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docs/generate_docs.py
docstring = ast.get_docstring(tree)
if docstring:
return docstring.strip().split("\n")[0] # First line only
except SyntaxError:

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Empty except Note documentation

'except' clause does nothing but pass and there is no explanatory comment.

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AI 19 days ago

In general, an empty except should either (a) be removed so the exception propagates, or (b) handle the error meaningfully—logging, transforming, or otherwise recording it—and/or clearly document why it is intentionally ignored.

Here, the existing logic is: try to parse the module and get its docstring; if that fails due to SyntaxError, fall back to scanning for the first comment. We should keep that behavior, but make the except block non-empty. The best low-impact fix is to add a short comment explaining the intentional fallback, and optionally log the syntax error at a low verbosity level using the standard library logging module.

Concretely, in docs/generate_docs.py:

  • Add an import for logging near the top.
  • Replace the except SyntaxError: pass block with an except SyntaxError: that either:
    • logs the failure via logging.debug(...) and then continues, and
    • includes a comment indicating that the function will fall back to comment-based description.

This preserves all existing behavior while satisfying the rule and aiding debugging.

Suggested changeset 1
docs/generate_docs.py

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Run the following command in your local git repository to apply this patch
cat << 'EOF' | git apply
diff --git a/docs/generate_docs.py b/docs/generate_docs.py
--- a/docs/generate_docs.py
+++ b/docs/generate_docs.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from ansi2html.style import get_styles
 
 import plotille
+import logging
 
 conv = Ansi2HTMLConverter()
 
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@
         if docstring:
             return docstring.strip().split("\n")[0]  # First line only
     except SyntaxError:
-        pass
+        # Invalid Python source; fall back to extracting the first comment instead.
+        logging.debug("Failed to parse source for description due to SyntaxError; using comment fallback.")
 
     # Fall back to first comment
     lines = source_code.split("\n")
EOF
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
from ansi2html.style import get_styles

import plotille
import logging

conv = Ansi2HTMLConverter()

@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@
if docstring:
return docstring.strip().split("\n")[0] # First line only
except SyntaxError:
pass
# Invalid Python source; fall back to extracting the first comment instead.
logging.debug("Failed to parse source for description due to SyntaxError; using comment fallback.")

# Fall back to first comment
lines = source_code.split("\n")
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docs/generate_docs.py
# Start of license
if "MIT License" in line:
in_license = True
start_index = i

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Variable start_index is not used.

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AI 19 days ago

In general, an unused local variable that is not intentionally unused should be removed to avoid confusion and keep the code clean. If the assignment’s right-hand side has important side effects, only the variable binding should be removed, not the expression itself.

In this specific case, start_index is assigned but never used. The logic to strip the license header already works by returning "\n".join(lines[i:]), which uses the loop index i directly. Therefore, the best fix is to delete the start_index variable entirely and adjust the nearby comment so it accurately describes the behavior. Concretely:

  • Remove the line start_index = 0.
  • Remove the assignment start_index = i inside the "MIT License" branch.
  • Update the comment on line 146 so it no longer refers to start_index and instead describes that we return everything from the first non-comment, non-blank line after the license.

No new imports, methods, or definitions are needed.

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docs/generate_docs.py

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Autofix patch
Run the following command in your local git repository to apply this patch
cat << 'EOF' | git apply
diff --git a/docs/generate_docs.py b/docs/generate_docs.py
--- a/docs/generate_docs.py
+++ b/docs/generate_docs.py
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
     if "# The MIT License" in source_code:
         # Find the end of the license block (first non-comment/non-blank line after license)
         in_license = False
-        start_index = 0
 
         for i, line in enumerate(lines):
             stripped = line.strip()
@@ -138,12 +137,11 @@
             # Start of license
             if "MIT License" in line:
                 in_license = True
-                start_index = i
                 continue
 
             # End of license block (first non-comment, non-blank line)
             if in_license and stripped and not stripped.startswith("#"):
-                # Remove everything from start_index to just before this line
+                # Return everything from this line onward (after the license header)
                 return "\n".join(lines[i:])
 
         # If we didn't find the end, remove first 23 lines (typical license length)
EOF
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
if "# The MIT License" in source_code:
# Find the end of the license block (first non-comment/non-blank line after license)
in_license = False
start_index = 0

for i, line in enumerate(lines):
stripped = line.strip()
@@ -138,12 +137,11 @@
# Start of license
if "MIT License" in line:
in_license = True
start_index = i
continue

# End of license block (first non-comment, non-blank line)
if in_license and stripped and not stripped.startswith("#"):
# Remove everything from start_index to just before this line
# Return everything from this line onward (after the license header)
return "\n".join(lines[i:])

# If we didn't find the end, remove first 23 lines (typical license length)
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tammoippen and others added 28 commits February 2, 2026 14:38
@tammoippen
Add comprehensive documentation system implementation plan
c631cef
@tammoippen @claude
Add Brython compatibility validation test
3c0631d 
Creates a browser-based test environment to validate that plotille
can run in Brython (Python in the browser) for interactive documentation.

