NetGroup - Network peripherals made easy.

-- Get a group object
-- Arguments are the modem side and the peripheral filter (e.g. "monitor", "printer", "computer")
group = netgroup.wrap('back', 'printer')

-- Use the object like a normal peripheral
group.newPage()
group.setPageTitle('This is a page title!')
group.write('Some text!')
group.endPage()

-- Set the groups filter to another object
group.filter('monitor')

-- Can use the same function to get the current filter
print(group.filter()) --> monitor

-- Dynamic arguments based on monitor/peripheral name
-- Functions receive the monitor and peripheral name
group.setCursorPos(function(mon) -- centered text
  local w,h = mon.getSize()
  return w/2, h/2
end)
group.setBackgroundColor(colors.black)
group.setTextColor(function() return 2^math.random(14) end) -- random text color
group.clear()
group.write(function(mon, name) return name end) -- prints the monitor name for each monitor

-- Results from functions are stored in tables
local sizes = group.getSize()
local size = sizes.monitor_0
print(size[1]..'x'..size[2]) --> (the size of monitor_0)

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os.loadAPI('netgroup')

local group = netgroup.wrap('back','monitor')

group.setBackgroundColor(colors.black)
group.setTextColor(function() return 2^math.random(14) end)
group.setCursorPos(1,1)
group.setTextScale(2)
group.clear()
group.write(function(mon, name) local w,h = mon.getSize() return w..'x'..h end)

group.filter('printer')

group.newPage()
group.setPageTitle('It works!')
group.write('Like a boss.')
group.endPage()

group.filter('computer')

group.turnOn()

Yopu, on 17 March 2013 - 10:48 AM said:

Really interesting code. I'll have to play around with it. Nice work!