JAL-3949 Complete new abstracted logging framework in jalview.log. Updated log calls...
[jalview.git] / src / jalview / gui / Console.java
index 3be4c8b..cb53d14 100644 (file)
@@ -1,28 +1,65 @@
 /*
- * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.5)
- * Copyright (C) 2010 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
  * 
  * This file is part of Jalview.
  * 
  * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *  
  * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
  * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
  * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
  * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jalview.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Jalview.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
  */
 package jalview.gui;
 
-import java.io.*;
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.event.*;
-import javax.swing.*;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout;
+import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
+import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
+import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
+import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
+import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
+import java.awt.event.WindowListener;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PipedInputStream;
+import java.io.PipedOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
+import javax.swing.JButton;
+import javax.swing.JComboBox;
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
+import javax.swing.JPanel;
+import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
+import javax.swing.JTextArea;
+import javax.swing.border.Border;
+import javax.swing.text.DefaultCaret;
+
+import jalview.bin.Cache;
+import jalview.log.JLoggerI.LogLevel;
+import jalview.log.JLoggerLog4j;
+import jalview.log.JalviewAppender;
+import jalview.util.ChannelProperties;
+import jalview.util.MessageManager;
+import jalview.util.Platform;
 
 /**
  * Simple Jalview Java Console. Version 1 - allows viewing of console output
@@ -33,36 +70,45 @@ import org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout;
  * own applications RJHM van den Bergh , rvdb@comweb.nl
  */
 
-public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
-        ActionListener, Runnable
+public class Console extends WindowAdapter
+        implements WindowListener, ActionListener, Runnable
 {
   private JFrame frame;
 
   private JTextArea textArea;
 
-  int lines = 0;
-
-  int lim = 1000;
-
-  private Thread reader;
+  /*
+   * unused - tally and limit for lines in console window int lines = 0;
+   * 
+   * int lim = 1000;
+   */
+  int byteslim = 102400, bytescut = 76800; // 100k and 75k cut point.
 
-  private Thread reader2;
+  private Thread reader, reader2, textAppender;
 
   private boolean quit;
 
-  private final PrintStream stdout = System.out;
+  private final PrintStream stdout = System.out, stderr = System.err;
 
-  private final PrintStream stderr = System.err;
+  private PipedInputStream pin = new PipedInputStream();
 
-  private final PipedInputStream pin = new PipedInputStream();
+  private PipedInputStream pin2 = new PipedInputStream();
 
-  private final PipedInputStream pin2 = new PipedInputStream();
+  private StringBuffer displayPipe = new StringBuffer();
 
   Thread errorThrower; // just for testing (Throws an Exception at this Console
 
   // are we attached to some parent Desktop
   Desktop parent = null;
 
+  private int MIN_WIDTH = 300;
+
+  private int MIN_HEIGHT = 250;
+
+  private JComboBox<LogLevel> logLevelCombo = new JComboBox<LogLevel>();
+
+  protected LogLevel startingLogLevel = LogLevel.INFO;
+
   public Console()
   {
     // create all components and add them
@@ -74,50 +120,161 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
 
