[Python] tml - a terminal simulator with monospaced font support

[komame]

Some of you may already know that Mike, while porting Trek to HP Prime, used an early (beta) version of my 'tml' module. After a few weeks, I finally found some time to refine it. In the process, I also designed several fonts and wrote a few demo programs (and simple games) to showcase its capabilities a bit more.

tml module - a terminal simulator for HP Prime written in Python, offering the following features:

• Support for monospaced fonts
• Ability to use custom fonts
• Extended input function that works just like on a PC (allowing data entry at any position on the screen)
• Comprehensive keyboard handling implemented from scratch (support for Shift/Alpha along with locks)
• Option to define keyboard mappings for entering various special characters/diacritical marks, etc., directly from the keyboard
• Status bar (with the option to hide it) to display keyboard indicators and various comments during program execution
• High performance
  

Demo programs included.

Anyone interested can check it out [here].

[matalog]

That looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing your hard work.

[komame]

Thanks

I just noticed that the archive contained an incorrect demo version of Tetris, which was reporting a syntax error. I have updated the attachment to include the correct file.

[ab3ap]

(10-06-2024 10:49 PM)komame Wrote:  ...After a few weeks, I finally found some time to refine it. In the process, I also designed several fonts and wrote a few demo programs (and simple games) to showcase its capabilities a bit more....

Such excellent work, Piotr, many thanks for your efforts and for sharing! And now...I must update trek to use the new tml.

Mike Markowski

[komame]

I've just uploaded a small update for tml, or rather the final release 1.00 (previously it was RC1).
It includes fixes for minor bugs, added documentation in Spanish and German, as well as an example of a standalone application using the PPL wrapper with tml.

I have a few interesting features planned that I want to add. Among them is text buffering (the ability to read the contents of the text screen), which should also allow for hiding and restoring the tml view. In the future, this will enable defining windows, popup menus, etc.

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