Merge

protoboard.py

@@ -21,12 +21,28 @@ def send_sign(text):
     if len(lines) > ROWS:
         lines = lines[:ROWS]
 
-    # The board controller expects spaces to be replaced with `0 for a blank character.
+    special_chars = {
-    board_lines = [line.replace(' ', '`0') for line in lines]
+        ' ': '`0',
+        '\\w': '`1',  # white
+        '\\r': '`2',  # red
+        '\\o': '`3',  # orange
+        '\\y': '`4',  # yellow
+        '\\g': '`5',  # green
+        '\\b': '`6',  # blue
+        '\\v': '`7',  # violet
+        '\\d': '`8',  # degree
+        #      '`9',  # also degree
+    }
+
+    for code, color in special_chars.items():
+        lines = [line.replace(code, color) for line in lines]
 
     # setup_digits handles displaying the lines on the board.
     # It will also vertically center the block of text.
-    setup_digits(board_lines, left_to_right_swap=False, real_hw=True)
+    try:
+        setup_digits(lines, left_to_right_swap=False, real_hw=True)
+    except BaseException as e:
+        print "Error setting digits:" + str(e)
 
 
 def poll_and_display():