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#includepath "~/Documents/;%USERPROFILE%Documents"; // eslint-disable-line
#include "basiljs/bundle/basil.js";// eslint-disable-line
// simple sketch showing the usage of some primitive forms

var pw = 200;
var ph = 200;
var top = 20;
var right = 20;
var bottom = 30;
var left  = 20;
function draw(){
  b.clear(b.doc()); // clear the current document
  b.units(b.MM); // we want to print. use MM intead of default pixels

  var doc = b.doc(); // a reference to the current document
  // set some preferneces of the document for better handling
  doc.documentPreferences.properties = {pageWidth:pw,pageHeight:ph};
  doc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.SPREAD_ORIGIN;
  // ----------
  // main code goes here
   b.margins(top, right, bottom, left);
  var textFrame = b.text('hello world',top,left,b.width - (right + left),b.height - (bottom + top));
  textFrame.contents = TextFrameContents.PLACEHOLDER_TEXT;
  b.lines(textFrame, function(line, loopCount){
    // b.println(line);
    // b.println(loopCount);
    line.fillTint = (100 / textFrame.lines.length) * loopCount;
  });
  b.words(textFrame, function(word, loopCount){
    if(loopCount%2 === 0){
      word.fillTint = 100;
    }
  });
  // ----------
  var fname = File($.fileName).parent.fsName + '/' + ($.fileName.split('/')[$.fileName.split('/').length - 1]).split('.')[0] + '.indd';
 // b.println(fname);
  doc.save(fname, false, 'basil', true);
  b.savePNG('out.png');
}

b.go();