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Modern Tui TuiTerminal Flush

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TuiTerminal.Flush

Sends the buffered output in one write and empties the buffer.

Syntax

TuiTerminal.Flush( ) as TuiUnitResult

Description

Sends the buffer in one write and empties it. A failure here is a real I/O error -- the terminal went away -- and TuiRun turns it into a returned TuiError rather than continuing to draw.

Example

#import "std/tui"
using tui

dim as TuiTerminal term
term.Write( TuiCursorTo( 0, 0 ) )
print term.Pending( ) > 0         '' -1 (true) -- buffered, nothing sent yet
term.Discard( )                   '' Flush would send it to the real stdout
print term.Pending( )             '' 0

See also

TuiTerminal TuiTerminal.IsActive TuiTerminal.DetectCaps TuiTerminal.Discard
TuiTerminal.Enter TuiTerminal.Size TuiTerminal.Write TuiTerminal.Pending
TuiTerminal.Leave TuiTerminal.Caps TuiTerminal.WriteText TuiTerminal.TakeResize

Library: Terminal TUI Library
Category: Terminal TUI Library
Documented under: Terminal
Working examples: hello.tiko · form.tiko · dashboard.tiko


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