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https://github.com/kreshikhin/clumsy

A library written on node.js for creating math figures on HTMLCanvas in XKCD style.
https://github.com/kreshikhin/clumsy

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A library written on node.js for creating math figures on HTMLCanvas in XKCD style.

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# Clumsy



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Clumsy.js is a library for creating math figures on HTMLCanvas in XKCD style.



This library can be used with Node.js libraries `canvas` and `gifencoder`:



```shell

$ npm install canvas gifencoder

```



![readme-intro](https://raw.github.com/kreshikhin/clumsy/master/examples/readme-intro.png)



## Contents



  * [Preparing for drawing](#preparing)

  * [Drawing a figure](#drawing)

  * [Drawing a figure with scaled axis and title](#axis-and-title)

  * [Animation](#animation)

  * [API](#api)

    * [new Clumsy(canvas)](#newclumsy)

    * methods:

    * [axis](#axis)

    * [background](#background)

    * [clean](#clean)

    * [draw](#draw)

    * [fillTextAtCenter](#filltext)

    * [overdraw](#overdraw)

    * [padding](#padding)

    * [seed](#seed)

    * [range](#range)

    * [tabulate](#tabulate)

    * properties:

    * [background](#properties)

    * [color](#properties)

    * [defaultBoxAscent](#properties)

    * [lineWidth](#properties)

    * [radius](#properties)

    * [step](#properties)



  * [License](#license)





## Preparing for drawing



 It needs to create Canvas before drawing and pass this canvas to constructor of object Clumsy. By default clumsy object have padding in 100px and ranges [-1, 1] in both directions. This can be changed by special methods:



```js

// Adds canvas module from npm repository for example

var Canvas = require('canvas');



// Adds this module

var clumsy = require('clumsy');



// And some helpers for interaction with canvas and gifencoder modules

var helpers = require('clumsy/helpers');



// Inits objects

var canvas = new Canvas(800, 600)

var clumsy = new Clumsy(canvas);



// Sets padding and ranges before drawing

clumsy.padding(50);

clumsy.range(0, 2*Math.PI, -1.5, 1.5);

```





## Drawing a figure



Pass arrays with points to method draw. Each point must consider x and y field, e.g. {x: 0, y: 0} - begin coordinate system.



```js

var Canvas = require('canvas');

var clumsy = require('clumsy');

var helpers = require('clumsy/helpers');



var canvas = new Canvas(800, 600)

var clumsy = new Clumsy(canvas);



clumsy.padding(50);

clumsy.range(0, 2*Math.PI, -1.5, 1.5);

clumsy.color('red');

clumsy.lineWidth(2);



var sine = clumsy.tabulate(0, 2*Math.PI, 0.01, Math.sin);

clumsy.draw(sine);



helpers.saveAsPng(clumsy); // save as png of same name

```



The result:



![sine](https://raw.github.com/kreshikhin/clumsy/master/examples/readme-sine.png)





## Drawing a figure with scaled axis and title



```javascript

var Canvas = require('canvas');

var Clumsy = require('clumsy');

var helpers = require('clumsy/helpers');



var canvas = new Canvas(800, 600)

var clumsy = new Clumsy(canvas);



clumsy.font('24px VoronovFont');

clumsy.padding(50);

clumsy.range(0, 7, -2, 2);

clumsy.lineWidth(2);



clumsy.axis('x', 0, 7, 0.5);

clumsy.axis('y', -2, 2, 0.5);



clumsy.color('red');

var sine = clumsy.tabulate(0, 2*Math.PI, 0.01, Math.sin);

clumsy.draw(sine);



clumsy.fillTextAtCenter('Синус', clumsy.canvas.width/2, 50);



helpers.saveAsPng(clumsy);



```



The result:



![axis](https://raw.github.com/kreshikhin/clumsy/master/examples/readme-axis.png)





## Animation



This module also can be used for animation of figure. The best way is prepare a separate script with drawing function.

The function must receive two arguments: a clumsy object and an animation param. So without any other dependencies this script can be used for rendering by both ways in a browser or  node.js



Drawing script [spiral.js](examples/spiral.js):



```js



function Spiral(clumsy, phase){

    clumsy.font('24px VoronovFont');

    clumsy.clean('white');



    clumsy.padding(50);

    clumsy.range(-2, 2, -2, 2);

    clumsy.lineWidth(2);

    clumsy.radius(5);



    clumsy.color('black');

    clumsy.axis('x', -2, 2, 0.5);

    clumsy.axis('y', -2, 2, 0.5);



    var spiral = clumsy.tabulate(0, 3, 0.01, function(t){

        var r = 0.5 * t;

        return {

            x: r * Math.cos(2 * Math.PI * t + phase),

            y: r * Math.sin(2 * Math.PI * t + phase)

        };

    })



    clumsy.color('red');

    clumsy.draw(spiral);



    clumsy.fillTextAtCenter('Спираль', clumsy.canvas.width/2, 30);

}



if(typeof module != 'undefined' && module.exports){

    module.exports = Spiral;

}



