[Ruby] [ANN] BetaBrite LED sign library - 0.0.2

[Daevid Vincent]

That's awesome! 

Where did you get your sign and how much was it? I've always wanted one of
those kinda signs -- I'm big into the LED thing. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ruby-bounces at zenspider.com 
> [mailto:ruby-bounces at zenspider.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Patterson
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:38 PM
> To: 'Seattle Ruby Brigade!'; ruby-talk at ruby-lang.org
> Subject: [Ruby] [ANN] BetaBrite LED sign library - 0.0.2
> 
> The BetaBrite LED sign library version 0.0.2 is now available
> 
> = Description
> This library is for controlling BetaBrite LED signs. You can 
> write messages,
> picture files, control the color, font, etc. You can display 
> special graphics
> and even change the display modes.
> 
> = Release Notes
> 
> == 0.0.2
> 
> This release comes with new syntax for setting attributes of
> BetaBrite::String and BetaBrite::TextFile. Setting attributes 
> like color
> and character set is now less cumbersome. For example, here is the old
> way to set the color using constants:
>   s = BetaBrite::String.new("hello")
>   s.color = BetaBrite::String::Color::GREEN
> Instead you can do this:
>   s = BetaBrite::String.new("hello") { |a|
>     a.set_color "green"
>   }
> You can treat TextFile similarly:
>   s = BetaBrite::TextFile.new { |a|
>     a.set_mode "compressed_rotate"
>     a.set_position "middle"
>   }
> These special set functions figure out what constant you want 
> and set it
> to the attribute you want. "set_mode" looks up the name 
> passed in in the
> constants stored in the Mode class, and sets it to the mode attribute.
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Patterson
> http://tenderlovemaking.com/
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