   private void initConsole(boolean visible)
   {
+    initConsole(visible, true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 
+   * @param visible
+   *          - open the window
+   * @param redirect
+   *          - redirect std*
+   */
+  private void initConsole(boolean visible, boolean redirect)
+  {
     // CutAndPasteTransfer cpt = new CutAndPasteTransfer();
     // textArea = cpt.getTextArea();
     textArea = new JTextArea();
     textArea.setEditable(false);
-    JButton button = new JButton("clear");
+    // autoscroll
+    DefaultCaret caret = (DefaultCaret) textArea.getCaret();
+    caret.setUpdatePolicy(DefaultCaret.ALWAYS_UPDATE);
+    // toggle autoscroll by clicking on the text area
+    Border pausedBorder = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(2, 2, 2, 2,
+            textArea.getForeground());
+    Border noBorder = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(2, 2, 2, 2);
+    JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
+    scrollPane.setBorder(noBorder);
+    textArea.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
+    {
+      public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
+      {
+        if (e.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON1)
+        {
+          if (caret.getUpdatePolicy() == DefaultCaret.ALWAYS_UPDATE)
+          {
+            caret.setUpdatePolicy(DefaultCaret.NEVER_UPDATE);
+            scrollPane.setBorder(pausedBorder);
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            caret.setUpdatePolicy(DefaultCaret.ALWAYS_UPDATE);
+            textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getDocument().getLength());
+            scrollPane.setBorder(noBorder);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    JButton clearButton = new JButton(
+            MessageManager.getString("action.clear"));
+    JButton copyToClipboardButton = new JButton(
+            MessageManager.getString("label.copy_to_clipboard"));
+    copyToClipboardButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
+    {
+      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
+      {
+        copyConsoleTextToClipboard();
+      }
+    });
+    copyToClipboardButton.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
+    {
+      private Color bg = textArea.getBackground();
+
+      private Color fg = textArea.getForeground();
+
+      public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
+      {
+        textArea.setBackground(textArea.getSelectionColor());
+        textArea.setForeground(textArea.getSelectedTextColor());
+      }
+
+      public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
+      {
+        textArea.setBackground(bg);
+        textArea.setForeground(fg);
+      }
+
+    });
+    copyToClipboardButton.setToolTipText(
+            MessageManager.getString("label.copy_to_clipboard_tooltip"));
+
+    JLabel logLevelLabel = new JLabel(
+            MessageManager.getString("label.log_level") + ":");
+
+    // logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.ALL);
+    logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.TRACE);
+    logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.DEBUG);
+    logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.INFO);
+    logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.WARN);
+    // logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.ERROR);
+    // logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.FATAL);
+    // logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.ERROR);
+    // logLevelCombo.addItem(LogLevel.OFF);
+    // set startingLogLevel
+    startingLogLevel = Cache.log == null ? LogLevel.INFO
+            : Cache.log.getLevel();
+    setChosenLogLevelCombo();
+    logLevelCombo.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
+    {
+      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
+      {
+        if (Cache.log != null)
+        {
+          Cache.log.setLevel((LogLevel) logLevelCombo.getSelectedItem());
+        }
+      }
+
+    });
 
     // frame = cpt;
     frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
-    frame.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(textArea),
-            BorderLayout.CENTER);
-    frame.getContentPane().add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
+    frame.getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+    JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
+    southPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
+
+    JPanel logLevelPanel = new JPanel();
+    logLevelPanel.setAlignmentX(JPanel.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
+    logLevelPanel.add(logLevelLabel);
+    logLevelPanel.add(logLevelCombo);
+    String logLevelTooltip = MessageManager.formatMessage(
+            "label.log_level_tooltip", startingLogLevel.toString());
+    logLevelLabel.setToolTipText(logLevelTooltip);
+    logLevelCombo.setToolTipText(logLevelTooltip);
+
+    GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
+    gbc.gridx = 0;
+    gbc.gridy = 0;
+    gbc.gridwidth = 1;
+    gbc.gridheight = 1;
+    gbc.weightx = 0.1;
+    southPanel.add(logLevelPanel, gbc);
+
+    gbc.gridx++;
+    gbc.weightx = 0.8;
+    gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
+    southPanel.add(clearButton, gbc);
+
+    gbc.gridx++;
+    gbc.weightx = 0.1;
+    gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
+    southPanel.add(copyToClipboardButton, gbc);
+
+    southPanel.setVisible(true);
+    frame.getContentPane().add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     frame.setVisible(visible);
-
+    updateConsole = visible;
     frame.addWindowListener(this);
-    button.addActionListener(this);
+    clearButton.addActionListener(this);
 