```



Preview script for browser:



```html



spiral



    var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');

    var clumsy = new Clumsy(canvas);

    clumsy.font('12px VoronovFont');



    var phase = 0;

    setInterval(function(){

        clumsy.seed(123);



        clumsy.clear('white');

        Spiral(clumsy, phase);



        phase += Math.PI / 10;

    }, 50);



```



Building script for node.js:



```js



var Canvas = require('canvas');

var GIFEncoder = require('gifencoder');

var path = require('path');

var fs = require('fs');



var Clumsy = require('clumsy');

var helpers = require('clumsy/helpers');



var Spiral = require('./spiral.js');



var canvas = new Canvas(600, 600);

var clumsy = new Clumsy(canvas);

clumsy.font('24px VoronovFont');



var encoder = helpers.prepareEncoder(GIFEncoder, canvas);

var phase = 0;

var n = 10;



encoder.start();

for(var i = 0; i < n; i++){

    clumsy.seed(123);



    clumsy.clear('white');

    Spiral(clumsy, phase);



    phase += 2 * Math.PI / n;

    encoder.addFrame(clumsy.ctx);

};



encoder.finish();

```



The result:



![spiral](https://raw.github.com/kreshikhin/clumsy/master/examples/spiral.gif)



## API





### new Clumsy(canvas)



Creates new clumsy object.



* `canvas` - an instance of HTMLCanvas



```js

var clumsy = new Clumsy(canvas);

```





### axis(axis, start, end, [step | options]);

Draws axis.



* `axis` may be 'x', 'y', {x: 1, y: 1}

* `start`, `end` - range of axis

* `step` - step of scale

* `options` - sets of options allowed by method:

  * `zero` - coordinates of zero point of the axis

  * `step` - a step of the scale

  * `limits` - limits of scale, [start + step, end - step] by default

  * `hide_zero` - hides zero if true

  * `tick_size` - size of scale ticks in px, default is 5px

  * `mark` - a function that generate label for ticks



```js

// Draws axis from -1 to 1 without a scale

clumsy.axis('x', -1, 1);

// Draws axis from -1 to 1 with a scale and step 0.2

clumsy.axis('x', -1, 1, 0.2);

// Draws axis with custom options:

clumsy.axis('x', -1, 1, {

    zero: {x: 0, y: 0}, // default

    step: 0.1,

    limits: [start + step, end - step],

    hide_zero: true, // hide zero mark

    tick_size: 5, // in px

    mark: function(t){ // default

        return parseInt(t) + '.' + parseInt(Math.abs(t*10) % 10)

    }

});

```





### clean([color])

Updates the background color (if argument is not undefined) and cleans the canvas.



 * `color` - new background color.



```js

clumsy.clean();

```





### draw(curve)



Draws a curve by array of point in `{x: x, y: y}` format.



* `curve` is [{x: x0, y: y0}, ... {x: xn-1, yn-1}]



```js

// Draws line from (0,0) to (1,1).

clumsy.draw([{x: 0, y:0}, {x: 1, y:1}]);

```





### fillTextAtCenter(x, y, text)



Draws text at center (x, y).



* x, y - coordinates of text center

* text - a text for drawing



```js

clumsy.fillTextAtCenter(100, 100, "Hello World!");

```



### overdraw(curve)



Draws a curve with clearing canvas under the curve by background color.



* `curve` is [{x: x0, y: y0}, ... {x: xn-1, yn-1}]



```js

// Draws line from (0,0) to (1,1)

clumsy.draw([{x: 0, y:0}, {x: 1, y:1}]);

// Overdraws line from (0,1) to (0,1)

clumsy.draw([{x: 1, y:0}, {x: 0, y:1}]);

```





### padding(size)

### padding(vertical, horizontal)

### padding(left, right, bottom, top)



Sets paddings from the edges of the canvas.



* `size` - size of all paddings

* `veritcal`, `horizontal` - vertical and horizontal paddings

* `left`, `right`, `bottom`, `top` - vertical and horizontal paddings



```js

// Sets all padding in 100px

clumsy.padding(100);

// Sets vertical paddings are 100px and horizontal are 200px

clumsy.padding(100, 200);

// Sets left, right, bottom and top paddings

clumsy.padding(50, 100, 150, 200);

```





### range(start, end)

### range(start0, end0, start1, start1)



Sets ranges of the coordinate system.



```js

// Sets same range for horizontal and vertical scales

clumsy.range(-10, 10);

// Sets horizontal [-10,10] and vertical [-20,20] ranges

clumsy.range(-10, 10, -20, 20);

```





### seed([seed])

Sets the seed of generator of pseudo random numbers.



```js

// Sets the seed

clumsy.seed(123456);

// Gets current seed

var seed = clumsy.seed();

```



### properties



Properties with setters/getters:



```js

// In pixels

clumsy.step(10);

clumsy.radius(10);

clumsy.defaultBoxAscent(16);

clumsy.lineWidth(1);



// CSS color

clumsy.background('white');

clumsy.color('black');



// CSS font

clumsy.font('12px Arial');



// Seed number for the built-in pseudo random generator

clumsy.seed(12345);

```



## License



  [MIT](LICENSE)



[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/clumsy.svg

[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/clumsy

[downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/clumsy.svg

[downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/clumsy

[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/kreshikhin/clumsy/master.svg

[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/kreshikhin/clumsy