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# Hitomezashi
-Library, CLI and web app to generate hitomezashi patterns. These are an example of visually complex and structured patterns arising from simple rules.
+A small learning project to produce a form of generative art, hitomezashi patterns.
-Here is an example of such a pattern (different colours are also supported):
+Here is an example of one such pattern generated using this tool:
-## What is the pattern?
+## What are hitomezashi patterns?
Consider a series of dashed lines, with alternating dashes and spaces of equal length. Let some number of these dashed lines emanate from the X axis, and some from the Y axis.
-Now, assign a binary number to each of the lines on each axis. If the number is 0, let the first part of the line that is touching the axis be a dash, and the second a space. If it is 1, offset the dashed line by one part so it begins with a space, followed by a dash.
+Now, assign a binary number to each of the lines on each axis. If the number is 0, let the first part of the line that is touching the axis be a dash, and the second a space. If the number is 1, offset the dashed line by one part so it begins with a space, followed by a dash.
The result is a hitomezashi pattern.
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## Building and usage
-### libhitomezashi
+### Building to native code
-This is in the `lib/` directory. For example usage, see the Hitomezashi CLI source (all the relevant code is in `main()`; most everything outside that is cumbersome argument parsing).
+To build the core logic as a static library, run `CC=gcc make libhitomezashi.a`.
+To build a CLI app exposing this logic, run `CC=gcc make hitomezashi_cli` and see
+`./hitomezashi_cli -h` for usage info.
-libhitomezashi can be compiled to WebAssembly for use on the web.
+### Building for the Web
-To build, run `CC=gcc make libhitomezashi.a`.
-
-### Hitomezashi CLI
-
-This is in the `cli/` directory. Run `./hitomezashi_cli -h` for usage info.
-
-To build, run `CC=gcc make hitomezashi_cli`.
-
-### Hitomezashi Web App
-
-Try it: *link pending*.
+
To build, first run `make clean` if you previously built to native code, then (with Emscripten SDK in your PATH) run `emmake make hitomezashi_web.html`.
-
-You will need to serve, from a web server: `hitomezashi_web.html`, `hitomezashi_web.js`, `hitomezashi_web.wasm` in order for it to work; the `file://` protocol may not be sufficient.
-
-
+Serve `hitomezashi_web.html`, `hitomezashi_web.js`, and `hitomezashi_web.html.wasm` from a web server to use the web app.
## Technical and copyright information
-Written in C11 with SDL2. Code style: `make format-code` will run `clang-format` with the correct parameters.
-
-Licensed under GPLv2 (see `LICENSE` file for full text). This project's source code is copyright © 2022-present Arjun Satarkar, except code contributed by others who retain their copyright.
+Written in C11 with SDL2, with some JavaScript in the web app.
-## Todos/potential future additions
-- Add support for output to PNG/other formats to the CLI app
+Licensed under GPLv2 (see `LICENSE` file for full text). This project's source code is copyright © 2022-present Arjun Satarkar.
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