deadcolors

Custom pokemon-colorscripts-style ASCII cycler for terminal rice.

Install

Clone the repo, then either run it directly:

python3 deadcolors/__main__.py -r

or put a tiny launcher somewhere on your PATH:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
exec python3 "$HOME/path/to/deadcolors/deadcolors/__main__.py" "$@"

Usage

deadcolors
deadcolors -r
deadcolors --title --center
deadcolors --list
deadcolors --name raw-paste-01
deadcolors --palette blood
deadcolors --palette toxic
deadcolors --plain

Art Sources

By default, deadcolors reads:

~/.config/deadcolors/ascii.txt
~/.config/deadcolors/ascii.d/*.txt

You can also point it at a repo-local pack:

python3 deadcolors/__main__.py --file examples/ascii.txt --name raw-paste-01

Pack Format

Paste multiple drawings into one file and separate them with %%%.

%%% sentinel
 /\_/\
( x.x )
 > ^ <

%%% terminal-saint
[your next ascii here]

You can also drop one drawing per file into:

~/.config/deadcolors/ascii.d/*.txt

The file name becomes the script name. Inside a file, an optional first line like # name: sentinel or name: sentinel overrides the name.

Shell Startup

Add this to ~/.bashrc for a random script when a new interactive terminal opens:

[[ $- == *i* ]] && command -v deadcolors >/dev/null && deadcolors -r --center

Notes

Use a real monospace font. For browser rendering, put ASCII inside <pre> and set white-space: pre, tab-size: 4, letter-spacing: 0, and a monospace font-family.