/// <summary>
/// Draws only the changes to the screen
/// </summary>
private void DrawChanges()
{
//
// save old values so we can restore
//
int oldCursorLeft = Console.CursorLeft;
int oldCursorTop = Console.CursorTop;
Console.CursorVisible = false;
ConsoleColor currentForeground = Console.ForegroundColor;
ConsoleColor currentBackground = Console.BackgroundColor;
foreach (Window.Point change in handler.GetChanges())
{
// get char and color at this coordinate
//
Window.CharacterData thisConsoleData = handler.GetConsoleDataAt(change.x, change.y);
//
// only set the console color if it has changed
//
if (thisConsoleData.foreground != currentForeground)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = thisConsoleData.foreground;
currentForeground = thisConsoleData.foreground;
}
if (thisConsoleData.background != currentBackground)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = thisConsoleData.background;
currentBackground = thisConsoleData.background;
}
//
// write the character
//
Console.SetCursorPosition(change.x, change.y);
Console.Write(thisConsoleData.character);
}
//
// restore old values
//
Console.SetCursorPosition(oldCursorLeft, oldCursorTop);
Console.CursorVisible = true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes all of the characters to the screen
/// </summary>
private void DrawEntireScreen()
{
ConsoleColor currentForeground = ConsoleColor.White;
ConsoleColor currentBackground = ConsoleColor.Black;
for (int y = 0; y < SCREENHEIGHT; y++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < SCREENWIDTH; x++)
{
//
// get char and color at this coordinate
//
Window.CharacterData thisConsoleData = handler.GetConsoleDataAt(x, y);
//
// only set the console color if it has changed
//
if (thisConsoleData.foreground != currentForeground)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = thisConsoleData.foreground;
currentForeground = thisConsoleData.foreground;
}
if (thisConsoleData.background != currentBackground)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = thisConsoleData.background;
currentBackground = thisConsoleData.background;
}
//
// write the character
//
Console.Write(thisConsoleData.character);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
