# Anthony Kawecki
# How To Make Almost Anything, Fall 2015
# 12/12/15

#give user interface window
#allowed to type in a string of characters and hit enter
#sends a string of characters to the thing

#ascii value of character: ord('a') = 97
#go from value to character: chr(97)=a

#48-57 is 0-9
#65-90 is A-Z
#psi
# # =58
# $ =59
# . =60
# ! =61
# ' '= 62
# ?	= 63
# @ = 64
#so use a charcter list of 48-91
#The resulting index list should index from 0-43, to ease with spots on the machine
import sys
from Tkinter import *

funkyList=['#', '$', '.', '!', ' ']
AlphabetLength = 44
alphabet = {}

#Creates a dictionary with keys equal to a list of indeces and values equal to their correlating characters
#returns the dictionary
def createAlphabet():
	placeInFunky = 0
	for i in xrange(48, 92):
		if i >57 and i<63:
			alphabet[i]=funkyList[placeInFunky]
			placeInFunky+=1
		else:
			alphabet[i]=chr(i)
	return alphabet

#print createAlphabet()

#value from users input is e1.get()
#show_entry_fields is called when the button called "Submit" is pressed
#It prints the string the user enters along with the list of correlating indices for each character in the string
#It returns the list of correlating indeces to the splitFlap cards for the string
def show_entry_fields():
	listIndexs = []
	#build your dictionary
	alphabet = createAlphabet()
	user_input= e1.get()
	#go through each character in the string inputted by the user
	for character in user_input:
		#go through the alphabet keys
		for char in alphabet:
			#if the value at your key is equal to your character, you've found your index, zero it as necessary and append it to your list
			val = alphabet[char]
			if character == val:
				listIndexs.append(char-48)
	listIndexs.append(0)
	print"Entry: %s" % (e1.get())+",", listIndexs
	return listIndexs

#Creating the GUI
master = Tk()

Label(master, text="Please only use capitol Letters, numbers, space, #, $, .,[, and ! \n \n would you like to print in Split-Flap?").grid(row=0)

e1 = Entry(master)

e1.grid(row=0, column=1)

Button(master, text='Quit', command=master.quit).grid(row=3, column=0, sticky=W, pady=4)
Button(master, text='Submit', command=show_entry_fields).grid(row=3, column=1, sticky=W, pady=4)

mainloop( )



########## C Psuedocode ###############

#own creation of steps, this will depend on the size of the flap machine
#int step_forward(){
#	step_cw();
#	step_cw();
#	// or however many steps you would like it to move forward (unidirectional)
#} 
#currentIndex = 0 where you are now when you start the logic
#indexs = returned from Python program
#for(i=0; i<len(indexs); ++i){//i indicates the index to the list within indexs that gives you the desired card Index within your entire list
#	desiredIndex = indexs[i]
#	if(currentIndex<desiredIndex){	// where you are currently is behind where you want to be, simply move forward
#		numberMoves = desiredIndex-currentIndex
#		for(move=0; move<numberMoves;move++)//call the step method once for every move
#			step_forward()
#		}
#		delay()	//pause for 2 seconds
#		currentIndex = desiredIndex //you are now at your new spot, indicate so
#	}
#	else{				// were you are currentlyIndex in front of where you want to be, 
#		numberMoves = numCardSlots(in our case 44 total card slots) + desiredIndex - currentIndex
#		for(move=0; move<numberMoves;move++){
#			step_forward()
#		}
#		delay()	//pause for 2 seconds
#		currentIndex = desiredIndex //you are now at your new spot, indicate so
#	}
#}