From 6d4e7c791481a511a78049bf3728aee1db0ce4fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noelle Leigh <noelle@tilde.town>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 21:18:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Rewrite car templates as list of strings

This lets us trim all the trailing whitespace in the file automatically.
---
 tilde-train.py | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tilde-train.py b/tilde-train.py
index a14a174..62d79b2 100755
--- a/tilde-train.py
+++ b/tilde-train.py
@@ -52,40 +52,42 @@ print_train = False ## print train to file (instead of the screen scroll)
 train = [""]*max_y ## empty train of correct height.
 cars = []
 
-engine = r"""        ____                      
-       |____|         ------------
-        |  |  ===     |  ------  |
-     ___|  |__| |_____| |   O  | |
-    |  |              | |__/V\_| |
-   [[  |                         |
-    |  | ------------ |   ~town  |
-    |__|______________|__________|
- //// / _\__/__\__/__\      /  \  
-////  \__/  \__/  \__/      \__/  """
-engine = engine.split("\n")
+engine = [
+  r"        ____                      ",
+  r"       |____|         ------------",
+  r"        |  |  ===     |  ------  |",
+  r"     ___|  |__| |_____| |   O  | |",
+  r"    |  |              | |__/V\_| |",
+  r"   [[  |                         |",
+  r"    |  | ------------ |   ~town  |",
+  r"    |__|______________|__________|",
+  r" //// / _\__/__\__/__\      /  \  ",
+  r"////  \__/  \__/  \__/      \__/  ",
+]
 
-caboose = r"""                        ||        
-         =============  ||        
-=========|           |==========  
-  |    ----          ----     |   
-  |   |    |        |    |    |   
-  |    ----          ----     |   
-  |    tilde.town railways    |   
-==|                           |== 
-== - /  \-/  \-----/  \-/  \ - == 
-     \__/ \__/     \__/ \__/      """
-caboose = caboose.split("\n")
-
-default_car = r""" ----------------------------  
-|                            |
-|    YOUR TRAIN CAR HERE!    |  
-|       Just create a        |  
-|      ~/.choochoo file!     |
-|   __   __        __   __   |
- - /  \-/  \------/  \-/  \ -
-   \__/ \__/      \__/ \__/"""
-default_car = default_car.split("\n")
+caboose = [
+  r"                        ||        ",
+  r"         =============  ||        ",
+  r"=========|           |==========  ",
+  r"  |    ----          ----     |   ",
+  r"  |   |    |        |    |    |   ",
+  r"  |    ----          ----     |   ",
+  r"  |    tilde.town railways    |   ",
+  r"==|                           |== ",
+  r"== - /  \-/  \-----/  \-/  \ - == ",
+  r"     \__/ \__/     \__/ \__/      ",
+]
 
+default_car = [
+  r" ---------------------------- ",
+  r"|                            |",
+  r"|    YOUR TRAIN CAR HERE!    |",
+  r"|       Just create a        |",
+  r"|      ~/.choochoo file!     |",
+  r"|   __   __        __   __   |",
+  r" - /  \-/  \------/  \-/  \ - ",
+  r"   \__/ \__/      \__/ \__/   ",
+]
 
 def print_help():
   print("")
@@ -240,13 +242,13 @@ def print_all_cars():
         choochoo_list = choochoo_string.split("\n")
       if len(choochoo_list) > max_y+1:
         continue ## the train car was too tall; skip it.
-  
+
       car = validate_car(choochoo_list) ## printing is only a DEBUG feature.
       if car != 0:
         print("")
         print(fname + ":")
         print("\n".join(car)) ## print the car to stdout
-  
+
       ## HOW TO CLOSE THE FILE HANDLE? fname.close(), close(fname), ...?
     except:
       pass;