The Zen of Python, in DrawBot

zen-print.py

# how to get the text from Zen of Python
# and set it on a page with DrawBot

import this
# reload(this)

# this prints the ZOP in the output window

# but how can we get the text string and save it into a variable?

# let's see what's inside `this`
# print dir(this)

# hmm. what is this stuff?
# print this.c # ?
# print this.d # this looks like a substition cypher
# print this.s # this looks like the ZOP, but the text is cyphered
# print this.i # ?

# let's try to apply the substituion cypher to the text

zen = ''
for char in this.s:
    if this.d.has_key(char):
        zen += this.d[char]
    else:
        zen += char

print zen
# aha, it works!

# now we can set it on the page
size(210, 297)
lineHeight(7)
fontSize(4)
textBox(zen, (20, 20, width()-40, height()-40))