From db61937809ca0dff18f286ec0b25ff18b7fcc9ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devyn Freet <devyn@devynfreet.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:55:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] init: tool for graphing functions and slope fields in love2d

---
 .luarc.json     |   7 ++
 coordinates.lua |  56 ++++++++++++++++
 eulerNumber.lua |  15 +++++
 main.lua        | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 243 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .luarc.json
 create mode 100644 coordinates.lua
 create mode 100644 eulerNumber.lua
 create mode 100644 main.lua

diff --git a/.luarc.json b/.luarc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4dbaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.luarc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "runtime.version": "LuaJIT",
+    "workspace.library": ["../love2d"],
+    "runtime.special": {
+        "love.filesystem.load": "loadfile"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/coordinates.lua b/coordinates.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e1e744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coordinates.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+local function getPixelPosition(point, minPoint, maxPoint, drawBounds)
+    if
+        point[1] < minPoint[1]
+        or point[1] > maxPoint[1]
+        or point[2] < minPoint[2]
+        or point[2] > maxPoint[2]
+    then
+        error("Point ("..point[1]..", "..point[2]..") outside the bounds ("
+            ..minPoint[1]..", "..minPoint[2]..") to ("..maxPoint[1]..", "..maxPoint[2]..")")
+    end
+    local pointBound = {maxPoint[1] - minPoint[1], maxPoint[2] - minPoint[2]}
+    local pointOffset = {point[1] - minPoint[1], -point[2] - minPoint[2]}
+    local position = {
+        (pointOffset[1] / pointBound[1]) * drawBounds.width + drawBounds.x,
+        (pointOffset[2] / pointBound[2]) * drawBounds.height + drawBounds.y
+    }
+    return position[1], position[2]
+end
+
+function GraphFunction(x, y, width, height, func)
+    local points = {}
+    local origin = {x = (width + x) / 2, y = (height + y) / 2}
+    local neg_x, neg_y = -math.floor(origin.x), -math.floor(origin.y)
+    local pos_x, pos_y = math.floor(origin.x), math.floor(origin.y)
+    for i = neg_x, pos_x, 1 do
+        local j = math.floor(func(i))
+        if j > neg_y and j < pos_y then
+            local k, l = getPixelPosition({i,j}, {neg_x,neg_y}, {pos_x,pos_y},
+                {x=x,y=x,width=width,height=height})
+            table.insert(points, k)
+            table.insert(points, l)
+        end
+    end
+    return points
+end
+
+function GetLineFromSlope(midpoint, slope, length, color)
+    color = color or {1, 1, 1}
+    local delta_x, delta_y
+    if slope == nil then
+        delta_x, delta_y = 0, length
+    else
+        delta_x = math.sqrt((length ^ 2) / (1 + slope ^ 2))
+        delta_y = -(slope * delta_x)
+    end
+    local x1 = midpoint.x - delta_x / 2
+    local y1 = midpoint.y - delta_y / 2
+    local x2 = x1 + delta_x
+    local y2 = y1 + delta_y
+    return {
+        p1 = {x = x1, y = y1},
+        p2 = {x = x2, y = y2},
+        midpoint = midpoint,
+        color = color
+    }
+end
diff --git a/eulerNumber.lua b/eulerNumber.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e82b12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eulerNumber.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+local function factorial(n)
+    if n <= 2 then
+        return n
+    end
+    return n * factorial(n-1)
+end
+
+local function calculate_e(terms)
+    local e = 1
+    for i = 1, terms do
+        e = e + 1 / factorial(i)
+    end
+    return e
+end
+return calculate_e(10)
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe974b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+local utf8 = require("utf8")
+
+require("coordinates")
+-- to use with functions involving e
+--local e = require("eulerNumber")
+
+local function differential(x, y)
+    return 2*y
+end
+
+local function loadWindow()
+    love.window.setTitle("Slope Fields")
+    love.keyboard.setKeyRepeat(true)
