Fixed UI issues

toorchat.py

@@ -5,25 +5,75 @@ from rflib import *
 import rflib.chipcon_nic as rfnic
 import atexit
 from libtoorchat import *
+from os import system
+import curses
+import time
+from threading import Thread
 
-def banner():
+def thread_run(visual):
-	print "******** ToorChat [v 0.1] ********"
+	''' This is our function for the thread '''
-
+	#Thread should run until exit
-def main():
+	while not visual.exit:
-	banner()
-	badge = RfCat(idx=0)
-	badge.setModeRX()
-	protocol = ToorChatProtocol(badge)
-	while True:
 		try:
-			# msg, timestamp =  badge.RFrecv()
+			msg, timestamp = visual.badge.RFrecv()
-			# print "enter a message"
+			visual.message_queue.append(msg)
-			send = raw_input("Enter a message\n")
-			protocol.send_message(send)
 		except ChipconUsbTimeoutException:
 			pass
 
+class Visualizer():
 
+	def __init__(self):
+		self.screen = curses.initscr()
+		# curses.noecho()
+		# curses.cbreak()
+		self.screen.nodelay(1)
+		self.badge = RfCat(idx=0)
+		self.badge.setModeRX()
+		self.protocol = ToorChatProtocol(self.badge)
+		self.message_queue = []
+		#This when set to True will kill the thread
+		self.exit = False
+
+	def start(self):
+		self.__start_recv_thread__()
+		self.__run__()
+
+	def __start_recv_thread__(self):
+		'''This spins off a thread to deal with recving information from the rf device '''
+		self.thread = Thread(target=thread_run, args=(self,))
+		self.thread.start()
+
+	def __run__(self):
+		try:
+			self.screen_max_y, self.screen_max_x = self.screen.getmaxyx()
+			self.__draw_frame__()
+			self.screen.refresh()
+			while True:
+				self.screen_max_y, self.screen_max_x = self.screen.getmaxyx()
+				self.screen.addstr(0, 1, "[S] Send Message ")
+				self.screen.addstr(3,1,"Count:" + str(len(self.message_queue)))
+				entry = self.screen.getch()
+				if entry == curses.KEY_RESIZE:
+					self.__draw_frame__()
+				if entry == ord('s'):
+					self.screen.nodelay(0)
+					input = self.screen.getstr(1, 1, 60)
+					self.screen.nodelay(1)
+					self.__draw_frame__()
+					self.screen.refresh()
+
+		except KeyboardInterrupt:
+			self.exit = True
+			self.stop()
+
+	def __draw_frame__(self):
+		self.screen.clear()
+		self.screen.border(0)
+		self.screen.addstr(2,1,"_"*(self.screen_max_x-2))
+
+	def stop(self):
+		curses.endwin()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-	main()
+	visual = Visualizer()
+	visual.start()