now running the reading in a separate thread, still sometimes updates…

… seems irreguar, its better but still wrong

life.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def show_state():
  print s
 
 
-fixed_cmd_cnt = 1000
+fixed_cmd_cnt = 10000
 
 for i in range(generations):
 
@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@ def show_state():
  print cmd
 
  sys.stdout.flush()
- #busy loop
- for b in range(cnt):
- print "#", i, ": busy ", (fixed_cmd_cnt - b)
-
  update_cells()
+ time.sleep(.76)
+
+ # #busy loop
+ # for b in range(cnt):
+ # print "#", i, ": busy ", (fixed_cmd_cnt - b)
 
 
 

rand.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 H = 20
 
 
-for i in range(1000):
+for i in range(100000):
  x = random.randint(0, W-1);
  y = random.randint(0, H-1);
  cmd = "{} {}".format(x,y)

sss.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 import sys, random, time
 import math
+import threading
+
 
 W = 120
 H = 20
@@ -13,37 +15,21 @@
 
 #COLORS
 black = [0,0,0]
-red = [255,0,0]
-green = [0,255,0]
-blue = [0,0,255]
 white = [255,255,255]
-yellow = [255,165, 0]
-purple = [102, 0, 172]
-grey = [120,120,120]
-
-
-# pygame.mixer.pre_init(44100, -16, 2, 2048) # setup mixer to avoid sound lag
-# #modified from http://www.freesound.org/people/Koops/sounds/20258/
-# flip_snd = pygame.mixer.Sound("flip.ogg")
-# pygame.mixer.set_num_channels(W*H)
-# print "ther are ", pygame.mixer.get_num_channels()
 
 screen = pygame.display.set_mode((W*cell_size,H*cell_size), pygame.NOFRAME)
 clock = pygame.time.Clock()
 screenCenter = screen.get_rect().center
+changes = pygame.Surface((W*cell_size,H*cell_size))
 
 def idx(x,y):
  return W*y + x
 
-def draw_cell(screen, x,y):
-
+def draw_cell(surface, x,y):
  r = pygame.Rect((x * cell_size, y*cell_size), (cell_size, cell_size))
- pygame.draw.rect(screen, black, r)
+ pygame.draw.rect(surface, black, r)
  width = 0 if cells[idx(x,y)] else 1
- pygame.draw.circle(screen, white, r.center, (cell_size / 2) - 1, width)
- # chn = pygame.mixer.find_channel()
- # if chn:
- # chn.play(flip_snd)
+ pygame.draw.circle(surface, white, r.center, (cell_size / 2) - 1, width)
 
 
 #init
@@ -54,21 +40,33 @@ def draw_cell(screen, x,y):
  cells.append(False)
  draw_cell(screen, x, y)
 
+def read_cmds():
+ for line in sys.stdin:
+ # print line
+ if line.startswith("#"):
+ continue
+ coords = line.split()
+ x = int(coords[0])
+ y = int(coords[1])
+ cells[idx(x,y)] = not cells[idx(x,y)]
+ draw_cell(screen, x,y)
+ time.sleep(.00005); # the flip time aproximation
 
+t = threading.Thread(target=read_cmds)
+t.start()
+
+
+done = False
+while not done:
+ clock.tick_busy_loop(1500);
+ pygame.event.pump()
+ for event in pygame.event.get():
+ if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN and event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
+ done = True
 
-for line in sys.stdin:
- clock.tick_busy_loop(1000) 
-# print line
- if line.startswith("#"):
- continue
- coords = line.split()
- x = int(coords[0])
- y = int(coords[1])
- cells[idx(x,y)] = not cells[idx(x,y)] 
- draw_cell(screen, x,y)
 
  pygame.display.update()
  pygame.display.flip()
+
 
-while (pygame.event.wait().type != pygame.KEYDOWN): pass 
 pygame.quit()