+end
+love.load = loadWindow
+
+local function drawLine(line)
+    love.graphics.setColor(unpack(line.color))
+    love.graphics.line(line.p1.x, line.p1.y, line.p2.x, line.p2.y)
+    love.graphics.circle("fill", line.midpoint.x, line.midpoint.y, 4)
+end
+
+local width, height = love.window.getMode()
+
+local boxMargin = 10
+local boxHeight = math.max(height / 12, 20)
+local textbox = {
+    x = boxMargin,
+    y = height - (boxHeight + boxMargin),
+    width = width - 2 * boxMargin,
+    height = boxHeight,
+    padding = 5,
+    text = 'x',
+    active = false,
+    colors = {
+        background = {0.2, 0.2, 0.2},
+        text = {0.9, 0.9, 0.9}
+    }
+}
+local graphbox = {
+    x = boxMargin,
+    y = boxMargin,
+    width = width - 2 * boxMargin,
+    height = textbox.y - 2 * boxMargin,
+    colors = {
+        background = {0.2, 0.2, 0.2}
+    }
+}
+
+local center = {
+    x = graphbox.x + graphbox.width / 2,
+    y = graphbox.y + graphbox.height / 2
+}
+local scale = 5
+local xScale, yScale
+local step
+if graphbox.width <= graphbox.height then
+    step = graphbox.width / (2 * (scale+1))
+    xScale = scale
+    yScale = math.floor(graphbox.height / (2 * step)) - 1
+else
+    step = graphbox.height / (2 * (scale+1))
+    yScale = scale
+    xScale = math.floor(graphbox.width / (2 * step)) - 1
+end
+
+local lines = {
+    grid = {},
+    axes = {
+        x = GetLineFromSlope(center, 0, graphbox.width),
+        y = GetLineFromSlope(center, nil, graphbox.height)
+    },
+    field = {}
+}
+local xpos, ypos = graphbox.x, graphbox.y + graphbox.height
+for y = -yScale, yScale, 1 do
+    ypos = ypos - step
+    lines.grid[{y=y}] = GetLineFromSlope({x = center.x, y = ypos}, 0, graphbox.width, {0.3, 0.3, 0.3})
+end
+for x = -xScale, xScale, 1 do
+    xpos = xpos + step
+    lines.grid[{x=x}] = GetLineFromSlope({x = xpos, y = center.y}, nil, graphbox.height, {0.3, 0.3, 0.3})
+    ypos = graphbox.y + graphbox.height
+    for y = -yScale, yScale, 1 do
+        ypos = ypos - step
+        lines.field[{x, y}] = GetLineFromSlope({x = xpos, y = ypos}, differential(x,y), 50, {0, 0.5, 1})
+    end
+end
+
+local function func(x)
+    return x^2
+end
+local points = GraphFunction(graphbox.x, graphbox.y, graphbox.width, graphbox.height, func)
+
+local function drawScene()
+    love.graphics.setColor(unpack(graphbox.colors.background))
+    love.graphics.rectangle('fill',
+        graphbox.x, graphbox.y,
+        graphbox.width, graphbox.height,
+        4, 4)
+
+    love.graphics.setColor(unpack(textbox.colors.background))
+    love.graphics.rectangle('fill',
+        textbox.x, textbox.y,
+        textbox.width, textbox.height,
+        4, 4)
+
+    love.graphics.setColor(unpack(textbox.colors.text))
+    love.graphics.printf(textbox.text,
+        textbox.x + textbox.padding, textbox.y + textbox.padding,
+        textbox.width, 'left', 0, 2, 2)
+
+    for _, line in pairs(lines.grid) do
+        drawLine(line)
+    end
+    for _, line in pairs(lines.axes) do
+        drawLine(line)
+    end
+    for _, line in pairs(lines.field) do
+        drawLine(line)
+    end
+
+    if points ~= nil then
+        love.graphics.setColor(0,1,0)
+        love.graphics.points(points)
+    end
+end
+love.draw = drawScene
+
+local function textboxinput(text)
+    if textbox.active and string.match(text,"[xy+%-%/*%^%d()]") then
+        textbox.text = textbox.text .. text
+    end
+end
+love.textinput = textboxinput
+
+local function keypress(key)
+    if key == "backspace" then
+        local byteoffset = utf8.offset(textbox.text, -1)
+
+        if byteoffset then
+            textbox.text = string.sub(textbox.text, 1, byteoffset - 1)
+        end
+        return
+    end
+    if key == "return" then
+        textbox.active = false
+    end
+end
+love.keypressed = keypress
+
+local function mousepress(x, y)
+    if
+        x >= textbox.x and
+        x <= textbox.x + textbox.width and
+        y >= textbox.y and
+        y <= textbox.y + textbox.height
+    then
+        textbox.active = true
+    elseif textbox.active then
+        textbox.active = false
+    end
+end
+love.mousepressed = mousepress
+