zigdragon

zigdragon is a Heighway curve generator, written in Zig. I wrote this as a fun exercise after completing the Ziglings course.

Build

Built using Zig version 0.16.0

Download the source and run:

zig build-exe zigdragon.zig -O ReleaseSmall -fstrip -fsingle-threaded

Or using the Nix flake:

nix build github:zeropt/zigdragon

Usage

Usage: zigdragon [-fm] [-s/--style <style>] [-n <iteration>]...

zigdragon is a Heighway curve generator.

Drawing Styles:
  none        no drawing
  arcs        utf-8 light box characters with rounded corners
  ascii       plain ascii using the [--brush] character
  box         (default) utf-8 light box drawing characters
  braille     utf-8 braille patterns
  doublebox   utf-8 double box drawing characters
  halfblocks  utf-8 half-blocks
  heavybox    utf-8 heavy box drawing characters
  quadrants   utf-8 block quadrants

Options:
  -f, --folds                 Print the sequence of folds
  -m, --mirror                Generate a right instead of left-handed curve
  -s, --style <style>         Drawing style (see the styles listed above)
  -n <iteration>              Number of iterations the pattern is folded,
                              iteration < 24 (default: 10)
  -x, --scale <len>           Segment length between each fold (default: 1)
  -d, --direction <heading>   Cardinal direction to start the curve with
                              e.g. N, S, E, W (default: S)
  -b, --brush <char>          Ascii character to draw with in 'ascii' style
                              (default: '#')
  -h, --help                  Show help