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

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+/*
+ * mbed LCDWindow library
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Hendrik Lipka
+* 
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+* 
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+* 
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+* THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#ifndef SUBWINDOW_H_
+#define SUBWINDOW_H_
+
+#include "window.h"
+
+/**
+ * A window class using only a part of a parent window for output.
+ * It is assumed that the sub window fill fit into the parent.
+*/
+class SubWindow: public Window
+{
+    public:
+        /**
+         * It is assumed that the sub window fill fit into the parent.
+         * @param lcd the parent window
+         * @param offsetX in which column to start the sub window
+         * @param offsetY in which line to start the sub window
+         * @param width the width of the sub window
+         * @param height the height of the sub window
+        */
+        SubWindow(Window* lcd, unsigned int offsetX, unsigned int offsetY, unsigned int width, unsigned int height);
+        virtual void writeText(unsigned int line, unsigned int pos, char text[]);
+        virtual int getHeight(){return _height;};
+        virtual int getWidth(){return _width;};
+        /**
+         * clear the part of the parent window which is spanned by the sub window.
+        */
+        virtual void clear();
+    private:
+        Window* _lcd;
+        unsigned int _offsetX, _offsetY, _width, _height;
+};
+
+#endif
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