any idea for make simple text input in LOVE?

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baby_nux
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Re: any idea for make simple text input in LOVE?

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Robin wrote:Don't think that is simpler. A terminal text input has much more features than a simple text input. You need to worry about scrolling text etc.
hahaha, hell yeah... i dont even know how to put blinked text cursor on it. :cry:
this is like draw a terminal text from graphical mode display ( not from a real text mode display ).
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Re: any idea for make simple text input in LOVE?

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baby_nux wrote:
Robin wrote:Don't think that is simpler. A terminal text input has much more features than a simple text input. You need to worry about scrolling text etc.
hahaha, hell yeah... i dont even know how to put blinked text cursor on it. :cry:
this is like draw a terminal text from graphical mode display ( not from a real text mode display ).
I would suggest making simple GUI objects, then (if you get some experience) refactor this to a unified set of libraries with a common API.

You seem to be mixing lower-level (SDL, OpenGL) with higher-level (wxWindows) API, so you really need to get some experience here. For SDL (and love), you need to prepare and draw every single frame of your application. With wxWindows, all this is hidden away from you.

I would throw away your BASIC code - it looks awful :( you can really do it better in lua. I would start with designing API (write your main.lua first), then implementing it (add methods to TextInput.lua).
I am attaching a sample for you. It has no comments, but I will leave it for you as an exercise to understand how and why it works.
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Re: any idea for make simple text input in LOVE?

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miko wrote:I would suggest making simple GUI objects, then (if you get some experience) refactor this to a unified set of libraries with a common API.

You seem to be mixing lower-level (SDL, OpenGL) with higher-level (wxWindows) API, so you really need to get some experience here. For SDL (and love), you need to prepare and draw every single frame of your application. With wxWindows, all this is hidden away from you.

I would throw away your BASIC code - it looks awful :( you can really do it better in lua. I would start with designing API (write your main.lua first), then implementing it (add methods to TextInput.lua).
I am attaching a sample for you. It has no comments, but I will leave it for you as an exercise to understand how and why it works.
many thanks, that help me a lot. i will try my best :awesome:
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