1 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/sys/consoleinterface.h b/src/sys/consoleinterface.h
index 33dc5b5..f874182 100644
--- a/src/sys/consoleinterface.h
+++ b/src/sys/consoleinterface.h
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 #ifndef __INCLUDED_SYS_CONSOLEINTERFACE_H__
 #define __INCLUDED_SYS_CONSOLEINTERFACE_H__
 
-// project headers
-#include "sys/sys.h"
-
-// C++ headers
 #include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <deque>
+
+#include "sys/sys.h"
 
 /// global define to send a message to the system console
 #define con_print sys::ConsoleInterface::instance()->messagestream()
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 namespace sys
 {
 
+const size_t MAXCONLINES = 2048;
+
 /// interface for the client and server Console classes
 class ConsoleInterface
 {
@@ -40,27 +42,38 @@ public:
 	/// default destructor
 	virtual ~ConsoleInterface();
 
-	/// stream to send normal messages too
-	virtual std::ostream & messagestream() = 0;
+	/// stream to send normal messages to
+	std::ostream & messagestream();
 
-	/// stream to send warning messages too
-	virtual std::ostream & warningstream() = 0;
+	/// stream to send warning messages to
+	std::ostream & warningstream();
 
-	/// stream to send error messages too
-	virtual std::ostream & errorstream() = 0;
+	/// stream to send error messages to
+	std::ostream & errorstream();
 
-	/// stream to send debug messages too
-	virtual std::ostream & debugstream() = 0;
+	/// stream to send debug messages to
+	std::ostream & debugstream();
 
 	/// flush buffered messages
-	virtual void flush() = 0;
+	virtual void flush();
+
+	/// turn ANSI color codes on or off
+	inline void set_ansi(bool ansi) { consoleinterface_ansi = ansi; }
 
 	/// a pointer to the current console instance
 	static ConsoleInterface *instance();
 
+protected:
+	std::deque<std::string> consoleinterface_text;
+	std::stringstream 	consoleinterface_buffer;
+	
+	/// print a string to stdout with ansi color codes
+	void print_ansi(const char *line);
+
 private:
 	/// console singleton
 	static ConsoleInterface *consoleinterface_instance;
+	bool			consoleinterface_ansi;
 };
 
 } // namespace sys