std::create_terminal

must be called before any other terminal function

Parameters

width: the number of columns
height: the number of rows
options*: optional terminal attributes

Results

None

Description

Creates a default screen and allows the use of all drawing functions.

Available options are:

std::TEXT_COLOUR (default: std::BLACK)

std::BACKGROUND_COLOUR (default: std::WHITE)

std::LINE_HEIGHT (default: 1)

std::VISIBLE_CURSOR (default: std::true)

Example

<require basic/stdlib> <require terminal/terminal> get_terminal_size! STDIN_FILENO $width $height create_terminal $terminal width height TEXT_COLOUR = WHITE BACKGROUND_COLOUR = BLUE draw_text &terminal 10 # column 5 # row " This is a multi-line text. update_terminal &terminal $output # create output character stream print! output # print the generated character stream

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