Python Library Documentation: module pylcd
NAME
pylcd
FILE
pylcd.py
DESCRIPTION
# Copyright (C) 2002 Tobias Klausmann
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# By reading this code you agree not to ridicule the author =)
CLASSES
client
class client
| This class opens a connection to the LCD deamon
| on the specified host and encapsulates all the
| dunctions of the LCDd protocol.
|
| __init__(self, host='localhost', port=13666)
| Connect to the LCD daemon. Do *not* send
| "hello" (connect() is used for that).
|
| client_set(self, id)
| Implement the client_set command, return server answer
|
| connect(self)
| Send connect message ("hello") to server and
| return connection message. Also set internal
| variables that can be read via getinfo().
|
| getinfo(self)
| Print information gathered during connect().
|
| read(self)
| Read very eagerly, but not necessarily a whole line.
| Return read data.
|
| readl(self)
| Read and return a whole line. May block.
|
| remap(self, str)
| Maps high-bit ascii charactes which often produce kanjii
| on HD44780 displays to approximations. Returns string
| with fixed characters.
| This one is specially tailored to HD44780 displays. Later
| versions (>=0.4.3) of LCDd do this by themselves.
|
| screen_add(self, id)
| Implement the screen_add command, return server answer
|
| screen_del(self, id)
| Implement the screen_del command, return server answer
|
| screen_set(self, id, params)
| Implement the screen_set command, return server answer
|
| send(self, cmd)
| Send "cmd" plus a linefeed to the server.
|
| widget_add(self, id, type, params='')
| Implement the widget_add command, return server answer
|
| widget_set(self, screen, id, data)
| Implement the widget_set command, return server answer
DATA
__file__ = './pylcd.pyc'
__name__ = 'pylcd'