#!/usr/bin/env python # Display a runtext with double-buffering. from samplebase import SampleBase from rgbmatrix import graphics import time class RunText(SampleBase): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(RunText, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) def Run(self): offscreenCanvas = self.matrix.CreateFrameCanvas() font = graphics.Font() font.LoadFont("../../fonts/7x13.bdf") textColor = graphics.Color(255, 255, 0) pos = offscreenCanvas.width myText = "Hello World!" while True: offscreenCanvas.Clear() len = graphics.DrawText(offscreenCanvas, font, pos, 10, textColor, myText) pos -= 1 if (pos + len < 0): pos = offscreenCanvas.width time.sleep(0.05) offscreenCanvas = self.matrix.SwapOnVSync(offscreenCanvas) # Main function if __name__ == "__main__": parser = RunText() if (not parser.process()): parser.print_help()