Adding term.forceUpdate() function. #344
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MCJack123
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Mar 2, 2024
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The concept is good, but I'd like to avoid making new functions if possible. Could you move the functionality into setFrozen(false) instead?
Also, I'm concerned about the lack of buffering - it's possible for the application to request an update, but then change the screen before it gets rendered, which could still result in a partial paint. To fix this, there'd need to be some sort of buffer holding the requested render state. Personally I'd like a Lua solution, such as a framebuffer API, but it may be more convenient to put it in C instead - I'll leave this to you to decide on.
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| // The following fields are available in API version 10.1 and later. | ||
| bool frozen = false; // Whether the terminal should stop rendering | ||
| bool forcedUpdate = false; // Ignores `frozen` to render the terminal once |
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This must be placed at the end of the class - the current position would break ABI.
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There is currently no way to syncronise when to freeze and unfreeze the terminal/monitor once a Lua program is finished drawing, so I've made this function to force it (just ignore that it's frozen) to render the contents of the terminal once. (A better name can be chosen if needed.)
The ROM should also now expect this function or else it will give an error "Redirect object is missing method forceUpdate."