Index: trunk/src/core/ascii_printer.cc
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--- trunk/src/core/ascii_printer.cc	(revision 486)
+++ trunk/src/core/ascii_printer.cc	(revision 486)
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2015-2015 ChaosForge Ltd
+// http://chaosforge.org/
+//
+// This file is part of Nova libraries. 
+// For conditions of distribution and use, see copying.txt file in root folder.
+
+#include "nv/core/ascii_printer.hh"
+
+using namespace nv;
+
+ascii_printer::ascii_printer( terminal * term )
+	: m_terminal( term )
+{
+	
+}
+
+void ascii_printer::print( const string_view& text, const position& p, uint32 color )
+{
+	position coord( p );
+	for ( char c : text )
+	{
+		m_terminal->print( coord, color, static_cast<unsigned char>( c ) );
+		++coord.x;
+		if ( coord.x >= m_terminal->get_size().x ) break;
+	}
+}
+
+void nv::ascii_printer::frame( const nv::rectangle& area, const nv::string_view& border_chars, uint32 color )
+{
+	if ( border_chars.length() < 8 )
+	{
+		m_terminal->clear( area );
+		return;
+	}
+	m_terminal->clear( area.shrinked( 1 ) );
+	for ( int x = 0; x < area.get_width(); ++x )
+	{
+		m_terminal->print( position( area.ul.x + x, area.ul.y ), color, border_chars[0] );
+		m_terminal->print( position( area.ul.x + x, area.lr.y ), color, border_chars[1] );
+	}
+
+	for ( int y = 0; y < area.get_height(); ++y )
+	{
+		m_terminal->print( position( area.ul.x, area.ul.y + y ), color, border_chars[2] );
+		m_terminal->print( position( area.lr.x, area.ul.y + y ), color, border_chars[3] );
+	}
+
+	m_terminal->print( area.ul, color, border_chars[4] );
+	m_terminal->print( area.ur(), color, border_chars[5] );
+	m_terminal->print( area.ll(), color, border_chars[6] );
+	m_terminal->print( area.lr, color, border_chars[7] );
+}