const ascii_signs = [0b100_000_000 0b000_100_000 0b000_000_100;
                     0b010_000_000 0b000_010_000 0b000_000_010;
                     0b001_000_000 0b000_001_000 0b000_000_001]

const ascii_lookup = Dict{UInt16,Char}()
const ascii_decode = Array(Char, 512)
ascii_lookup[0b101_000_000] = '"'
ascii_lookup[0b111_111_111] = '@'
ascii_lookup[0b011_110_011] = '$'
ascii_lookup[0b010_000_000] = '\''
ascii_lookup[0b010_100_010] = '('
ascii_lookup[0b010_001_010] = ')'
ascii_lookup[0b000_010_000] = '*'
ascii_lookup[0b010_111_010] = '+'
ascii_lookup[0b000_010_010] = ','
ascii_lookup[0b000_100_100] = ','
ascii_lookup[0b000_001_001] = ','
ascii_lookup[0b000_111_000] = '-'
ascii_lookup[0b000_000_010] = '.'
ascii_lookup[0b000_000_100] = '.'
ascii_lookup[0b000_000_001] = '.'
ascii_lookup[0b001_010_100] = '/'
ascii_lookup[0b010_100_000] = '/'
ascii_lookup[0b001_010_110] = '/'
ascii_lookup[0b011_010_010] = '/'
ascii_lookup[0b001_010_010] = '/'
ascii_lookup[0b110_010_111] = '1'
ascii_lookup[0b111_010_100] = '7'
ascii_lookup[0b010_000_010] = ':'
ascii_lookup[0b111_000_111] = '='
ascii_lookup[0b010_111_101] = 'A'
ascii_lookup[0b011_100_011] = 'C'
ascii_lookup[0b110_101_110] = 'D'
ascii_lookup[0b111_110_100] = 'F'
ascii_lookup[0b011_101_011] = 'G'
ascii_lookup[0b101_111_101] = 'H'
ascii_lookup[0b111_010_111] = 'I'
ascii_lookup[0b011_001_111] = 'J'
ascii_lookup[0b101_110_101] = 'K'
ascii_lookup[0b100_100_111] = 'L'
ascii_lookup[0b111_111_101] = 'M'
ascii_lookup[0b101_101_101] = 'N'
ascii_lookup[0b111_101_111] = 'O'
ascii_lookup[0b111_111_100] = 'P'
ascii_lookup[0b111_010_010] = 'T'
ascii_lookup[0b101_101_111] = 'U'
ascii_lookup[0b101_101_010] = 'V'
ascii_lookup[0b101_111_111] = 'W'
ascii_lookup[0b101_010_101] = 'X'
ascii_lookup[0b101_010_010] = 'Y'
ascii_lookup[0b110_100_110] = '['
ascii_lookup[0b010_001_000] = '\\'
ascii_lookup[0b100_010_001] = '\\'
ascii_lookup[0b110_010_010] = '\\'
ascii_lookup[0b100_010_011] = '\\'
ascii_lookup[0b100_010_010] = '\\'
ascii_lookup[0b011_001_011] = ']'
ascii_lookup[0b010_101_000] = '^'
ascii_lookup[0b000_000_111] = '_'
ascii_lookup[0b100_000_000] = '`'
ascii_lookup[0b000_111_111] = 'a'
ascii_lookup[0b100_111_111] = 'b'
ascii_lookup[0b001_111_111] = 'd'
ascii_lookup[0b001_111_010] = 'f'
ascii_lookup[0b100_111_101] = 'h'
ascii_lookup[0b100_101_101] = 'k'
ascii_lookup[0b110_010_011] = 'l'
ascii_lookup[0b000_111_101] = 'n'
ascii_lookup[0b000_111_100] = 'r'
ascii_lookup[0b000_101_111] = 'u'
ascii_lookup[0b000_101_010] = 'v'
ascii_lookup[0b011_110_011] = '{'
ascii_lookup[0b010_010_010] = '|'
ascii_lookup[0b100_100_100] = '|'
ascii_lookup[0b001_001_001] = '|'
ascii_lookup[0b110_011_110] = '}'

ascii_decode[0b1] = ' '
for i in 1:511
    min_dist = typemax(Int)
    min_char = ' '
    for (k, v) in ascii_lookup
        cur_dist = count_ones(UInt16(i) $ k)
        if cur_dist < min_dist
            min_dist = cur_dist
            min_char = v
        end
    end
    min_char
    ascii_decode[i + 1] = min_char
end

"""
As the name suggests the `AsciiCanvas` only uses
ASCII characters to draw it's content. Naturally,
it doesn't look quite as nice as the Unicode-based
ones. However, in some situations it might yield
better results. Printing plots to a file is one
of those situations.

The AsciiCanvas is best utilized in combination
with `lineplot`.
For `scatterplot` we suggest to use the `DotCanvas`
instead.
"""
type AsciiCanvas <: LookupCanvas
    grid::Array{UInt16,2}
    colors::Array{UInt8,2}
    pixel_width::Int
    pixel_height::Int
    origin_x::Float64
    origin_y::Float64
    width::Float64
    height::Float64
end

@inline x_pixel_per_char(::Type{AsciiCanvas}) = 3
@inline y_pixel_per_char(::Type{AsciiCanvas}) = 3

@inline lookup_encode(c::AsciiCanvas) = ascii_signs
@inline lookup_decode(c::AsciiCanvas) = ascii_decode

function AsciiCanvas(args...; nargs...)
    CreateLookupCanvas(AsciiCanvas, args...; nargs...)
end
