User:Maze/coolscale.py

Code

#! /usr/bin/env python
# dirty coolscale generator, yes this could be written in far less lines,
# care-- and lazy++ :)
#
# - maze

import sys

if len(sys.argv) != 2 or not sys.argv[1].isdigit():
    print >>sys.stderr, '%s <rows>' % (sys.argv[0],)

rows = int(sys.argv[1])
bit  = float(0xff) / float(rows)

print '{|'
for x in xrange(0, rows):
    if x > 0:
        c = 0xff - (bit * x)
    else:
        c = 0xff
    if x == 0:
        d = 0x00
    elif x < (rows - 1):
        d = 0x00 + (bit * x)
    else:
        d = 0xff
    if x:
        print '|-'
    print '|style="background:#%02X00%02X;color:#FFF"|..' % (c, d)
print '|}'

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