balloon class used for balloon style customisation

ponysay

@@ -683,6 +683,51 @@ class ArgParser():
 
 
 
+'''
+Balloon format class
+'''
+class Balloon():
+    '''
+    Constructor
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, link, linkmirror, ww, ee, nw, nnw, n, nne, ne, nee, e, see, se, sse, s, ssw, sw, sww, w, nww):
+        (self.link, self.linkmirror) = (link, linkmirror)
+        (self.ww, self.ee) = (ww, ee)
+        (self.nw, self.ne, self.se, self.sw) = (nw, ne, se, sw)
+        (self.nnw, self.n, self.nne) = (nnw, n, nne)
+        (self.nee, self.e, self.see) = (nee, e, see)
+        (self.sse, self.s, self.ssw) = (sse, s, ssw)
+        (self.sww, self.w, self.nww) = (sww, w, nww)
+        
+        minE = len(max([ne, nee, e, see, se, ee], key = len))
+        minW = len(max([nw, nww, e, sww, sw, ww], key = len))
+        minN = len(max([ne, nne, n, nnw, nw], key = len))
+        minS = len(max([se, sse, s, ssw, sw], key = len))
+        
+        self.minwidth = minE + minE
+        self.minheight = minN + minS
+    
+    
+    '''
+    Generates a balloon with a message
+    '''
+    def get(self, minw, minh, lines, lencalc):
+        h = 4 + lencalc(lines)
+        w = 6 + lencalc(max(lines, key = lencalc))
+        if w < minw:  w = minw
+        if h < minh:  h = minh
+        
+        rc = '/' + '-' * (w - 2) + '\\\n'
+        rc += '|' + ' ' * (w - 2) + '|\n'
+        for line in lines:
+            rc += '|  ' + line + ' ' * (w - lencalc(line) - 6) + '  |\n'
+        rc += '|' + ' ' * (w - 2) + '|\n'
+        rc += '\\' + '-' * (w - 2) + '/'
+        
+        return rc
+
+
+
 '''
 Replacement for cowsay
 '''
@@ -697,7 +742,12 @@ class Backend():
         self.wrapcolumn = wrapcolumn
         self.width = width
         
-        self.link = {'\\' : '\\', '/' : '/'} if not isthink else {'\\' : 'o', '/' : 'o'}
+        if isthink:
+            self.balloon = Balloon('o', 'o', '( ', ' )', [' _'], ['_'], ['_'], ['_'], ['_ '], ' )', ' )', ' )', ['- '], ['-'], ['-'], ['-'], ['- '], '( ', '( ', '( ')
+        else:
+            self.balloon = Balloon('\\', '/', '< ', ' >', [' _'], ['_'], ['_'], ['_'], ['_ '], ' \\', ' |', ' //', ['- '], ['-'], ['-'], ['-'], ['- '], '\\ ', '| ', '/ ')
+        
+        self.link = {'\\' : self.balloon.link, '/' : self.balloon.linkmirror}
         
         self.output = ''
         self.pony = None
@@ -965,19 +1015,8 @@ class Backend():
         if wrap is not None:
             msg = self.__wrapMessage(msg, wrap)
         lines = msg.split('\n')
-        h = 4 + len(lines)
-        w = 6 + len(max(lines, key = len))
-        if w < width:   w = width
-        if h < height:  h = height
         
-        rc = '/' + '-' * (w - 2) + '\\\n'
+        return self.balloon.get(width, height, lines, self.__len)
-        rc += '|' + ' ' * (w - 2) + '|\n'
-        for line in lines:
-            rc += '|  ' + line + ' ' * (w - len(line) - 6) + '  |\n'
-        rc += '|' + ' ' * (w - 2) + '|\n'
-        rc += '\\' + '-' * (w - 2) + '/'
-        
-        return rc
     
     
     '''