From 70304540753e42118e0b4f2c53247884dc106ade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The_miro <amir@abdelbaki.eu>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 10:24:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] switched exec-cycle to a live >=2fps ascii preview loop and
 added txt2printr stub

replaced the guvcview+keypress capture flow with a continuous
capture/convert/display loop so the terminal shows a live ascii
preview; pressing c saves the frame and triggers the new
txt2printr.sh hook (currently a blank template).
---
 exec-cycle.sh   | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 txt2printr.sh   |  1 +
 webcam2ascii.sh |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 txt2printr.sh

diff --git a/exec-cycle.sh b/exec-cycle.sh
index a71fccd..94b68b5 100755
--- a/exec-cycle.sh
+++ b/exec-cycle.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 #/bin/bash
 
+trap 'stty sane; clear; exit 0' SIGINT SIGTERM
+
 while true; do
     clear
-    echo "Press any key to capture image"
-    guvcview &> /dev/null &
-    read -n 1
-    killall guvcview
-    
     ./webcam2ascii.sh
-    read -n 1
+    echo
+    echo "[c] capture   [Ctrl+C] quit"
+
+    if read -n 1 -t 0.05 -s key && [[ "$key" == "c" || "$key" == "C" ]]; then
+        timestamp=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
+        cp web-cam-shot.jpg "photo-$timestamp.jpg"
+        cp ascii-img.txt "ascii-img-$timestamp.txt"
+        clear
+        cat "ascii-img-$timestamp.txt"
+        echo
+        echo "Saved photo-$timestamp.jpg and ascii-img-$timestamp.txt"
+        ./txt2printr.sh "ascii-img-$timestamp.txt"
+        read -n 1 -s -p "Press any key to resume live preview, Ctrl+C to quit..."
+    fi
 done
 
-
diff --git a/txt2printr.sh b/txt2printr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d16956c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/txt2printr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#/bin/bash
diff --git a/webcam2ascii.sh b/webcam2ascii.sh
index f8e6581..9d11300 100755
--- a/webcam2ascii.sh
+++ b/webcam2ascii.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #/bin/bash
 
-fswebcam -r 640x480 --jpeg 85 -D 1 web-cam-shot.jpg &> /dev/null
+fswebcam -q --no-banner -r 640x480 --jpeg 85 web-cam-shot.jpg &> /dev/null
 ascii-image-converter web-cam-shot.jpg | tee ascii-img.txt