How to make os.sleep, os.startTimer?

Ok I'm making a project, and I need to make os.sleep and os.startTimer, but how?

Why would you want to make it? Sleep works like this:

local timer = os.startTimer()

repeat
local event, tmr = coroutine.yield("timer")
until tmr == timer

I know how it works, but I want to make it, because it bugs out the buffer I made. Or its my buffer, can't tell

LeDark Lua, on 02 January 2016 - 11:50 AM said:

I know how it works, but I want to make it, because it bugs out the buffer I made. Or its my buffer, can't tell

It's usually a good idea to blame your own code until you can solidly prove that it's someone else's code's fault. So it's probably your buffer.

Anyway, there is no way to reimplement os.startTimer without using os.startTimer. The actual timer stuff is done natively.

Lignum, on 02 January 2016 - 12:56 PM said:

LeDark Lua, on 02 January 2016 - 11:50 AM said:

I know how it works, but I want to make it, because it bugs out the buffer I made. Or its my buffer, can't tell

It's usually a good idea to blame your own code until you can solidly prove that it's someone else's code's fault. So it's probably your buffer.

Anyway, there is no way to reimplement os.startTimer without using os.startTimer. The actual timer stuff is done natively.

So the question is. What are you trying to do with your buffer and how its bugging?

I'm trying to run worm on it, or any program that uses term/paintutils.
Bug: it like shifts itself upwards

Definitely a problem in your code. Post your code.

My code: pastebin
or

pastebin get LAejwLBZ gl

Usage:

os.loadAPI( "gl" )
local buffer = gl.create(x, y, width, height)
buffer:clear( backgroundColor, textColor )
buffer:clearLine( y, backgroundColor, textColor )
buffer:drawChar( x, y, char, backgroundColor, textColor )
buffer:drawText( x, y, text, backgroundColor, textColor )
local aTerm = buffer:getTerm()
buffer:draw( term )

Make a main buffer according to your screen, then make a program buffer and draw that on the main buffer.