Display text on LCD displays (even on multiple ones). Allow to create windows (frames) on display, and to combine them (split, add, duplicate, scroll). See http://mbed.org/users/hlipka/notebook/lcdwindow/ for more information.

Dependents:   Mbell

terminal.h

Committer:
hlipka
Date:
2011-02-22
Revision:
9:2fe93daa2106
Parent:
2:5ac5bab7daaf

File content as of revision 9:2fe93daa2106:

/*
 * mbed LCDWindow library
* Copyright (c) 2010 Hendrik Lipka
* 
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* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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* 
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*/

#ifndef TERMINAL_H_
#define TERMINAL_H_

#include "window.h"

/**
 * A windows class which uses an internal buffer to provide automatic scrolling.
 * The buffer is initially filled with spaces.
*/
class Terminal: public Window
{
    public:
        /**
         * @param window the parent window
        */
        Terminal(Window* window);
        /**
         * works like the normal writeText method, 
         * but also stores the written text into the internal buffer (which makes it subject to scrolling)
        */
        virtual void writeText(const unsigned int column, const unsigned int row, const char text[]);
        /**
         * write the given text into the last line (at the first position)
         * @param text the text to write
        */
        virtual void addText(const char text[]);
        virtual int getColumns(){return _columns;};
        virtual int getRows(){return _rows;};
        virtual void clear();
        virtual void character(int column, int row, int c);

    private:
        Window* _window;
        char** _lineBuffer;
        unsigned int _columns;
        unsigned int _rows;
        char* createLine();
};

#endif