Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: plotink
Version: 1.2.0
Summary: Helper routines for use with plotters
Home-page: https://github.com/evil-mad/plotink
Author: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Author-email: contact@evilmadscientist.com
License: UNKNOWN
Description: # plotink
        Python helper routines for driving AxiDraw, EggBot, WaterColorBot, and similar plotter-based machines.
        
        Source code and issue tracker are hosted [at github](https://github.com/evil-mad/plotink).
        
        
        ## Installation
        
        Releases are available [on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/plotink/).
        
        To install the latest release, use `pip install plotink`
        
        
        ## Overview
        
        These library files are intended to provide a single place to edit routines that are common to the [EggBot extensions for Inkscape](https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/), the [WaterColorBot extensions for Inkscape](https://github.com/evil-mad/wcb-ink/), the [AxiDraw extensions for Inkscape](https://github.com/evil-mad/axidraw/), and derivative machines. Hosting these in a single place means less duplication of code, and (more importantly) reduces the number of cases where identical code changes need to be made in multiple places.
        
        The library files are:
        
        * ebb_serial.py - General routines for communicating with the EiBotBoard by USB serial.
        * ebb_motion.py - Motion-related routines for interacting with the robot.
        * plot_utils.py - Additional helper functions for managing the plot.
        
        
        ## Python version support
        
        New versions, starting with Plotink version 1.1.0 (September 2020), require python 3.5 or newer.
        
        A previous release, [Plotink version 1.0.1](https://pypi.org/project/plotink/1.0.1/), supports python 2.7 as well.
        
        ## Logging
        
        This library uses the standard python logging module. Suggested configurations follow.
        
        For stand-alone machine control, print info, warnings, and errors to stdout:
        
        ```
        import logging
        
        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(message)s')
        ```
        
        For running as an Inkscape extension, print errors to Inkscape's extension errors log:
        ```
        import logging
        
        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERR,
                format='%(message)s'),
                filename = "~/.config/inkscape/extension-errors.log")
        ```
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Requires-Python: >=3.5.0
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Provides-Extra: dev
Provides-Extra: test
