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                "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);

You might also want to keep the white space as a white block:

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

=head4 table

With the parameter C<table> you can specify specific values for fields
like C<border>, C<cellpadding> and C<cellspacing> (all these have
value "0" by default).

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'table' => { 'border' => '1' } }, $ascii );

These attributes go directly into the C<table> tag.

=head4 tr

With the C<tr> parameter you can specify specific values for C<tr>'s
attributes.

These attributes go into a C<style> tag. The table class uses that
style.

=head4 td

With the C<td> parameter you can specify specific values for C<td>'s
attributes, like C<width> or C<height>.

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'td' => { 'width' => '2px',
                                'height' => '2px' } }, $ascii);

These attributes go into a C<style> tag. The table class uses that
style.

=head3 SPECIALS

=head4 optimization

Table optimization, which is disabled by default, uses the C<rowspan>
and C<colspan> C<td> attributes to save up space.

  my $html = aa2ht( { 'optimization' => 1 }, $ascii );

When the optimization algorithm sees a chance of turning some cells
into a big one, it does so. It always chooses the biggest area
possible for optimizing.

If two different areas suitable for optimization starting from a given
cell are available and both present the same area size, the algorithm