-    try
-    {
-      PipedOutputStream pout = new PipedOutputStream(this.pin);
-      System.setOut(new PrintStream(pout, true));
-    } catch (java.io.IOException io)
-    {
-      textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDOUT to this console\n"
-              + io.getMessage());
-    } catch (SecurityException se)
+    if (redirect)
     {
-      textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDOUT to this console\n"
-              + se.getMessage());
+      redirectStreams();
     }
-
-    try
-    {
-      PipedOutputStream pout2 = new PipedOutputStream(this.pin2);
-      System.setErr(new PrintStream(pout2, true));
-    } catch (java.io.IOException io)
-    {
-      textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDERR to this console\n"
-              + io.getMessage());
-    } catch (SecurityException se)
+    else
     {
-      textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDERR to this console\n"
-              + se.getMessage());
+      unredirectStreams();
     }
-
     quit = false; // signals the Threads that they should exit
 
     // Starting two seperate threads to read from the PipedInputStreams
@@ -129,13 +286,151 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
     reader2 = new Thread(this);
     reader2.setDaemon(true);
     reader2.start();
+    // and a thread to append text to the textarea
+    textAppender = new Thread(this);
+    textAppender.setDaemon(true);
+    textAppender.start();
+
+    // set icons
+    frame.setIconImages(ChannelProperties.getIconList());
+  }
+
+  private void setChosenLogLevelCombo()
+  {
+    setChosenLogLevelCombo(startingLogLevel);
+  }
+
+  private void setChosenLogLevelCombo(LogLevel setLogLevel)
+  {
+    logLevelCombo.setSelectedItem(setLogLevel);
+    if (!logLevelCombo.getSelectedItem().equals(setLogLevel))
+    {
+      // setLogLevel not (yet) in list
+      if (setLogLevel != null && setLogLevel instanceof LogLevel)
+      {
+        // add new item to list (might be set via .jalview_properties)
+        boolean added = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < logLevelCombo.getItemCount(); i++)
+        {
+          LogLevel l = (LogLevel) logLevelCombo.getItemAt(i);
+          if (l.compareTo(setLogLevel) >= 0)
+          {
+            logLevelCombo.insertItemAt(setLogLevel, i);
+            added = true;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        if (!added) // lower priority than others or some confusion -- add to
+                    // end of list
+        {
+          logLevelCombo.addItem(setLogLevel);
+        }
+        logLevelCombo.setSelectedItem(setLogLevel);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        logLevelCombo.setSelectedItem(LogLevel.INFO);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void copyConsoleTextToClipboard()
+  {
+    String consoleText = textArea.getText();
+    StringSelection consoleTextSelection = new StringSelection(consoleText);
+    Clipboard cb = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
+    cb.setContents(consoleTextSelection, null);
+  }
+
+  PipedOutputStream pout = null, perr = null;
+
+  public void redirectStreams()
+  {
+    if (pout == null)
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        pout = new PipedOutputStream(this.pin);
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(pout, true));
+      } catch (java.io.IOException io)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDOUT to this console\n"
+                + io.getMessage());
+        io.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      } catch (SecurityException se)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDOUT to this console\n"
+                + se.getMessage());
+        se.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      }
+
+      try
+      {
+        perr = new PipedOutputStream(this.pin2);
+        System.setErr(new PrintStream(perr, true));
+      } catch (java.io.IOException io)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDERR to this console\n"
+                + io.getMessage());
+        io.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      } catch (SecurityException se)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't redirect STDERR to this console\n"
+                + se.getMessage());
+        se.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void unredirectStreams()
+  {
+    if (pout != null)
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        System.setOut(stdout);
+        pout.flush();
+        pout.close();
+        pin = new PipedInputStream();
+        pout = null;
+      } catch (java.io.IOException io)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't unredirect STDOUT to this console\n"
+                + io.getMessage());
+        io.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      } catch (SecurityException se)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't unredirect STDOUT to this console\n"
+                + se.getMessage());
+        se.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      }
+
+      try
+      {
+        System.setErr(stderr);
+        perr.flush();
+        perr.close();
+        pin2 = new PipedInputStream();
+        perr = null;
+      } catch (java.io.IOException io)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't unredirect STDERR to this console\n"
+                + io.getMessage());
+        io.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      } catch (SecurityException se)
+      {
+        textArea.append("Couldn't unredirect STDERR to this console\n"
+                + se.getMessage());
+        se.printStackTrace(stderr);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   public void test()
   {
     // testing part
     // you may omit this part for your application
-    // 
+    //
 
