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collapseos/doc/protocol.txt
Virgil Dupras c7d8de25b2 ti84: use Grid subsystem
Also, rename CLRLN to NEWLN and make it clear that it's only called
on entering a new line. This way, we can set Z offset in there for
the TI-84+ LCD driver.
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# Protocols
Some subsystems (and in the case of KEY and EMIT, the core) re-
quire drivers to implement certain words in a certain way. For
example, the core requires drivers to implement (key) and (emit)
or else it won't know how to provide a console.
These protocols are described here.
# TTY protocol
(key) -- c Returns the next typed key on the console.
If none, block until there is one.
(emit) c -- Spit a character on the console.
# PS/2 protocol
This protocol enables communication with a device that spits
PS/2 keycodes.
(ps2kc) -- kc Returns the next typed PS/2 keycode from the
console. Blocking.
# SPI Relay protocol
This protocol enables communication with a SPI relay. This
protocol is designed to support devices with multiple endpoints.
To that end, (spie) takes a device ID argument, with a meaning
that is up to the device itself. To disable all devices, supply
0 to (spie).
We expect relay devices to support only one enabled device at
once. Enabling a specific device is expected to disable the
previously enabled one.
(spie) n -- Enable SPI device
(spix) n -- n Perform SPI exchange (push a number, get a
number back)
# Grid protocol
A grid is a device that shows as a grid of ASCII characters and
allows random access to it.
COLS -- n Number of columns in the device
LINES -- n Number of lines in the device
CELL! g pos -- Set glyph at pos
Optional:
NEWLN ln -- "Enter" line ln
"pos" is a simple number (y * cols) + x. For example, if we
have 40 columns per line, the position (x, y) (12, 10) is 412.
A glyph is ASCII-0x20. If the resulting glyph number exceeds the
number of glyphs in the font, it's up to CELL! to ignore it.
Glyph 0 is always blank.
NEWLN is called when we "enter" a new line, that is, when we
overflow from previous line or when 0x0d ( ASCII CR ) is emit-
ted.
When this is called, the line being entered should be cleared
of its contents. On some systems, some kinf of screen offset
might be have to be set to give a "scrolling" effect. Now's the
time.
If it's not defined, the grid system uses multiple CELL!
calls to clear it. On some devices, this is highly inefficient.
Drivers for those devices should define NEWLINE.