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authorDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2017-06-14 16:02:57 +1000
committerDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2017-08-29 16:50:28 +1000
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docs/library: Add description of "index" parameter to uos.dupterm().
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@@ -89,8 +89,22 @@ Functions
Return a bytes object with n random bytes. Whenever possible, it is
generated by the hardware random number generator.
-.. function:: dupterm(stream_object)
+.. function:: dupterm(stream_object, index=0)
- Duplicate or switch MicroPython terminal (the REPL) on the passed stream-like
- object. The given object must implement the ``readinto()`` and ``write()``
- methods. If ``None`` is passed, previously set redirection is cancelled.
+ Duplicate or switch the MicroPython terminal (the REPL) on the given stream-like
+ object. The *stream_object* argument must implement the ``readinto()`` and
+ ``write()`` methods. The stream should be in non-blocking mode and
+ ``readinto()`` should return ``None`` if there is no data available for reading.
+
+ After calling this function all terminal output is repeated on this stream,
+ and any input that is available on the stream is passed on to the terminal input.
+
+ The *index* parameter should be a non-negative integer and specifies which
+ duplication slot is set. A given port may implement more than one slot (slot 0
+ will always be available) and in that case terminal input and output is
+ duplicated on all the slots that are set.
+
+ If ``None`` is passed as the *stream_object* then duplication is cancelled on
+ the slot given by *index*.
+
+ The function returns the previous stream-like object in the given slot.