Re: [lcd4linux] Fwd: write to lcd4linux from an application?

[Michael R. <mi...@re...>]

Hi Richard,

> Good evening,
> I successfully (thanks for helping) run a display at my parrallel port
> and I want to use for showing the output of a (pascal coded)
> application.
> (The application reads from two serial ports, and the results,
> computed by the program from the port's reading, should be displayed).
> I tried to write the output to a file and display the text by using
> the readfile plugin. But that means to open and close the files over
> and over and that doesn't lead to nice result.
> Can I treat the lcd as a file and write to that file, as I would do
> with serial displays?
> The background is, I am constructing a portable measuring unit with no
> monitor, it has only that lcd for output.

Maybe you want to give the FIFO plugin a try?

HTH, Michael

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