Scroll Performance

Tuning news scrolling performance

test_smooth_scroll.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import time
+import sys
+import os
+from src.config_manager import ConfigManager
+from src.display_manager import DisplayManager
+from src.news_manager import NewsManager
+
+def main():
+    """Test the smooth scrolling performance of the news ticker."""
+    try:
+        # Load configuration
+        config_manager = ConfigManager()
+        config = config_manager.config
+        
+        # Initialize display manager
+        display_manager = DisplayManager(config.get('display', {}))
+        
+        # Initialize news manager
+        news_manager = NewsManager(config, display_manager)
+        
+        print("Smooth scrolling test started. Press Ctrl+C to exit.")
+        print("Displaying news headlines with optimized scrolling...")
+        
+        # Clear the display first
+        display_manager.clear()
+        display_manager.update_display()
+        
+        # Display news headlines for a longer time to test scrolling performance
+        start_time = time.time()
+        frame_count = 0
+        
+        while time.time() - start_time < 60:  # Run for 1 minute
+            news_manager.display_news()
+            frame_count += 1
+            
+            # Print FPS every 5 seconds
+            elapsed = time.time() - start_time
+            if int(elapsed) % 5 == 0 and int(elapsed) > 0:
+                fps = frame_count / elapsed
+                print(f"FPS: {fps:.2f}")
+                frame_count = 0
+                start_time = time.time()
+            
+        print("Test completed successfully.")
+        
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\nTest interrupted by user.")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}")
+    finally:
+        # Clean up
+        if 'display_manager' in locals():
+            display_manager.clear()
+            display_manager.update_display()
+            display_manager.cleanup()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()