Term.native - Revision history

MKlegoman357: Fixed

2014-04-10T16:50:08Z

Fixed

MKlegoman357: Expanded

2014-04-10T16:47:21Z

Expanded

Bomb Bloke at 06:08, 4 April 2014

2014-04-04T06:08:59Z

Bomb Bloke: As of ComputerCraft 1.6, term.native now points to a function, not a table.

2014-04-04T06:07:59Z

As of ComputerCraft 1.6, term.native now points to a function, not a table.

YoYoYonnY at 18:08, 17 February 2013

2013-02-17T18:08:02Z

YoYoYonnY at 18:07, 17 February 2013

2013-02-17T18:07:31Z

YoYoYonnY at 18:07, 17 February 2013

2013-02-17T18:07:05Z

YoYoYonnY: Created page with "{{lowercase}} {{Function |name=term.native |returns=The term table |api=term |addon=ComputerCraft |desc=Equal to the term API table |examples= {{Example |desc=Restores a progr..."

2013-02-17T18:05:43Z

Created page with "{{lowercase}} {{Function |name=term.native |returns=The term table |api=term |addon=ComputerCraft |desc=Equal to the term API table |examples= {{Example |desc=Restores a progr..."

New page

{{lowercase}}
{{Function
|name=term.native
|returns=The term table
|api=term
|addon=ComputerCraft
|desc=Equal to the term API table
|examples=
{{Example
|desc=Restores a program to the computer.
This will only work if the computer was running a program on a monitor
|code=term.native.write("term.native.write() = term.write()")
}}
|notes=
}}

[[Category:API_Functions]]

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 |api=term
 |addon=ComputerCraft
-|desc=Prior to ComputerCraft 1.6, "term.native" is a table pointer leading to the original "term" table (that is to say, the basic "term" API used to render to a given computer's own display). In cases where scripts have [[term.redirect|term.redirect()ed]] to an alternate display (eg a [[monitor]]), generally [[term.restore|term.restore()]] can be used to switch back, but depending on the amount of redirects performed that may not lead to the ''original'' terminal with a single call - use of '''term.redirect(term.native)''' will generally hop back in one go.<br><br>
+|desc=Prior to ComputerCraft 1.6, '''term.native''' is a table pointer leading to the original "term" table (that is to say, the basic "term" API used to render to a given computer's own display). In cases where scripts have [[term.redirect|redirected]] to an alternate display (eg.: a [[monitor]]), generally [[term.restore]]() can be used to switch back, but depending on the amount of redirects performed that may not lead to the ''original'' terminal with a single call - use of '''term.redirect(term.native)''' will generally hop back in one go.<br><br>
-As of ComputerCraft 1.6, term.native is no longer a table but a ''function pointer'', which must be ''called'' in order to receive the desired table back - for eg, '''term.redirect(term.native())''' should be expected to return to the default display. Bear in mind that in most cases, you'll want to restore to whatever display you ''originally redirected from'' - [[term.current|term.current()]] can be used to help track that.<br><br>
+As of ComputerCraft 1.6, '''term.native''' is no longer a table but a ''function pointer'', which must be ''called'' in order to receive the desired table back - for eg.: '''term.redirect(term.native())''' should be expected to return to the default display. Bear in mind that in most cases, you'll want to restore to whatever display you ''originally redirected from'' - [[term.current]]() can be used to help track that.<br><br>
 Note that this change breaks backwards compatibility with scripts that assume term.native's prior identity.<br><br>

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 {{Function
 |name=term.native
-|returns=The original [[Term (API)|"term" table]].
+|returns={{type|table}} the original [[Term (API)|"term" table]].
 |api=term
 |addon=ComputerCraft
@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 Note that this change breaks backwards compatibility with scripts that assume term.native's prior identity.<br><br>
-See also: [[term.current|term.current()]], [[term.redirect|term.redirect()]], [[term.restore|term.restore()]]
+See also: [[term.current]](), [[term.redirect]](), [[term.restore]]()
 |examples=
 {{Example
 |desc=For pre-ComputerCraft 1.6, writes to the default display even if the terminal is currently redirected elsewhere.
-|code=term.native.write("I should appear on the computer's native display.")
+|code='''term.native'''.write("I should appear on the computer's native display.")
 }}
 {{Example
 |desc=For ComputerCraft 1.6 or later, writes to the default display even if the terminal is currently redirected elsewhere.
-|code=term.native().write("I should appear on the computer's native display.")
+|code='''term.native()'''.write("I should appear on the computer's native display.")
 }}
 |notes=

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 |desc=Prior to ComputerCraft 1.6, "term.native" is a table pointer leading to the original "term" table (that is to say, the basic "term" API used to render to a given computer's own display). In cases where scripts have [[term.redirect|term.redirect()ed]] to an alternate display (eg a [[monitor]]), generally [[term.restore|term.restore()]] can be used to switch back, but depending on the amount of redirects performed that may not lead to the ''original'' terminal with a single call - use of '''term.redirect(term.native)''' will generally hop back in one go.<br><br>
-As of ComputerCraft 1.6, term.native is no longer a table but a ''function pointer'', which must be ''called'' in order to receive the desired table back - for eg, '''term.redirect(term.native())''' should be expected to return the the default display. Bear in mind that in most cases, you'll want to restore to whatever display you ''originally redirected from'' - [[term.current|term.current()]] can be used to help track that.<br><br>
+As of ComputerCraft 1.6, term.native is no longer a table but a ''function pointer'', which must be ''called'' in order to receive the desired table back - for eg, '''term.redirect(term.native())''' should be expected to return to the default display. Bear in mind that in most cases, you'll want to restore to whatever display you ''originally redirected from'' - [[term.current|term.current()]] can be used to help track that.<br><br>
 Note that this change breaks backwards compatibility with scripts that assume term.native's prior identity.<br><br>

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 {{lowercase}}
-{{Variable
+{{Function
 |name=term.native
 |returns=The term table