8bitworkshop/presets/nes/neslib1.c

//this example code shows how to put some text in nametable

#include "neslib.h"

// tileset data

const unsigned char TILESET[8*128] = {/*{w:8,h:8,bpp:1,count:128,brev:1}*/
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};

//this macro is used remove need of calculation of the nametable address in runtime

#define NTADR(x,y) ((0x2000|((y)<<5)|x))

//put a string into the nametable

void put_str(unsigned int adr,const char *str)
{
        vram_adr(adr);

        while(1)
        {
                if(!*str) break;
                vram_put((*str++)-0x20);//-0x20 because ASCII code 0x20 is placed in tile 0 of the CHR
        }
}

void main(void)
{
	//copy tileset to RAM
	vram_write((unsigned char*)TILESET, 0x0, sizeof(TILESET));
  
  	//rendering is disabled at the startup, and palette is all black
        pal_col(1,0x30);//set while color

        //you can't put data into vram through vram_put while rendering is enabled
        //so you have to disable rendering to put things like text or a level map
        //into the nametable

        //there is a way to update small number of nametable tiles while rendering
        //is enabled, using set_vram_update and an update list

        put_str(NTADR(2,2),"HELLO, WORLD!");
        put_str(NTADR(2,4),"THIS CODE PRINTS SOME TEXT");
        put_str(NTADR(2,5),"USING ASCII-ENCODED CHARACTER");
        put_str(NTADR(2,6),"SET WITH CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY");
        put_str(NTADR(2,8),"TO USE CHR MORE EFFICIENTLY");
        put_str(NTADR(2,9),"YOU'D NEED A CUSTOM ENCODING");
        put_str(NTADR(2,10),"AND A CONVERSION TABLE");

        ppu_on_all();//enable rendering

        while(1);//do nothing, infinite loop
}