     System.out.println("Hello World 2");
     System.out.println("All fonts available to Graphic2D:\n");
@@ -143,7 +438,9 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
             .getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
     String[] fontNames = ge.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();
     for (int n = 0; n < fontNames.length; n++)
+    {
       System.out.println(fontNames[n]);
+    }
     // Testing part: simple an error thrown anywhere in this JVM will be printed
     // on the Console
     // We do it with a seperate Thread becasue we don't wan't to break a Thread
@@ -159,9 +456,13 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
     JFrame frame = new JFrame(string);
     frame.setName(string);
     if (x == -1)
-      x = (int) (i / 2);
+    {
+      x = i / 2;
+    }
     if (y == -1)
-      y = (int) (j / 2);
+    {
+      y = j / 2;
+    }
     frame.setBounds(x, y, i, j);
     return frame;
   }
@@ -173,51 +474,99 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
    */
   public Console(Desktop desktop)
   {
+    this(desktop, true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * attach a console to the desktop - the desktop will open it if requested.
+   * 
+   * @param desktop
+   * @param showjconsole
+   *          - if true, then redirect stdout immediately
+   */
+  public Console(Desktop desktop, boolean showjconsole)
+  {
     parent = desktop;
     // window name - get x,y,width, height possibly scaled
     Rectangle bounds = desktop.getLastKnownDimensions("JAVA_CONSOLE_");
     if (bounds == null)
     {
-      frame = initFrame("Jalview Java Console", desktop.getWidth() / 2,
-              desktop.getHeight() / 4, desktop.getX(), desktop.getY());
+      frame = initFrame(
+              ChannelProperties.getProperty("app_name") + " Java Console",
+              desktop.getWidth() / 2, desktop.getHeight() / 4,
+              desktop.getX(), desktop.getY());
     }
     else
     {
-      frame = initFrame("Jalview Java Console", bounds.width,
-              bounds.height, bounds.x, bounds.y);
+      frame = initFrame(
+              ChannelProperties.getProperty("app_name") + " Java Console",
+              bounds.width, bounds.height, bounds.x, bounds.y);
     }
+    frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(MIN_WIDTH, MIN_HEIGHT));
     // desktop.add(frame);
     initConsole(false);
-    JalviewAppender jappender = new JalviewAppender();
-    jappender.setLayout(new SimpleLayout());
-    JalviewAppender.setTextArea(textArea);
-    org.apache.log4j.Logger.getRootLogger().addAppender(jappender);
+    LogLevel level = (LogLevel) logLevelCombo.getSelectedItem();
+    if (!Platform.isJS())
+    {
+      JalviewAppender jappender = new JalviewAppender(level);
+      JalviewAppender.setTextArea(textArea);
+      jappender.start();
+      if (Cache.log != null && Cache.log instanceof JLoggerLog4j)
+      {
+        JLoggerLog4j.addAppender(Cache.log, jappender);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   public synchronized void stopConsole()
   {
     quit = true;
-    this.notifyAll(); // stop all threads
-    try
-    {
-      reader.join(10);
-      pin.close();
-    } catch (Exception e)
+    this.notifyAll();
+    /*
+     * reader.notify(); reader2.notify(); if (errorThrower!=null)
+     * errorThrower.notify(); // stop all threads if (textAppender!=null)
+     * textAppender.notify();
+     */
+    if (pout != null)
     {
+      try
+      {
+        reader.join(10);
+        pin.close();
+      } catch (Exception e)
+      {
+      }
+      try
+      {
+        reader2.join(10);
+        pin2.close();
+      } catch (Exception e)
+      {
+      }
+      try
+      {
+        textAppender.join(10);
+      } catch (Exception e)
+      {
+      }
     }
-    try
-    {
-      reader2.join(10);
-      pin2.close();
-    } catch (Exception e)
+    if (!frame.isVisible())
     {
+      frame.dispose();
     }
     // System.exit(0);
   }
 
