fit_text always picks the largest ladder rung that fits its box. That's
right when an element owns dedicated space, but wrong when several
independently-fitted elements need to stay visually harmonious as the
panel grows: a score's box might have generous room while a neighboring
logo scales by a fixed geometry factor via px() — fit_text lets the score
balloon out of proportion (even overlapping the logo) even though its
individual pick is technically correct.
fit_text_proportional(text, box, base_size_px, ladder) instead targets
base_size_px * self.scale (the same scale factor px() already uses),
picking the nearest ladder rung at or below that target, still capped to
what fits the box, floored at the smallest rung when the target is below
every rung. Refactored the shared largest-that-fits/ellipsize walk into
_walk_ladder() so fit_text and fit_text_proportional don't duplicate it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Discoverability: re-export the adaptive layout/image API from src.common
(the blessed-helpers package plugin authors already know) — canonical
paths stay src.adaptive_layout / src.adaptive_images so nothing breaks.
Document it in src/common/README.md and cross-link ADAPTIVE_LAYOUT.md
from the developer docs authors actually read (quick reference, API
reference, advanced dev, font manager, dev preview, plugin dev guide);
ADAPTIVE_LAYOUT.md gains adaptive-images, composite-layouts and
preserving-user-customization sections.
Compat: PluginLoader now logs one advisory warning (never raises) when a
plugin's manifest declares a min LEDMatrix version newer than the running
core, checking the min_ledmatrix_version / requires.* / versions[]
spellings found in the wild. Guarded against stale core version numbers.
src/__init__.py __version__ bumped 1.0.0 -> 3.1.0 to match the latest
release tag (v3.1.0) — it had never been updated and the compat check
needs a truthful number. NOTE: verify this matches the intended release
numbering before the next tag.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add src/adaptive_layout.py — opt-in core helpers so plugins render
legibly on any panel size without hand-tuned per-display layouts:
- Region: integer rect algebra (bands/columns/weighted splits/centering)
that partitions space so text bands can't overlap by construction
- Font ladders: ordered (family, size) steps known to render crisply
(LADDER_GRID: X11 BDFs at native sizes; LADDER_ARCADE: PressStart2P at
8px multiples) — fitting walks the ladder instead of scaling pixel
fonts fractionally
- LayoutContext: breakpoint tiers, geometry scale vs. a declared design
size, and cached fit_text/fit_lines/font_for_rows queries
Generalizes the three patterns proven in the field: f1-scoreboard's
scale factor, masters-tournament's tiers, baseball-scoreboard's font
fallback ladder.
Wiring: BasePlugin gains a lazy .layout property and draw_fit();
FontManager gains get_native_bdf_size() and a cache_generation counter;
manifest schema gains display.design_size and requires.display_size
max_width/max_height; 96x48 joins DEFAULT_TEST_SIZES; the bounds-check
harness records negative-coordinate draws; TextHelper's broken
measurement helpers are fixed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
