graphics/printing/multiple-windows-text/source/main.c

/*
    Multiple Windows Text example made by Aurelio Mannara for libctru
    This code was modified for the last time on: 12/12/2014 23:50 UTC+1
 
*/
 
#include <3ds.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // Initialize services
    gfxInitDefault();
 
    //In this example we need three PrintConsole, one for each window and one for the whole top screen
    PrintConsole leftWindow, rightWindow, topScreen;
 
    //Initialize console for each window
    consoleInit(GFX_TOP, &leftWindow);
    consoleInit(GFX_TOP, &rightWindow);
    consoleInit(GFX_TOP, &topScreen);
 
    //Now we specify the window position and dimension for each console window using consoleSetWindow(PrintConsole* console, int x, int y, int width, int height);
    //x, y, width and height are in terms of cells, not pixel, where each cell is composed by 8x8 pixels.
    consoleSetWindow(&leftWindow, 1, 1, 23, 28);
    consoleSetWindow(&rightWindow, 26, 1, 23, 28);
 
    //Before doing any text printing we should select the PrintConsole in which we are willing to write, otherwise the library will print on the last selected/initialized one
    //Let's start by printing something on the top screen
    consoleSelect(&leftWindow);
    printf("This text is in the left window!\n");
    printf("3DS rocks!!!\n");
 
    //Now write something else on the bottom screen
    consoleSelect(&rightWindow);
    printf("This text is in the right window!\n");
    printf("This thing works pretty well!\n");
 
 
    consoleSelect(&topScreen);
    printf("\x1b[30;16HPress Start to exit.");
 
    // Main loop
    while (aptMainLoop())
    {
        //Scan all the inputs. This should be done once for each frame
        hidScanInput();
 
        //hidKeysDown returns information about which buttons have been just pressed (and they weren't in the previous frame)
        u32 kDown = hidKeysDown();
 
        if (kDown & KEY_START) break; // break in order to return to hbmenu
 
        // Flush and swap framebuffers
        gfxFlushBuffers();
        gfxSwapBuffers();
 
        //Wait for VBlank
        gspWaitForVBlank();
    }
 
    // Exit services
    gfxExit();
 
    return 0;
}