+  @Override
   public synchronized void windowClosed(WindowEvent evt)
   {
     frame.setVisible(false);
+    closeConsoleGui();
+  }
+
+  private void closeConsoleGui()
+  {
+    updateConsole = false;
     if (parent == null)
     {
 
@@ -229,68 +578,152 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
   public synchronized void windowClosing(WindowEvent evt)
   {
     frame.setVisible(false); // default behaviour of JFrame
+    closeConsoleGui();
+
     // frame.dispose();
   }
 
+  @Override
   public synchronized void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
   {
     trimBuffer(true);
     // textArea.setText("");
   }
 
+  @Override
   public synchronized void run()
   {
     try
     {
       while (Thread.currentThread() == reader)
       {
-        try
-        {
-          this.wait(100);
-        } catch (InterruptedException ie)
+        if (pin == null || pin.available() == 0)
         {
+          try
+          {
+            this.wait(100);
+            if (pin.available() == 0)
+            {
+              trimBuffer(false);
+            }
+          } catch (InterruptedException ie)
+          {
+          }
         }
+
         while (pin.available() != 0)
         {
           String input = this.readLine(pin);
           stdout.print(input);
-          textArea.append(input);
+          long time = System.nanoTime();
+          appendToTextArea(input);
+          // stderr.println("Time taken to stdout append:\t"
+          // + (System.nanoTime() - time) + " ns");
           // lines++;
         }
         if (quit)
+        {
           return;
-        trimBuffer(false);
+        }
       }
 
       while (Thread.currentThread() == reader2)
       {
-        try
-        {
-          this.wait(100);
-        } catch (InterruptedException ie)
+        if (pin2.available() == 0)
         {
+          try
+          {
+            this.wait(100);
+            if (pin2.available() == 0)
+            {
+              trimBuffer(false);
+            }
+          } catch (InterruptedException ie)
+          {
+          }
         }
         while (pin2.available() != 0)
         {
           String input = this.readLine(pin2);
           stderr.print(input);
-          textArea.append(input);
+          long time = System.nanoTime();
+          appendToTextArea(input);
+          // stderr.println("Time taken to stderr append:\t"
+          // + (System.nanoTime() - time) + " ns");
           // lines++;
         }
         if (quit)
+        {
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+      while (Thread.currentThread() == textAppender)
+      {
+        if (updateConsole)
+        {
+          // check string buffer - if greater than console, clear console and
+          // replace with last segment of content, otherwise, append all to
+          // content.
+          long count;
+          while (displayPipe.length() > 0)
+          {
+            count = 0;
+            StringBuffer tmp = new StringBuffer(), replace;
+            synchronized (displayPipe)
+            {
+              replace = displayPipe;
+              displayPipe = tmp;
+            }
+            // simply append whole buffer
+            textArea.append(replace.toString());
+            count += replace.length();
+            if (count > byteslim)
+            {
+              trimBuffer(false);
+            }
+          }
+          if (displayPipe.length() == 0)
+          {
+            try
+            {
+              this.wait(100);
+              if (displayPipe.length() == 0)
+              {
+                trimBuffer(false);
+              }
+            } catch (InterruptedException e)
+            {
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          try
+          {
+            this.wait(100);
+          } catch (InterruptedException e)
+          {
+
+          }
+        }
+        if (quit)
+        {
           return;
-        trimBuffer(false);
+        }
+
       }
     } catch (Exception e)
     {
       textArea.append("\nConsole reports an Internal error.");
       textArea.append("The error is: " + e.getMessage());
-      lines += 2;
-      stderr.println("Console reports an Internal error.\nThe error is: "
-              + e);
+      // Need to uncomment this to ensure that line tally is synched.
+      // lines += 2;
+      stderr.println(
+              "Console reports an Internal error.\nThe error is: " + e);
     }
 
