Updating MAX7456 library to work with Arduino 1.6.6

Question

I've got this library for communicating with the MAX7456 chip.

The library is abandoned and the only one I found that actually works, so I'd really like to use it.

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It compiles fine with Arduino IDE 1.0.5, but not with Arduino IDE 1.6.6 .

This happens with 1.6.6, I tried to fix it but I only made it worse.

Arduino: 1.6.6 Hourly Build 2015年07月03日 10:26 (Linux), Board: "Arduino Nano, ATmega328"
Using library SPI at version 1.0.0 in folder: /home/t/Dropbox/Arduino-IDE/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/SPI 
Using library max7456 in folder: /home/t/Dropbox/Arduino/libraries/max7456 (legacy)
/home/t/Dropbox/Arduino-IDE/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -MMD -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10606 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -I/home/t/Dropbox/Arduino-IDE/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/home/t/Dropbox/Arduino-IDE/hardware/arduino/avr/variants/eightanaloginputs -I/home/t/Dropbox/Arduino-IDE/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/SPI -I/home/t/Dropbox/Arduino/libraries/max7456 /tmp/build4912026784583215357.tmp/sketch/HelloWorld.cpp -o /tmp/build4912026784583215357.tmp/sketch/HelloWorld.cpp.o 
In file included from HelloWorld.ino:2:0:
/home/t/Dropbox/Arduino/libraries/max7456/max7456.h:228:40: error: 'prog_uchar' does not name a type
static void getCARACFromProgMem(const prog_uchar *table, byte i,charact c);
 ^
/home/t/Dropbox/Arduino/libraries/max7456/max7456.h:228:52: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'table' with no type [-fpermissive]
static void getCARACFromProgMem(const prog_uchar *table, byte i,charact c);
 ^
Error compiling.

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How would one make the library compatible with 1.6.6?

Answer 1

In the file max7456.h at line 228 change it from:

static void getCARACFromProgMem(const prog_uchar *table, byte i,charact c);

to:

static void getCARACFromProgMem(const char *table, byte i,charact c);

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In the file max7456.cpp at line 484 change it from:

void Max7456::getCARACFromProgMem(const prog_uchar *table, byte i, charact car)

to:

void Max7456::getCARACFromProgMem(const char *table, byte i, charact car)

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Then it compiles OK (under 1.6.4 at least).

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