Custom character management

[ch424]

Would it be possible, in this super new version of smartie to have a custom character management layer?

eg: A plugin needs to use three custom characters, while another needs one and an a third plugin needs four. At the moment, the chances are that they'd overwrite each other. However, could you make it so that the plugins request to use custom chars, and Smartie does the actual assigning on the display so they don't clash with each other on the same screen.

Or is there a system like this at the moment?

Thanks,

ch424

[limbo]

No there is not a system like this...

I suppose that you mean something like a custom character deposit area.
assigning special variable names on this area
something like following:
[Set 1]
1=uparrow : $CustomChar(1,4,14,31,4,4,4,4,4)
2=monkeyl : $CustomChar(2,12,16,0,12,12,0,0,15)
3=monkeyr : $CustomChar(3,6,1,0,6,6,0,0,30)
......
and have to call only uparrow on the screen instead all the definition?

[ch424]

No, I don't mean that, I'll explain better:

I mean each plugin should have function/variable that smartie calls, and it returns 3 or however many custom characters it needs (ie is currently using), as well as the definition for each.

Then, when the plugin needs to use a custom character, it returns something like $customChar(1) or whatever and smartie then remaps it to one of the custom char memories in the LCD itself.

ch424

[Fast351]

Yes, custom chars currently collide. The first time the plugin is displayed the characters are put to the screen. The only time this is a problem is when you have two plugins displaying at the same time.

Not sure if there is an elegant solution.

[fishthecat]

The Tiny Bar plugin now lets you specify which customchar 1-8 you want it to use. This means I can use it along side a 7 bar winamp mini graphic visulisation as it use 1-7.

Maybe more plugins could incorporate customchar selection.