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 
          */