How to set the scale of text on a monitor

Okay, so lets get started.

first you need to define a peripheral with
p = peripheral.wrap("side")

replace side with whatever side the monitor is on the computer and replace p with whatever you want!

now we shall set the text scale.

p.setTextScale(Text Size)

now replace p with what you replaced p with before and text size, well, you guessed it, how big or small you want to make the text.

Note:The lowest text scale is 1, default and the highest is 5.

Now you can print with print("")

Finally just save, exit and run the program on the monitor,
and if you did this correctly, you should get 0 errors and your text should be the right size.

Happy printing!

I think you missed some steps.

local mon = peripheral.wrap("side") -- get the monitor. side is the side of the monitor
mon.setTextScale(size) -- set the text size. size must be a number between 0.5 and 5 in increments of 0.5
term.redirect(mon) -- redirect output to the monitor
-- now you can print to the monitor
print("Text on the Monitor!")
term.restore() -- restore the output to the console

Or to put it on the monitor without redirecting:

p.write("Text on the monitor!")

MysticT, on 28 September 2012 - 08:31 PM said:

I think you missed some steps.

local mon = peripheral.wrap("side") -- get the monitor. side is the side of the monitor
mon.setTextScale(size) -- set the text size. size must be a number between 0.5 and 5 in increments of 0.5
term.redirect(mon) -- redirect output to the monitor
-- now you can print to the monitor
print("Text on the Monitor!")
term.restore() -- restore the output to the console

hmm, my tutorial is on what i do and it works . dunno.

ElectricOverride, on 07 October 2012 - 03:43 PM said:

MysticT, on 28 September 2012 - 08:31 PM said:

I think you missed some steps.

local mon = peripheral.wrap("side") -- get the monitor. side is the side of the monitor
mon.setTextScale(size) -- set the text size. size must be a number between 0.5 and 5 in increments of 0.5
term.redirect(mon) -- redirect output to the monitor
-- now you can print to the monitor
print("Text on the Monitor!")
term.restore() -- restore the output to the console

hmm, my tutorial is on what i do and it works . dunno.

Yes, but I meant that you can't use print without redirecting, and you didn't say that.

MysticT, on 07 October 2012 - 04:28 PM said:

ElectricOverride, on 07 October 2012 - 03:43 PM said:

MysticT, on 28 September 2012 - 08:31 PM said:

I think you missed some steps.

local mon = peripheral.wrap("side") -- get the monitor. side is the side of the monitor
mon.setTextScale(size) -- set the text size. size must be a number between 0.5 and 5 in increments of 0.5
term.redirect(mon) -- redirect output to the monitor
-- now you can print to the monitor
print("Text on the Monitor!")
term.restore() -- restore the output to the console

hmm, my tutorial is on what i do and it works . dunno.

Yes, but I meant that you can't use print without redirecting, and you didn't say that.

Ah, I see, okay.

how to set position of the text

Try reading the wiki. You use term.setCursorPos (or replace term with a wrapped monitor table).

how i can do like rules info that will show all to time cause when i disconnect i cant see text what i putted on monitor

Smallest font is 0.5 not 1… I think

MudkipTheEpic, on 17 February 2013 - 08:39 AM said:

Smallest font is 0.5 not 1… I think

And you are correct.

Dlcruz129, on 17 February 2013 - 08:47 AM said:

MudkipTheEpic, on 17 February 2013 - 08:39 AM said:

Smallest font is 0.5 not 1… I think

And you are correct.

This was before the smallest font was 0.5

janmo96, on 16 February 2013 - 07:49 AM said:

how i can do like rules info that will show all to time cause when i disconnect i cant see text what i putted on monitor

You need to restart the computer, as all computers/turtles shutdown once a server or singleplayer client is stopped.

Thanks for the tutorial!
Now I know what I did wrong.

no9name909, on 13 March 2013 - 07:36 AM said:

Thanks for the tutorial!
Now I know what I did wrong.

No problem.

ElectroSystems™CEO/Elec, on 07 March 2013 - 05:28 AM said:

You need to restart the computer, as all computers/turtles shutdown once a server or singleplayer client is stopped.

Remember that you can put a "startup" program on the computer which calls your program when the computer starts (i.e. when the server/SSP starts)

shell.run("myprogram")

PlowmanPlow, on 21 March 2013 - 06:51 AM said:

ElectroSystems™CEO/Elec, on 07 March 2013 - 05:28 AM said:

You need to restart the computer, as all computers/turtles shutdown once a server or singleplayer client is stopped.

Remember that you can put a "startup" program on the computer which calls your program when the computer starts (i.e. when the server/SSP starts)

shell.run("myprogram")

I now know that using shell.run works, I used to allways think you needed to manually start a pc or nothing would happen, thanks!