Setup:
- Added brython as dev dependency
- Created test-brython directory with Brython installation
- Added plotille package for browser use
- Integrated AnsiUp library for ANSI color rendering

Test page features:
- Runs Olympic Rings example (multiple colors)
- Captures stdout with ANSI color codes
- Converts ANSI to HTML using AnsiUp ES6 module
- Displays colored output in amber phosphor terminal aesthetic

Results:
✓ plotille imports successfully in Brython
✓ Canvas and Figure operations work correctly
✓ ANSI color codes render properly in browser
✓ Braille characters display correctly
✓ Performance is acceptable for interactive use

This validates the feasibility of interactive browser-based examples
for the documentation system implementation plan.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Document Brython validation test results
bbd42a9 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Remove debug logs and disable Brython debug mode
6fbe285 
- Removed FORCE_COLOR environment variable (not needed with isatty)
- Removed Python console.log debug statements
- Removed JavaScript console.log messages
- Disabled Brython debug mode to prevent verbose logging

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Update README - FORCE_COLOR not needed
006dc74 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Use Makefile for test environment setup, ignore generated files
a4a7123 
- Remove all generated files from git (Lib/, brython.js, ansi_up.js, etc.)
- Add .gitignore for test-brython directory
- Create Makefile with targets: setup, clean, serve, test
- Copy plotille source directly instead of using brython add_package
  (avoids trying to install numpy/PIL in browser)
- Update README with Makefile instructions

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Restore Olympic Rings test page
1edf2c5 
The index.html was accidentally replaced with the default 'Hello' page.
Restored the full Olympic Rings example with color rendering.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
Add MkDocs and documentation dependencies
d5e0f44
@tammoippen
Add basic MkDocs configuration
379f160
@tammoippen
Enable doctest in pytest configuration
508f83d
@tammoippen
Add example analysis script with tests
3a97f29
@tammoippen
Add build artifacts to gitignore
431b1dc
@tammoippen
add lock file
d45df83
@tammoippen
Add example categorization logic
8c0a313
@tammoippen
Add example execution and output capture
5be0e64
@tammoippen
Add static example pre-rendering
3c3f8e0
@tammoippen
Add markdown generation templates for examples
ba5fa6a
@tammoippen @claude
Add category page generation
87a62e1 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add home page generation
7682d12 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add amber phosphor terminal theme CSS
6e58a58 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
Add comprehensive implementation review with fixes
81e6804
@tammoippen @claude
Fix color contrast, filter unwanted examples, add hero plot, update nav
5a09f49 
- Fix color contrast in terminal.css with !important rules for dark backgrounds
- Skip __init__.py and performance_example.py from documentation
- Strip MIT license headers from example code and descriptions
- Add hero sine wave plot to home page
- Update navigation to include Cookbook section

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add Brython runtime integration
b8f6ee2 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add plotille source copying for Brython access
468b861 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add CodeMirror setup with textarea enhancement
9fdb00f 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
Add Phase 6-7 implementation review with critical fixes
5d83fd3
@tammoippen @claude
Fix build errors and complete Task 7.2
8020b98 
- Fix IsADirectoryError in generate_docs.py by handling None output paths
- Complete Task 7.2: Implement proper Brython execution with output capture
- Remove misleading CodeMirror check from codemirror-setup.js
- Remove test page from production navigation
- Exclude __pycache__ directories from plotille copy

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Fix Brython execution errors
e290b6f 
- Remove existing scripts before creating new ones (fixes duplicate ID error)
- Replace io.StringIO with custom OutputCapture class (Brython-compatible)
- Restore console.log immediately after brython() call
- Increase timeout to 150ms for reliable output capture

Fixes:
- TypeError: can't access property "__name__", locals is undefined
- Error: Found 2 scripts with the same id

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
tammoippen and others added 27 commits February 2, 2026 14:38
@tammoippen @claude
Fix Brython execution context error and add Makefile docs targets
3ad60b3 
Brython fix:
- Use exec() instead of indenting user code in try/finally block
- Prevents "can't access property __name__, locals is undefined" error
- Properly escapes code string for exec()

Makefile additions:
- Add 'make docs' target to generate documentation
- Add 'make docs-serve' target to generate and serve docs locally

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Rewrite Brython execution to use permanent Python script
1fabfb7 
The previous approach of creating dynamic script elements doesn't work
reliably with Brython - it causes "locals is undefined" errors when
trying to set up execution contexts.

