Added config option for stripping or keeping whitelines

lib/config.py

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ def initConfig():
         'rightMargin': 50,
         'tryToShrinkRatio' : 0.25,
         'lowestwhitespaceonwidthratioallowed': 0.90,
-        'hightestwhitespaceonwidthratioallowed': 0.40    
+        'hightestwhitespaceonwidthratioallowed': 0.40,
+        'keepEmptyLines': 1
     }
   # (if CMD arguments: load CMD arguments to override specific settings)
   with open('config.ini', 'w') as configfile:

lib/dataStructures.py

@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ A5 = {'width': 210, 'height': 148}
     @param inputString raw txt input
     @return string of parsed input
 """
-def stripEmptyLines(inputString):
+def stripEmptyLines(inputString, keepEmptyLines):
   nonEmptyLines = ""
   lines = inputString.split("\n")
   for line in lines:
-    if line.strip() != "":
+    if keepEmptyLines or line.strip() != "":
       nonEmptyLines += line + "\r\n"
   return nonEmptyLines
 
@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@ class Section:
     isFirstLine = True
     # Input sections may have tablature-only or lyric-only sections
     # So we have to insert empty lines if we have subsequent tablature or lyric lines
-    lines = self.rawData.split('\r\n')
+    lines = self.rawData.splitlines(True)
     for line in lines:
-      if not len(line):
+      # Empty line whitespace
+      if not line:
+        self.lyrics.append("")
+        self.tablatures.append("") 
         continue 
       # Determine lyric or tablature line
       currentIsTablature = isTablatureData(line)
@@ -230,7 +233,8 @@ class Song:
     # Some sections are very small, so the highest whitespace can be very large. 
     # It is advised to keep this value relatively small
     self.hightestWhitespaceOnWidthRatioAllowed = float(configObj['hightestWhitespaceOnWidthRatioAllowed'])
-
+    # Strip empty lines from input or keep em
+    self.keepEmptyLines = configObj['keepEmptyLines'] == '1'
 
 
   """!@brief Calculates dimensions of metadata
@@ -422,7 +426,7 @@ class Song:
     # Get raw data
     self.rawData = readSourceFile(self.inputFile)
     parseData = self.rawData
-    # While not EOF: build sections untill new section found.
+    # While not EOF: build sections until new section found.
     delimiterIndex = parseData.find("[")
     if delimiterIndex == -1:
       print("Cannot parse input file, since it is not delimited by '[<sectionName>]' entries")
@@ -482,9 +486,9 @@ class Song:
     # Get raw data
     self.rawData = readSourceFile(self.inputFile)
     # Clean up input
-    parseData = stripEmptyLines(self.rawData)
+    parseData = stripEmptyLines(self.rawData, self.keepEmptyLines)
     #print("Clean data='{}'\n".format(parseData))
-    # While not EOF: build sections untill new section found.
+    # While not EOF: build sections until new section found.
     delimiterIndex = parseData.find("[")
     if delimiterIndex == -1:
       print("Cannot parse input file, since it is not delimited by '[<sectionName>]' entries")

output2img.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def outputToImage(folderLocation, songObj):
   for line in songObj.metadata.split('\n'):
     # remove any unwanted characters from metadata
     line = line.rstrip()
-    if not line:
+    if not line and not songObj.keepEmptyLines:
       continue
     #print("meta line '{}'".format(line))
     metadataTextWidth, metadataTextHeight = songObj.fontMetadata.getsize(line)
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ def outputToImage(folderLocation, songObj):
         currentHeight += lyricTextHeight
         lineIterator += 1
         #print("currentheight={}".format(currentHeight))
-      # Margin between each section
+      # If we stripped al whitespace, we need to add whitespace between sections
+      if not songObj.keepEmptyLines:
         currentHeight += songObj.topMargin
     # Got all sections in the page, so write it
     outputLocation = folderLocation + "/" + songObj.title + '-' + str(imageNumber) + ".png"

output2txt.py

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ def outputToTxt(folderLocation, printRaw, songObj):
         output += tabline + '\r\n'
       if printRaw or len(lyricline):
         output += lyricline + '\r\n'
+      #If both lines are empty, it is an empty line
+      # So if printRaw == false, insert one empty line
+      if not printRaw and not len(tabline) and not len(lyricline):
+        output += '\r\n'
       lineIterator += 1
     # If exporting raw, do not include the whitespace between sections
     if not printRaw: