Monitor problem

Hey guys,

is there no way to print a line on a monitor? Tried:

mon = peripheral.wrap( side )
mon.write(text)
mon.write(text2)

but both words are in one line.

Hope someone can help me and thanks in advance

Have you tried using the print function?

mon = peripheral.wrap( side )
mon.print(text)
mon.print(text2)

That should add newlines after the separate print actions.

Which doesn't exist. If you want to do print on a monitor, you have a few options. 1. Copy the print function from the bios and alter it to refer to term instead. 2. Manually set the cursor position down a line after writing. 3. Use term.redirect. Example:

local mon = peripheral.wrap("side")
term.redirect(mon)
print("lol")
print("lol2")
-- and when you're done
term.restore()

You could also use n which is a newline.

mon.write(text.."n")

Thanks for your replies.

luanub, on 29 August 2012 - 11:10 AM said:

You could also use n which is a newline.

mon.write(text.."n")

I already tried it but it will print a "?" on a monitor

Cloudy, on 29 August 2012 - 11:02 AM said:

Which doesn't exist. If you want to do print on a monitor, you have a few options. 1. Copy the print function from the bios and alter it to refer to term instead. 2. Manually set the cursor position down a line after writing. 3. Use term.redirect. Example:

local mon = peripheral.wrap("side")
term.redirect(mon)
print("lol")
print("lol2")
-- and when you're done
term.restore()

Thanks a lot! I'm now using "term.redirect" and it works perfectly.