def setMessage(self, row, message, color = Colors.WHITE, start = 0, cutoff = -1):
#TODO: ability to right-justify
if cutoff is -1:
cutoff = self.cols
shapes = Shapes.stringToShapes(message)
col = start
while col < cutoff and len(shapes) > 0:
self.set(row, col, shapes.pop(0), color)
col += 1
def __init__(self, text, color=Colors.WHITE, height=1, width=None):
super().__init__()
self.charString = Shapes.stringToShapes(text)
self.direction="left"
self.height = height
self.color = color
if width is None:
self.width = len(self.charString)
else:
self.width = width
