LAF (List of Ascii Frames)

LAF is a simple format for storing a sequence of ASCII frames.
That you can reproduce with laf.exe

Future features

• Easy
• Add support for gif convertion into LAF file.
• Turn format into byte code.
• COLORS!!!.

Header

Images, videos or even gifs or bitmaps has it's own header file.
This in order to detect which file are you dealing with.

Format

LAFWWWHHHFF| where:

• WWW is the width of each frame.
• HHH is the height of each frame.
• FF is the framerate (if 0, 4)
• | is the end of the header. Values are represented in hexadecimal.

Flags

Flags are options that can be used to customize the behaviour of the LAF file.
This flags goes between frame rate value and end of the header.

• F : when reproducing a LAF the console switches into fullscreen.
• R : the LAF will repeat backwards after last frame.

Examples

Moving in

LAF00500207|
OOOOO
V|OOU

OOOOO
VO|OU

OOOOO
VOO|U

OOOOx
VOO/U

OOOxO
VOO|U

OOxOO
VO|OU

OxOOO
V|OOU

xOOOO
V\OOU

Note: Internally this is interpreted as LAF00500207|OOOOOV|OOUOOOOOVO|OUOOOOOVOO|UOOOOxVOO/UOOOxOVOO|UOOxOOVO|OUOxOOOV|OOUxOOOOV\OOU