added convert to path

.gitignore

@@ -160,3 +160,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
+labels/

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,57 @@
 # thermatext
 
-fancy name, QL-570 text formater
+fancy name, QL-570 text formater
+
+
+### TODO
+  - use as printer 
+    - works, but cant detect the length of text, will output a set (page?) length
+  - fix missing font defentions 
+    - fail to take into account letter width
+  - telegram bot (!)
+
+## CLI
+`sudo brother_ql -b pyusb --model QL-570 -p usb://0x04f9:0x2028/000M12345678 print -l 62 logo.png`
+## python
+python tries to detect letter width and maximise it to fit the label printer constraints (62mm width)  
+`python thermatext.py "label to print"`
+
+## inkscape
+[gptgist](https://gist.github.com/5shekel/98cc4898a1a8c7a5a1b305acc01d4326)  
+
+inskcape user extension path  
+`/home/${USER}/.config/inkscape/extensions`
+
+symbolic link the dir fro here to the inkscape extension
+`ln -s /home/${USER}/yair/thermatext/inkscape /home/${USER}/.config/inkscape/extensions/thermatext`  
+then check  
+```bash
+find ~/.config/inkscape/ -type l
+```
+
+takes from the [inkscape-silhouette](https://github.com/fablabnbg/inkscape-silhouette) extension, as in, how to install.
+
+```bash
+$ git clone https://github.com/fablabnbg/inkscape-silhouette
+Cloning into 'inkscape-silhouette'...
+remote: Enumerating objects: 2764, done.
+remote: Counting objects: 100% (795/795), done.
+remote: Compressing objects: 100% (364/364), done.
+remote: Total 2764 (delta 483), reused 657 (delta 416), pack-reused 1969
+Receiving objects: 100% (2764/2764), 8.53 MiB | 3.64 MiB/s, done.
+Resolving deltas: 100% (1786/1786), done.
+
+$ cd inkscape-silhouette/
+
+$ make install-local 
+
+mkdir -p locale
+mkdir -p /home/devdesk/.config/inkscape/extensions
+cp -r silhouette /home/devdesk/.config/inkscape/extensions
+install -m 755 *silhouette*.py /home/devdesk/.config/inkscape/extensions
+install -m 644 *.inx /home/devdesk/.config/inkscape/extensions
+cp -r locale /home/devdesk/.config/inkscape/extensions
+mkdir -p /home/devdesk/.config/inkscape/templates
+install -m 644 templates/*.svg /home/devdesk/.config/inkscape/templates
+
+```

inkscape/print.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+sudo brother_ql -b pyusb --model QL-570 -p usb://0x04f9:0x2028/000M6Z401370 print -l 62 ~/text285.png

inkscape/thermo.inx

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
+    <_name>therma</_name>
+    <id>org.inkscape.effect.exportandrunscript</id>
+    <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">thermatext/thermo.py</dependency>
+    <effect>
+        <object-type>all</object-type>
+    </effect>
+    <script>
+        <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">thermatext/thermo.py</command>
+    </script>
+    <category>Fx</category>
+</inkscape-extension>

inkscape/thermo.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import inkex
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+class ExportAndRunScript(inkex.EffectExtension):
+
+    def effect(self):
+        # Define the export file path
+        png_file_path = "/home/devdesk/yair/thermatext/labels/exported.png"
+
+        # Get the current selection
+        selection = self.svg.selected
+
+        # If there's no selection, show an error and exit
+        if not selection:
+            inkex.errormsg("No selection to export.")
+            return
+
+        # Get the IDs of the selected elements
+        selected_ids = ",".join(element.get('id') for element in selection.values())
+
+        # Convert objects to paths
+        self.convert_to_path(selected_ids)
+
+        # Run the Inkscape CLI command to export the selection to a PNG
+        self.run_export_command(selected_ids, png_file_path)
+
+        # Run the bash script on the exported PNG
+        self.run_script_on_png(png_file_path)
+
+    def convert_to_path(self, selected_ids):
+        # Create a command that calls Inkscape's command line interface to convert objects to paths
+        command = [
+            "inkscape",
+            "--select={}".format(selected_ids),
+            "--verb=ObjectToPath",
+            self.options.input_file
+        ]
+
+        # Run the command
+        subprocess.check_call(command)
+
+    def run_export_command(self, selected_ids, png_file_path):
+        # Create a command that calls Inkscape's command line interface to export the selection to a PNG
+        command = [
+            "inkscape",
+            "--export-type=png",
+            "--export-id={}".format(selected_ids),
+            "--export-filename={}".format(png_file_path),
+            self.options.input_file
+        ]
+
+        # Run the command
+        subprocess.check_call(command)
+
+    def run_script_on_png(self, png_file_path):
+        # Define the path to your bash script
+        # bash_script_path = "print.sh"
+
+        # Create a command that calls the bash script with the PNG as an argument
+        command = ["sudo", "brother_ql", "-b", "pyusb", "--model", "QL-570", "-p", "usb://0x04f9:0x2028/000M6Z401370", "print", "-l", "62", png_file_path]
+
+        # Run the command
+        subprocess.check_call(command)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ExportAndRunScript().run()