     // just for testing (Throw a Nullpointer after 1 second)
@@ -303,42 +736,75 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
       {
       }
       throw new NullPointerException(
-              "Application test: throwing an NullPointerException It should arrive at the console");
+              MessageManager.getString("exception.application_test_npe"));
     }
   }
 
+  private void appendToTextArea(final String input)
+  {
+    if (updateConsole == false)
+    {
+      // do nothing;
+      return;
+    }
+    long time = System.nanoTime();
+    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public void run()
+      {
+        displayPipe.append(input); // change to stringBuffer
+        // displayPipe.flush();
+
+      }
+    });
+    // stderr.println("Time taken to Spawnappend:\t" + (System.nanoTime() -
+    // time)
+    // + " ns");
+  }
+
+  private String header = null;
+
+  private boolean updateConsole = false;
+
   private synchronized void trimBuffer(boolean clear)
   {
-    // trim the buffer
-    if (clear || lines > lim)
+    if (header == null && textArea.getLineCount() > 5)
     {
       try
       {
-        if (lines > 5)
+        header = textArea.getText(0, textArea.getLineStartOffset(5))
+                + "\nTruncated...\n";
+      } catch (Exception e)
+      {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
+    }
+    // trim the buffer
+    int tlength = textArea.getDocument().getLength();
+    if (header != null)
+    {
+      if (clear || (tlength > byteslim))
+      {
+        try
         {
-          // minimum length for truncation/clearing
-          String header = textArea.getText(0, textArea.getLineEndOffset(5))
-                  + "\n..Truncated..\n"; // keep first 5 lines for startup info
-          int truncate;
           if (!clear)
           {
-            truncate = textArea.getLineEndOffset(lines - lim - 7);
-            textArea.setText(header
-                    + textArea.getText(truncate, textArea.getText()
-                            .length()
-                            - truncate));
+            long time = System.nanoTime();
+            textArea.replaceRange(header, 0, tlength - bytescut);
+            // stderr.println("Time taken to cut:\t"
+            // + (System.nanoTime() - time) + " ns");
           }
           else
           {
             textArea.setText(header);
           }
+        } catch (Exception e)
+        {
+          e.printStackTrace();
         }
-
-      } catch (Exception e)
-      {
-        e.printStackTrace();
+        // lines = textArea.getLineCount();
       }
-      lines = textArea.getLineCount();
     }
 
   }
@@ -352,18 +818,25 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
     {
       int available = in.available();
       if (available == 0)
+      {
         break;
+      }
       byte b[] = new byte[available];
       in.read(b);
       input = input + new String(b, 0, b.length);
-      while ((lp = input.indexOf("\n", lp + 1)) > -1)
-      {
-        lines++;
-      }
+      // counts lines - we don't do this for speed.
+      // while ((lp = input.indexOf("\n", lp + 1)) > -1)
+      // {
+      // lines++;
+      // }
     } while (!input.endsWith("\n") && !input.endsWith("\r\n") && !quit);
     return input;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @j2sIgnore
+   * @param arg
+   */
   public static void main(String[] arg)
   {
     new Console().test(); // create console with not reference
@@ -375,8 +848,22 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
     frame.setVisible(selected);
     if (selected == true)
     {
+      setChosenLogLevelCombo();
+      redirectStreams();
+      updateConsole = true;
       frame.toFront();
     }
+    else
+    {
+      // reset log level to what it was before
+      if (Cache.log != null)
+      {
+        Cache.log.setLevel(startingLogLevel);
+      }
+
+      unredirectStreams();
+      updateConsole = false;
+    }
   }
 
   public Rectangle getBounds()
@@ -387,4 +874,29 @@ public class Console extends WindowAdapter implements WindowListener,
     }
     return null;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * set the banner that appears at the top of the console output
+   * 
+   * @param string
+   */
+  public void setHeader(String string)
+  {
+    header = string;
+    if (header.charAt(header.length() - 1) != '\n')
+    {
+      header += "\n";
+    }
+    textArea.insert(header, 0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * get the banner
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getHeader()
+  {
+    return header;
+  }
 }