Output Thread

require('love.system')

do
    local fancy_prefix = "  "

    local userOutChannel = love.thread.getChannel( "command-line-user-input" )
    local globalKillChannel = love.thread.getChannel( "global-kill-thread" )
    local printOutChannel = love.thread.getChannel( "printed-output" )

    local running = true

    local function printDebug(debugType, message, wait)
        --if(wait ~= false)then
        --    printOutChannel:supply({type = debugType, message = message})
        --else
            printOutChannel:push({type = debugType, message = message})
        --end
    end

    local function killMyself()
        running = false
        if(wholeScreen == true)then
            printDebug("info", "disabliing Fancy CLI features...", false)
            local exit = io.popen'tput rmcup \necho _$?':read'*a':match'.*%D(%d+)'+0
            if(exit ~= 0)then
                printDebug("warning", "Error while disabling Fancy CLI Features: 'tput rmcup' returned with non-zero exit status.", false)
            else
                wholeScreen = false
                printDebug("info", "Fancy CLI features disabled.", false)
            end
        end
    end

    local function checkKillChannel()
        local value = globalKillChannel:peek()
        if(value == "command-line-user-input")then
            globalKillChannel:pop()
            killMyself()
        elseif(value == "*")then
            killMyself()
        end
    end

    local fancy = false
    if(love.system.getOS() == "Linux")then
        printDebug("info", "enabling Fancy CLI output features...")
        fancy = true
    else
        printDebug("warning", "not enabling Fancy CLI output features, since it is only for Linux systems.")
    end


    while(running)do
        checkKillChannel()

        local value = printOutChannel:pop()

        --to do!!!!!
        if(fancy == true)then
            local handle = io.popen("tput lines")
            local xSize = handle:read("*a")
            handle:close()
            handle = io.popen("tput cols")
            local ySize = handle:read("*a")
            handle:close()

            local lines = {}
        end

        if(type(value) == "table")then
            print(unpack(value))
        end



        value = userOutChannel:pop()

        if(type(value) == "table")then
            print(unpack(value))
        end

    end

end