scope renderLineCompedSingleLevels.

sS renderLineCompedSingleLevels(LineCompedSingle<Char> lc) {
  // each byte is the character's "color"
  // (0 for empty, 1 for color one, 2 for color two)
  byte[][] rows = renderLineCompedSingleLevels_raw(lc);
  S text = uncompressLineCompedSingle(lc);
  fill(lc, rows, 0, 0, lc.main, 1);
  //printVars(+rows);
  ret lines(map(rows, row -> {
    StringBuilder buf = new(n);
    for i to n: {
      if (row[i] == 0) 
        buf.append(i == n-1 ? " " : "  ");
      else {
        buf.append(text.charAt(i));
        if (i < n-1)
          buf.append(row[i+1] != 0 && row[i+1] != row[i]
            ? '|' : ' ');
      }
    }
    ret str(buf);
  }));
}
  
// returns new x
static int #fill(LineCompedSingle<Char> lc, L<byte[]> rows, int x, int y, L<Int> symbols, int color) {
  printVars_str fill(+x, +y, +symbols, +color);
  for (int idx : symbols) {
    if (idx < l(lc.literals)) {
      rows.get(y)[x] = (byte) color;
      x++;
    } else {
      int newX = fill(lc, rows, x, y+1, intPairToList(lc.getPair(idx)), color);
      while (x < newX) rows.get(y)[x++] = (byte) color;
      color = 3-color;
    }
  }
  ret x;
}

end scope