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Started the library docs. Added some docs for KeyList.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:09:36 -0500
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bgneal@57 1 Library Reference
bgneal@57 2 =================
bgneal@62 3
bgneal@62 4 This section of the documentation is aimed at developers who wish to use the
bgneal@62 5 ``m209`` library as part of their own application. This documentation covers
bgneal@62 6 the major classes and functions.
bgneal@62 7
bgneal@62 8 Key lists
bgneal@62 9 ---------
bgneal@62 10
bgneal@62 11 Key lists are represented as a named tuple called ``KeyList``.
bgneal@62 12
bgneal@62 13 .. class:: m209.keylist.KeyList(indicator, lugs, pin_list, letter_check)
bgneal@62 14
bgneal@62 15 As a named tuple, ``KeyList`` has the following attributes:
bgneal@62 16
bgneal@62 17 * ``indicator`` - the string name for the ``KeyList``; must be 2 letters in
bgneal@62 18 the range ``AA`` - ``ZZ``
bgneal@62 19 * ``lugs`` - a string representing the drum lug settings; see below
bgneal@62 20 * ``pin_list`` - a list of six strings which represent key wheel pin
bgneal@62 21 settings; see below
bgneal@62 22 * ``letter_check`` - a string representing the letter check used to verify
bgneal@62 23 operator settings; if unknown this can be ``None`` or an empty string
bgneal@62 24
bgneal@62 25 Lug settings string format
bgneal@62 26 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
bgneal@62 27
bgneal@62 28 Drum lug settings are often conveniently represented as strings consisting of
bgneal@62 29 at most 27 whitespace-separated pairs of integers separated by dashes. For
bgneal@62 30 example::
bgneal@62 31
bgneal@62 32 lugs = '1-0 2-0 2-0 0-3 0-5 0-5 0-5 0-6 2-4 3-6'
bgneal@62 33
bgneal@62 34 Each integer pair must be in the form ``m-n`` where m & n are integers
bgneal@62 35 between 0 and 6, inclusive. Each integer represents a lug position where
bgneal@62 36 0 is a neutral position, and 1-6 correspond to key wheel positions. If
bgneal@62 37 m & n are both non-zero, they cannot be equal.
bgneal@62 38
bgneal@62 39 If a string has less than 27 pairs, it is assumed all remaining bars have both
bgneal@62 40 lugs in the neutral (0) positions.
bgneal@62 41
bgneal@62 42 Order of the pairs within the string does not matter.
bgneal@62 43
bgneal@62 44 To reduce typing and to aid in readability, an alternate shortcut notation is
bgneal@62 45 supported::
bgneal@62 46
bgneal@62 47 lugs = '1-0 2-0*2 0-3 0-5*3 0-6 2-4 3-6'
bgneal@62 48
bgneal@62 49 Any pair that is suffixed by ``*k``, where k is a positive integer, means there
bgneal@62 50 are ``k`` copies of the preceeding lug pair combination. For example, these two
bgneal@62 51 strings describe identical drum configurations::
bgneal@62 52
bgneal@62 53 lugs1 = '2-4 2-4 2-4 0-1 0-1'
bgneal@62 54 lugs2 = '2-4*3 0-1*2'
bgneal@62 55
bgneal@62 56 Key wheel pin settings
bgneal@62 57 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
bgneal@62 58
bgneal@62 59 Key wheel pin settings are represented as iterables of letters whose pins are
bgneal@62 60 slid to the "effective" position (to the right). Letters not appearing in this
bgneal@62 61 sequence are considered to be in the "ineffective" position (to the left). If
bgneal@62 62 None or empty, all pins are set to be ineffective.
bgneal@62 63
bgneal@62 64 Examples::
bgneal@62 65
bgneal@62 66 all_ineffective = ''
bgneal@62 67 wheel1 = 'ABDEFHIJMQSUXZ'
bgneal@62 68 wheel2 = 'EINPQRTVXZ'
bgneal@62 69 wheel3 = 'DEFGIKNOSUX'
bgneal@62 70 wheel4 = 'BFGJKRS'
bgneal@62 71 wheel5 = 'ABCDFGHIJMPS'
bgneal@62 72 wheel6 = 'ADEFHIJKN'
bgneal@62 73
bgneal@62 74 Key List Example
bgneal@62 75 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
bgneal@62 76
bgneal@62 77 An example of using the :py:class:`m209.keylist.KeyList` is:
bgneal@62 78
bgneal@62 79 .. code-block:: python
bgneal@62 80
bgneal@62 81 from m209.keylist import KeyList
bgneal@62 82
bgneal@62 83 key_list1 = KeyList(
bgneal@62 84 indicator='AA',
bgneal@62 85 lugs='0-4 0-5*4 0-6*6 1-0*5 1-2 1-5*4 3-0*3 3-4 3-6 5-6',
bgneal@62 86 pin_list=[
bgneal@62 87 'FGIKOPRSUVWYZ',
bgneal@62 88 'DFGKLMOTUY',
bgneal@62 89 'ADEFGIORTUVX',
bgneal@62 90 'ACFGHILMRSU',
bgneal@62 91 'BCDEFJKLPS',
bgneal@62 92 'EFGHIJLMNP'
bgneal@62 93 ],
bgneal@62 94 letter_check='QLRRN TPTFU TRPTN MWQTV JLIJE J')