source: trunk/src/testing/app/py_sail/test.py @ 4

#!/usr/bin/python
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import os, sys, time, array


# for importing py_sail properly
sys.path.append(os.environ["SAGE_DIRECTORY"]+"/lib")
import py_sail


# size of SAGE buffer for this app
BUFFER_WIDTH = 200
BUFFER_HEIGHT = 200


# initialize sail with appName, buffer width and height
py_sail.initSail("pysail_test", BUFFER_WIDTH, BUFFER_HEIGHT)


# make a pixel array of size BUFFER_WIDTH * BUFFER_HEIGHT * 3
a = array.array('B')            # unsigned char type
numPixels = BUFFER_WIDTH * BUFFER_HEIGHT
for i in xrange(0, BUFFER_WIDTH * BUFFER_HEIGHT):
    p = 1-i/float(numPixels)
    a.append(int(p*255)); a.append(int(p*255)); a.append(int(p*255))  #R,G,B


# convert the array to a string and send it to py_sail
buf = a.tostring()
py_sail.setBuffer(buf)


# keep looping and checking for the quit message
# you could also swap buffers here if you need 
# to update the image
while True:
    time.sleep(0.5)
    msg = py_sail.checkMessages()
    if msg == -1:    # -1 is returned when SAGE wants to close the app
        print "quitting..."
        break