Re: Display types

[Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)]

Stuart,

I think it's a very smart idea to have this (optional) capability
standardised.

I like it a lot.

Mark


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Subject: [xAP_developer] Display types


> I was wondering this morning, given various display types can have
> different capabilities, would it be of any use if the display device,
> along with stating "Hey, I can display things!", provided
its
> capabilities?
>
> For instance:
>
> Display.Features
> {
> Height=(number of lines of display)
> --- may be some special value to signify unlimited potential
> Width=(maximum number of [fixed width?] characters per line)
> Colour=(1 0)
> --- or true/false etc
> Coords=(1  0)
> --- (whether or not it can cope with coordinate based output)
> }
>
> Other items might include its ability to Queue, Prioritise, etc.
>
> This of course presumes that another application elsewhere on the xAP
> network knows how it wants its data to be displayed, as opposed to the
> display device doing it all.
>
> S
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