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..::Acme::AsciiArt2HtmlTable version 0.01
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=head1 NAME

Acme::AsciiArt2HtmlTable - Converts Ascii art to an HTML table

=head1 VERSION

Version 0.01

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Acme::AsciiArt2HtmlTable;

    my $table = "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggyyyyrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggyyyyrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "gggggyyyyyyrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "gggggyyyyyyrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggyyyyrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggyyyyrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" .
                "ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\n" ;

    my $html = aa2ht( { td => { width => 3 , height => 3 } } , $table);

    # $html now holds a table with a color representation of your
    # ascii art. In this case, the Portuguese flag.

=head1 FUNCTIONS

=head2 aa2ht

Gets ascii text and converts it to an HTML table. This is how it works:

=over 4

=item * each line is a C<tr> element

=item * each letter is a C<td> element

=item * each C<td> has background of a specific color, which is
defined by the letter that created it

=back

=head3 OPTIONS

You can pass a reference to a hash before the text you want to
convert.

=head4 id

In order to save space in the output, C<td> and C<tr> elements'
attributes are not in each element, but rather in a C<style> element.

This causes a problem if you want to put two different outputs with
different attributes on the same page.

To solve this problem: C<id>.

When creating a table, use the parameter C<id> to make sure it doesn't
end up mixed up with something else.

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'id' => 'special' } $ascii );

The result will be something like this:

  <style>
  .special td { width:1; height:1; }
  .special tr {  }
  </style>
  <table class="special" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">

=head4 use-default-colors

If set to a false value, no default mappings are used.

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'use-default-colors' => 0 }, $ascii);

Behind the curtains, there is still a mapping: the default mapping to
white.

=head4 colors

You can override color definitions or specify your own.

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'colors' => { '@' => 'ffddee',
                                    'g' => '00ffff' } }, $ascii);

=head4 randomize-new-colors

If set to a true value, letters with no mappings are assigned a
random one.

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'randomize-new-colors' => 1 }, $ascii);

You might want to remove the default mappings if you're really
interested in a completely random effect:

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'use-default-colors' => 0,
                      'randomize-new-colors' => 1 }, $ascii);