text_to_image.sh

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+#!/bin/bash                                                                                                                                                  
+                                                                                                                                                              
+ if [ -z "$1" ]; then                                                                                                                                         
+   echo "Usage: $0 <text_string>"                                                                                                                             
+   exit 1                                                                                                                                                     
+ fi
+
+
+
+ text_string="$1"                                                                                                                                             
+ filename="$(echo "$text_string" | tr ' ' '_').png"                                                                                                           
+                                                                                                                                                              
+ # Set the desired image width and calculate the height                                                                                                       
+ image_width=200                                                                                                                                              
+ image_height=$((image_width / 4))                                                                                                                            
+                                                                                                                                                              
+ # Calculate the point size based on the length of the text string                                                                                            
+ point_size=$((image_width / ${#text_string} * 13 / 10))
+
+ echo "font_size ${point_size}"
+ # Set the desired font                                                                                                                                       
+ font_file="/home/devdesk/.local/share/fonts/5x5_pixel.ttf"
+ 
+ convert -background white -fill black -font "$font_file" -pointsize "$point_size" \
+    -size "${image_width}x${image_height}" -gravity Center label:"$text_string" "$filename"                                                                                                                
+ 
+ echo "PNG file created: $filename"                                                                                                                           
+
+ if [[ "$2" == "debug" ]]; then                                                                                                                               
+    echo "Debug mode detected, skipping print."                                                                                                            
+   exit 0                                                                                                                                                     
+ fi
+sudo brother_ql -b pyusb --model QL-570 -p usb://0x04f9:0x2028/000M6Z401370 --debug  print -l 62 $filename

thermatext.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os
+import sys
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+import textwrap
+
+MAX_FONT_SIZE = 15  # Maximum font size
+WORD_SPACING = 10  # Word spacing in pixels
+SIDE_SPACING = 3  # Space from image sides in pixels
+TOP_BOTTOM_SPACING = 10  # Space from top and bottom of image in pixels
+
+def calculate_font_size(text, image_size, font_path):
+    # Create a dummy image to get the text size
+    dummy_img = Image.new('RGB', (1, 1))
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(dummy_img)
+    # Start from a large font size
+    font_size = 200
+    font = ImageFont.truetype(font_path, font_size)
+    # Decrease the font size until the text fits the image width
+    while draw.textbbox((0, 0), text, font)[2] > image_size[0] - 2 * SIDE_SPACING:
+        font_size -= 1
+        font = ImageFont.truetype(font_path, font_size)
+    return font_size
+
+def split_text(text, max_font_size, image_size, font_path):
+    # Wrap the text based on word spacing and /n
+    wrapper = WordSpacingTextWrapper(width=image_size[0], word_spacing=WORD_SPACING)
+    wrapped_text = []
+    for line in text.split('\n'):
+        lines = wrapper.wrap(line)
+        wrapped_text.extend(lines)
+    return wrapped_text
+
+class WordSpacingTextWrapper(textwrap.TextWrapper):
+    def __init__(self, word_spacing=0, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.word_spacing = word_spacing
+
+    def _wrap_chunks(self, chunks):
+        # Add word spacing between chunks
+        chunks = super()._wrap_chunks(chunks)
+        lines = []
+        for i, line in enumerate(chunks):
+            if i < len(chunks) - 1:
+                line += ' ' * self.word_spacing
+            lines.append(line)
+        return lines
+
+def main(text, debug=False):
+    image_width = 200
+    image_height = image_width // 4
+    image_size = (image_width, image_height)
+    font_path = "/home/devdesk/.local/share/fonts/5x5_pixel.ttf"
+
+    text_for_filename = text.replace(' ', '_').replace('/', '_').replace('\n', '')
+    filename = f"labels/{text_for_filename}.png"
+
+
+    font_size = calculate_font_size(text, image_size, font_path)
+
+    # Split the text into multiple lines if the font size is less than 20
+    if font_size < 20:
+        lines = split_text(text, 20, image_size, font_path)
+        # Recalculate the font size and image height with the split text
+        font_size = calculate_font_size('\n'.join(lines), image_size, font_path)
+        num_lines = len(lines)
+        line_height = font_size
+        line_spacing = line_height // 2  # Adjust line spacing as needed
+        image_height = line_height * num_lines + 2 * TOP_BOTTOM_SPACING + (num_lines - 1) * line_spacing
+        image_size = (image_width, image_height)
+
+    else:
+        lines = [text]
+        num_lines = 1
+        line_height = font_size
+        line_spacing = line_height // 2  # Adjust line spacing as needed
+        image_height = line_height + 2 * TOP_BOTTOM_SPACING
+
+    # Create the image
+    img = Image.new('RGB', image_size, color='white')
+    d = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    font = ImageFont.truetype(font_path, font_size)
+
+    # Draw the text for each line
+    y = TOP_BOTTOM_SPACING
+    for line in lines:
+        words = line.split(' ')
+        word_widths = [d.textbbox((0, 0), word, font)[2] - d.textbbox((0, 0), word, font)[0] for word in words]
+        total_width = sum(word_widths) + (WORD_SPACING * (len(words) - 1))
+        x = (image_width - total_width) // 2 + SIDE_SPACING
+        for i, word in enumerate(words):
+            d.text((x, y), word, fill='black', font=font)
+            x += word_widths[i] + WORD_SPACING
+        y += line_height + line_spacing
+
+    img.save(filename)
+
+    print(f"PNG file created: {filename}")
+
+    if not debug:
+        os.system(
+            f'sudo brother_ql -b pyusb --model QL-570 -p usb://0x04f9:0x2028/000M6Z401370 --debug  print -l 62 {filename}'
+        )
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: ./text_to_image.py <text_string> [debug]")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    text = sys.argv[1].replace('\\n', '\n')  # Add this line
+    debug = sys.argv[2] == 'debug' if len(sys.argv) > 2 else False
+
+    main(text, debug)