Bullet.FromDocument: Abstract weird constructor handling.

[python-bulletml.git] / bulletml / __init__.py

diff --git a/bulletml/__init__.py b/bulletml/__init__.py
index f06d086..8ab4ec2 100644 (file)
--- a/bulletml/__init__.py
+++ b/bulletml/__init__.py
@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
 """BulletML parser.
 
-This module parses and runs BulletML scripts. BulletML is a markup
-language for describing complex bullet patterns in shooting games.
+BulletML is the Bullet Markup Language. BulletML can describe the
+barrage of bullets in shooting games. (For example Progear, Psyvariar,
+Gigawing2, G DARIUS, XEVIOUS, ...) This module parses and executes
+BulletML scripts in Python. All data structures in it are
+renderer-agnostic.
+
+In addition to the standard BulletML XML format, this module supports
+an equivalent YAML format. See bulletml.bulletyaml for more details.
+
 More information is available at the BulletML homepage,
-http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/bulletml/index_e.html.
+http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/bulletml/index_e.html, or the
+python-bullet homepage, http://code.google.com/p/python-bulletml/.
 
 Basic Usage:
 
     from bulletml import Bullet, BulletML
     doc = Bulletml.BulletML.FromDocument(open("test.xml", "rU"))
+    player = ...  # On your own here, but it needs x and y fields.
     rank = 0.5    # Player difficulty, 0 to 1
-    params = []   # Initial variable settings, usually empty
-    actions = [a(params, rank) for a in doc.top]
-    bullet = Bullet(x, y, target=player, actions=actions, rank=rank)
+    bullet = Bullet.FromDocument(doc, x, y, target=player, rank=rank)
     bullets = [bullet]
     ...
     for bullet in bullets:
         bullets.extend(bullet.step())
-
     ...
 
-For drawing, you're on your own, but Bullet has a number of
+For drawing, you're on your own, but Bullet instances have a number of
 attributes that can be used to influence it.
 
 """
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ attributes that can be used to influence it.
 from bulletml.parser import BulletML
 from bulletml.impl import Bullet
 
-VERSION = (1, 0)
+VERSION = (0, 1)
 VERSION_STRING = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
 
 __all__ = ["VERSION", "VERSION_STRING", "Bullet", "BulletML"]