From: Vincent Kargatis <lartis_at_ath.forthnet.gr>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:36:09 +0300

From: "Björn Stenberg" <bjorn_at_haxx.se>

> Greg Haerr wrote:
> > I suggest that the lcd_puts and/or
> > lcd_putsxy automatically set up a string for scrolling
> > if/when the string is wider than the display width.
>
> The reason we do it explicitly is we only want one line scrolling at any
one time. Several scrolling lines becomes very chaotic.

I haven't been following the technical discussion, but if(!) it makes coding
easier, why not allow multiple scrolling? It has to be explicitly requested
by the user anyway, right? In which case they ask for chaotic, they get it.
Unless it eat up too much CPU or something?

v
Received on 2002-09-16