR/CPAL color font because the color information is lost to the monochromatic BezierPath object. Is there another way of converting text to a series of differently-colored paths?

2. I would also love to access alternative color palettes stored in the CPAL table, as well as to designate my own (as was requested here: https://twitter.com/bicvudesign/status/1058063097485803520). Maybe this requires us to wait for OS support, but I figured I’d mention it in case you were interested in pursuing.

As always, thanks again for all your work on this amazing tool!