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""""Create "The Matrix" of binary numbers scrolling vertically in your terminal.
original code adapted from juancarlospaco:
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10306676
Inspired by the movie: The Matrix
- Corey Goldberg (2013)
Requires:
- Linux
- Python 2.7 or 3+
"""
import fcntl
import time
import random
import struct
import sys
import termios
class message(str):
def __new__(cls, text, speed):
self = super(message, cls).__new__(cls, text)
self.speed = speed
self.y = -1 * len(text)
self.x = random.randint(0, display().width)
self.skip = 0
return self
def move(self):
if self.speed > self.skip:
self.skip += 1
else:
self.skip = 0
self.y += 1
class display(list):
def __init__(self):
self.height, self.width = struct.unpack('hh', fcntl.ioctl(1, termios.TIOCGWINSZ, '1234'))
self[:] = [' ' for y in range(self.height) for x in range(self.width)]
def set_vertical(self, x, y, string):
string = string[::-1]
if x < 0:
x = 80 + x
if x >= self.width:
x = self.width - 1
if y < 0:
string = string[abs(y):]
y = 0
if y + len(string) > self.height:
string = string[0:self.height - y]
if y >= self.height:
return
start = y * self.width + x
length = self.width * (y + len(string))
step = self.width
self[start:length:step] = string
def __str__(self):
return ''.join(self)
def matrix(iterations, sleep_time=.08):
messages = []
d = display()
for _ in range(iterations):
messages.append(message('10' * 16, random.randint(1, 5)))
for text in messages:
d.set_vertical(text.x, text.y, text)
text.move()
sys.stdout.write('\033[1m\033[32m%s\033[0m\r' % d)
sys.stdout.flush()
time.sleep(sleep_time)
if __name__ == '__main__':
while True:
try:
matrix(150)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
sys.stdout.write('\n\033[1m\033[32m=== Matrix Stopped ====\033[0m\n')
sys.exit()
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