Console is an library for the Processing Development Environment (PDE).
The console redirects the standard output and error stream. So by using the print or prinltn functions the input will be automatically redirected to the console. There are multiple ways to draw the console on the sketch screen. In the default mode the console will be rendered on the bottom of the screen with a black background and a white text color.
import at.mukprojects.console.*;
Console console;
void setup(){
// Initialize the console
console = new Console(this);
// Start the console
console.start();
}
void draw() {
background(200);
println("Frame: " + frameCount);
// Draw the console to the screen.
console.draw();
// Print the console to the system out.
console.print();
}Download Console library from here.
Unzip and copy it into the libraries folder in the Processing sketchbook. You will need to create this libraries folder if it does not exist.
To find (and change) the Processing sketchbook location on your computer, open the Preferences window from the Processing application (PDE) and look for the "Sketchbook location" item at the top.
By default the following locations are used for your sketchbook folder:
- For Mac users, the sketchbook folder is located inside
~/Documents/Processing - For Windows users, the sketchbook folder is located inside
My Documents/Processing
The folder structure for library Console should be as follows:
Processing
libraries
Console
examples
CustomConsole
CustomConsole.pde
DefaultConsole
DefaultConsole.pde
library
console.jar
slf4j-api.jar
slf4j-simple.jar
reference
docs
src
../Console.java
library.properties