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+(ns mw-engine.display
+  (:use mw-engine.utils
+        mw-engine.world)
+  (:require [hiccup.core :refer [html]]))
+
+(defn format-css-class [state]
+  "Format this `state`, assumed to be a keyword indicating a state in the
+   world, into a CSS class"
+  (subs (str state) 1))
+
+(defn format-image-path
+  "Render this `state`, assumed to be a keyword indicating a state in the
+   world, into a path which should recover the corresponding image file."
+  [state]
+  (format "img/tiles/%s.png" (format-css-class state)))
+
+(defn format-mouseover [cell]
+  (str cell))
+
+(defn render-cell
+  "Render this world cell as a Hiccup table cell."
+  [cell]
+  (let [state (:state cell)]
+    [:td {:class (format-css-class state) :title (format-mouseover cell)}
+     [:a {:href (format "inspect?x=%d&y=%d" (:x cell) (:y cell))}
+      [:img {:alt (:state cell) :width 32 :height 32 :src (format-image-path state)}]]]))
+
+(defn render-world-row
+  "Render this world `row` as a Hiccup table row."
+  [row]
+  (apply vector (cons :tr (map render-cell row))))
+
+(defn render-world-table
+  "Render this `world` as a Hiccup table."
+  [world]
+  (apply vector
+    (cons :table
+      (map render-world-row world)))