#!/usr/bin/env python # Display a runtext with double-buffering. from samplebase import SampleBase from rgbmatrix import graphics import time class RunText(SampleBase): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(RunText, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.parser.add_argument("-t", "--text", help="The text to scroll on the RGB LED panel", default="Hello world!") def run(self): offscreen_canvas = self.matrix.CreateFrameCanvas() font = graphics.Font() font.LoadFont("../../../fonts/7x13.bdf") textColor = graphics.Color(255, 255, 0) pos = offscreen_canvas.width my_text = self.args.text while True: offscreen_canvas.Clear() len = graphics.DrawText(offscreen_canvas, font, pos, 10, textColor, my_text) pos -= 1 if (pos + len < 0): pos = offscreen_canvas.width time.sleep(0.05) offscreen_canvas = self.matrix.SwapOnVSync(offscreen_canvas) # Main function if __name__ == "__main__": run_text = RunText() if (not run_text.process()): run_text.print_help()