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;
}