changed WidgetLayer to a new (well partial) image storage

WidgetLayer is now to be considered stable.
there wont be any api removals.

newwidget.{h,cpp} will inherit WidgetLayer, soon.
i will try to be logic compatible with current widget.{h,cpp}, but will NOT
guarantee api compatibility.

2 files changed, 36 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.cpp b/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.cpp
index 28227e4..f428ed4 100644
--- a/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.cpp
+++ b/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,4 @@
 
-#define loc(X,Y) ((Y)*m_columns+(X))
 
-
-WidgetLayer::WidgetLayer( QObject *parent, const char *name  ) : QObject( parent, name )
+WidgetLayer::WidgetLayer( QWidget *parent, const char *name  ) : QFrame( parent, name )
 {
@@ -39,8 +37,13 @@ WidgetLayer::WidgetLayer( QObject *parent, const char *name  ) : QObject( parent
 	
-	m_image = QArray<Character>();
+	// just for demonstrating
+	//m_image = QArray<Character>( m_lines * m_columns ); 
+	m_image = QArray<Character>( 1 );
+
 }
 
+
 WidgetLayer::~WidgetLayer()
 {
-	// clean up!
+	// clean up
+	delete m_image;
 }
@@ -60,3 +63,3 @@ void WidgetLayer::propagateSize()
 {
-	QArray<Character> oldimage = m_image;
+	QArray<Character> oldimage = m_image.copy();
 	int oldlines = m_lines;
@@ -67,6 +70,4 @@ void WidgetLayer::propagateSize()
 	// copy old image, to reduce flicker
-	if ( oldimage )
+	if ( ! oldimage.isEmpty() )
 	{
-		//FIXME: is it possible to do this with QArray.dublicate()?
-		
 		int lins = QMIN( oldlines, m_lines );
@@ -79,3 +80,2 @@ void WidgetLayer::propagateSize()
 		}
-		//free( oldimage );
 	}
@@ -84,2 +84,4 @@ void WidgetLayer::propagateSize()
 	
+	delete oldimage;
+
 	m_resizing = true;
@@ -92,4 +94,4 @@ void WidgetLayer::makeImage()
 	calcGeometry();
-	m_image = QArray<Character>();
-	clearImage(); 
+	m_image = QArray<Character>( m_columns * m_lines );
+	clearImage();
 }
diff --git a/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.h b/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.h
index 07ec12a..99d248e 100644
--- a/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.h
+++ b/noncore/apps/opie-console/widget_layer.h
@@ -17,2 +17,4 @@
 #include <qapplication.h>
+#include <qframe.h>
+#include <qarray.h>
 #include <qtimer.h>
@@ -26,3 +28,12 @@
 
-class WidgetLayer : public QObject
+/*
+ * given a pseudo location ( column, line ),
+ * returns the actual index, in the QArray<Character>
+ */
+#define loc(X,Y) ((Y)*m_columns+(X))
+
+
+
+
+class WidgetLayer : public QFrame
 { Q_OBJECT
@@ -34,3 +45,3 @@ public:
 	 */
-	WidgetLayer( QObject *parent=0, const char *name=0 );
+	WidgetLayer( QWidget *parent=0, const char *name=0 );
 
@@ -45,3 +56,3 @@ public:
 	 */
-	virtual void setImage( const Character* const newimg, int lines, int colums ) = 0;
+	virtual void setImage( QArray<Character> const newimg, int lines, int colums );
 
@@ -143,3 +154,3 @@ protected:
 	/**
-	 *
+	 *determines count of lines and columns
 	 */
@@ -175,2 +186,8 @@ protected:
 	 * current character image
+	 * 
+	 * a Character at loc( column, line )
+	 * has the actual index:
+	 *  ix = line * m_columns + column;
+	 * 
+	 * use loc( x, y ) macro to access.
 	 */
@@ -194,3 +211,3 @@ protected:
 	/**
-	 * whether widget was resized 
+	 * whether widget is resizing 
 	 */