New approach:
- Create permanent Python script (brython-executor.py) loaded on every page
- Script defines run_code() function exposed to JavaScript via window
- JavaScript simply calls this function with user code
- Proper output capture using custom OutputCapture class
- No dynamic script creation/destruction

Also:
- Add MkDocs template override (docs/overrides/main.html) to load Python script
- Update .gitignore to allow HTML files in docs/overrides/
- Set custom_dir in mkdocs.yml theme config

This matches the working pattern from test-brython/index.html.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Fix empty element ID error in Brython execution
b1601db 
The .output-content div doesn't have an ID, but we were passing
outputDiv.id to Python which was empty string. This caused:
- "Empty string passed to getElementById()"
- KeyError in Python when accessing document[output_element_id]

Fix:
- Get parent container by ID first
- Find .output-content child
- Dynamically assign ID to output content div if not present
- Pass that ID to Python

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Move plotille to Brython standard Lib/site-packages/ location
55ba795 
Fix ModuleNotFoundError by using Brython's standard module location.

Changes:
- Move plotille from docs/src/lib/ to docs/Lib/site-packages/
- Update copy script to use standard location
- Remove custom pythonpath from brython() initialization
- Brython automatically searches Lib/site-packages/ for modules

This matches the working pattern from test-brython/ setup.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Use local Brython installation instead of CDN
3f5118f 
The CDN version of Brython doesn't know about our local Lib/site-packages/
directory. Switch to local Brython files so modules can be found.

Changes:
- Install Brython locally in docs/ directory
- Update mkdocs.yml to use local brython.js and brython_stdlib.js
- Add docs-setup target to Makefile to install Brython
- Make docs target depend on docs-setup
- Add Brython files to .gitignore (they're generated and large: 7.5MB)

Usage:
  make docs-setup  # Install Brython (run once or after cleaning)
  make docs-serve  # Generate docs and serve (runs docs-setup automatically)

This matches the working pattern from test-brython/.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add isatty() and AnsiUp for colored output support
3a05514 
Add isatty() to OutputCapture to enable colors
Add AnsiUp library for ANSI-to-HTML conversion
Download ansi_up.js in docs-setup target

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Remove documentation build artifacts from git
d0547ac 
- Add docs/Lib/ and docs/assets/example-outputs/ to .gitignore
- Remove generated files from git tracking
- These files are regenerated by scripts/generate_docs.py

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Fix UX issues: code contrast, header readability, search results
20da306 
- Add syntax highlighting overrides for better code readability
  - Comments now muted tan instead of transparent
  - Operators and punctuation bright white
  - Keywords, strings, numbers properly colored
- Add header styling with solid black background
  - Header title and buttons bright amber for contrast
  - Search input properly styled
- Add search results styling
  - Proper amber color scheme
  - Limit excerpt height to 3 lines
  - Highlighted search terms readable
- Update code editor text color to bright white
  - Matches static code blocks
  - Better text rendering with antialiasing
  - Focus state with glow effect

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Fix remaining UX issues: colors, navigation, search
f075e40 
Code appearance:
- Mute white text in code blocks from #ffffff to #cccccc
- Update code editor text to match
- Mute operators/punctuation to match

Static example colors:
- Add ansi-output class to prerendered example outputs
- Add JavaScript to process ANSI codes with ansi_up on page load
- Static examples now show colored terminal output

Navigation:
- Fix sidebar navigation colors (Cookbook label, ToC)
- Add explicit amber colors with !important for visibility
- Fix header title to link to home page
- Override site_name block in template

Search results:
- Add comprehensive search result styling
- Force all text to use amber colors
- Add white-space: pre-wrap for code formatting
- Ensure highlighted terms are visible

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
rm build artifacts
d4af150
@tammoippen
some cleanup
168e1a0
@tammoippen
Add CSS simplification plan and implementation updates
1c7de37
@tammoippen @claude
Simplify to standard Material theme with minimal terminal styling
098dcf5 
Replace custom amber phosphor CRT theme (547 lines) with standard Material
theme and minimal terminal-only styling (117 lines). Terminal windows now use
Material CSS variables for consistent theming and proper light/dark mode support.

Changes:
- Remove global theme overrides (amber colors, CRT effects, scanlines, custom fonts)
- Style only terminal window components using Material variables
- Fix terminal output horizontal scrolling (white-space: pre with overflow-x: auto)
- Enable Material's navigation and search enhancements

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
use light and dark theme
100c4d5
@tammoippen @claude
Add mkdocstrings API reference configuration
81fe39a 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add doctest examples to plot() function
982af79 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add doctests to scatter(), hist(), and histogram() functions
4a78b41 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Configure site navigation structure
ce98748 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
Add comprehensive review of Phase 8-9 implementation
d685ea3
@tammoippen @claude
Fix navigation - remove non-existent cookbook pages
16df035 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add GitHub Actions workflow for documentation
8185acb 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add documentation testing checklist
67311ce 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add error styling for interactive examples
a3ae542 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen @claude
Add documentation link to README
40ad898 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
Add comprehensive review of Phase 11-12 implementation
e7ff0a6
@tammoippen @claude
Fix testing checklist to reflect actual cookbook pages
8e6b9e4 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@tammoippen
generate colored static plots
64fb81d
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