README.md: Finish the documentation

Fixes #2.

Signed-off-by: Gergely Nagy <algernon@madhouse-project.org>
pull/389/head
Gergely Nagy 8 years ago
parent 0b4fb8dc6f
commit 8ce36a4a3d

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A common base for plugins that want to provide themes, or theme-related
capabilities, using a 15+1 color palette. In other words, this is for plugin
authors primarily.
authors primarily. The primary aim of the plugin is to provide not only a common
palette, but tools that make it easier to use it too.
## Using the plugin
TODO
To use the plugin, one needs to do a bit more than include the header, and tell
the firmware to use it. Itself being a mere building block, to use it to its
full extent, we need to create our own plugin on top of it.
```c++
#include <Kaleidoscope.h>
#include <Kaleidoscope-EEPROM-Settings.h>
#include <Kaleidoscope-LED-Palette-Theme.h>
#include <Kaleidoscope-Focus.h>
namespace example {
class TestLEDMode : public LEDMode {
public:
TestLEDMode() {}
void begin(void) final;
void update(void) final;
static bool focusHook(const char *command);
private:
static uint16_t map_base_;
};
uint16_t TestLEDMode::map_base_;
void
TestLEDMode::begin(void) {
LEDMode::begin();
map_base_ = LEDPaletteTheme.reserveThemes(1);
}
void
TestLEDMode::update(void) {
LEDPaletteTheme.updateHandler(map_base_, 0);
}
bool
TestLEDMode::focusHook(const char *command) {
return LEDPaletteTheme.themeFocusHandler(command, PSTR("testLedMode.map"), map_base_, 1);
}
}
example::TestLEDMode TestLEDMode;
void setup() {
USE_PLUGINS(&EEPROMSettings, &LEDPaletteTheme);
Serial.begin(9600);
USE_PLUGINS(&Focus, &LEDPaletteTheme, &TestLEDMode, &EEPROMSettings);
Kaleidoscope.setup();
// TODO
EEPROMSettings.seal();
TestLEDMode.activate();
Focus.addHook(FOCUS_HOOK_LEDPALETTETHEME);
Focus.addHook(FOCUS_HOOK(TestLEDMode.focusHook, "testLEDMode.map"));
}
```
## Plugin methods
This is a simple extension, where it provides a `testLEDMode.map` Focus command,
with which one can set the theme which will be saved to EEPROM.
The plugin provides the `LEDPaletteTheme` object, which has the following methods:
## Plugin methods
**TODO**
The plugin provides the `LEDPaletteTheme` object, which has the following methods and properties:
### `.reserveThemes(max_themes)`
> Reserve space in EEPROM for `max_themes`. Each key on a theme uses half a byte
> of space. The function returns the `theme_base` to be used with the rest of
> the methods.
>
> The `theme_base` is a pointer into the EEPROM where the theme storage starts.
### `.updateHandler(theme_base, theme)`
> A helper we can call in our plugin's `.update()` method: given an EEPROM
> location (`theme_base`), and a `theme` index, it will update the keyboard with
> the colors of the specified theme.
>
> The `theme` argument can be any index between zero and `max_themes`. How the
> plugin decides which theme to display depends entirely on the plugin.
### `.themeFocusHandler(command, expected_command, theme_base, max_themes)`
> To be used in a custom `Focus` handler: handles the `expected_command` Focus
> command, and provides a way to query and update the themes supported by the
> plugin.
>
> When queried, it will list the color indexes. When used as a setter, it
> expects one index per key.
>
> The palette can be set via the `palette` focus command, implemented by the
> `FOCUS_HOOK_LEDPALETTETHEME` hook explained below.
### `.transparent_index`
> The plugin supports transparent colors too: by default, the last color (index
> 15) is treated as transparent. If a pixel is found to be transparent,
> `.updateHandler` will not change its color, but leave it as is. This way one
> can create layers of themes, if so desired.
>
> This property can be set to a number between 0 and 15 to make that index
> transparent, or to a number higher than 15 to disable transparency support,
> and gain another color on the palette.
## Focus commands
The plugin provides a single `Focus` hook, `FOCUS_HOOK_LEDPALETTETHEME`,
implementing the following command:
### `palette`
> Without arguments, prints the palette: RGB values for all 16 colors.
>
> With arguments, updates the palette with new colors. One does not need to give
> the full palette, the plugin will process as many arguments as available, and
> ignore anything past the last index. It expects colors to have all three
> components specified, or none at all. Thus, partial palette updates are
> possible, but only on the color level, not at component level.
## Dependencies

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