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Architecture of the display system

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Created page with "In Mini Micro, <c>Display</c> is the base class for all the display types, and the class of any display that is off (mode 0). In addition, <c>display</c> (all lowercase)..."

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In [[Mini Micro]], <c>Display</c> is the base class for all the display types, and the class of any display that is off (mode 0). In addition, <c>display</c> (all lowercase) is a function that returns one of the eight displays in Mini Micro's display system.

= Architecture of the display system =

Mini Micro supports eight simultaneous displays, numbered from 0 (frontmost) to 7 (in the back). Each display may be either off, or one of five more specific display types (solid color, text, pixels, tiles, or sprites). Any transparent or translucent areas of one display reveal the displays behind it. Behind all the display layers is solid black.

= Display class =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Property !! Purpose
|-
| [[Display.mode]] || get or set the [[displayMode|display mode]]
|}

== Subclasses ==
* [[SolidColorDisplay]]
* [[TextDisplay]]
* [[PixelDisplay]]
* [[TileDisplay]]
* [[SpriteDisplay]]

= display function =

The global <c>display</c> function returns a reference to the current display for the given layer number (0-7). Note that the display object in each layer changes when the [[displayMode|mode]] is changed, so you will need to get a fresh reference (using this function) after changing the mode.

=== Arguments ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Parameter Name !! Type !! Default Value !! Meaning
|-
| ''n'' || number || 0 || display (layer) number to get
|}

== Example ==

This example sets display layer 2 to pixel mode, clears it, and then draws a big translucent purple ellipse.
<ms>display(2).mode = displayMode.pixel
g = display(2)
g.clear
g.fillEllipse 0, 0, 960, 640, "#8800FF88"</ms>

See also: [[displayMode]]

[[Category:Mini Micro]]

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	Mini Micro supports eight simultaneous displays, numbered from 0 (frontmost) to 7 (in the back). Each display may be either off, or one of five more specific display types (solid color, text, pixels, tiles, or sprites). Any transparent or translucent areas of one display reveal the displays behind it. Behind all the display layers is solid black.		Mini Micro supports eight simultaneous displays, numbered from 0 (frontmost) to 7 (in the back). Each display may be either off, or one of five more specific display types (solid color, text, pixels, tiles, or sprites). Any transparent or translucent areas of one display reveal the displays behind it. Behind all the display layers is solid black.

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-== Example ==
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-This example sets display layer 2 to pixel mode, clears it, and then draws a big translucent purple ellipse.
+This first example sets display layer 2 to pixel mode, clears it, and then draws a big translucent purple ellipse.
 <ms>display(2).mode = displayMode.pixel
 g = display(2)
 g.clear
 g.fillEllipse 0, 0, 960, 640, "#8800FF88"</ms>
 See also: [[displayMode]]
 [[Category:Mini Micro]]