Print() scrolling text

[LiamHowell]

Added print functions as suggested in User-experience improvements #2, along with an example tested on a Raspberry Pi Pico.

All arguments for the print() function are documented, the other supporting functions remain undocumented in the README.

Cheers,
Liam.

[CoreProduction]

I'm taking this for a test drive! The expected scrolling behaviour is really nice!
I have taken the print.py example and reduced it into the following. I expected the text to appear part-way up the screen, but it still appears at the bottom line, and scrolls up.

from PiicoDev_Unified import sleep_ms

display = create_PiicoDev_SSD1306()
display.fill(0)

display.print("insert 1", line_num = 3)
display.print("insert 2", line_num = 4)

produces the result

[blank lines above]
insert 1
insert 2

Is the line_num feature still under heavy development? Or did I find a bug?

[LiamHowell]

Hi Michael,

Good catch, a bit of both, the argument auto_scroll was required to insert lines at specific locations which didn't make too much sense.
Thanks for the feedback! I've fixed the issue and added more functionality to allow Makers to create menus with an included example.

https://github.com/LiamHowell/CE-PiicoDev-SSD1306-MicroPython-Module/blob/print()-scrolling-text/example/print_menu.py

Also included is a way to access the display's height and width from a property