Update refresh to force immediate redraw with display.refresh() or display.refresh(target_frames_per_second=None), even with auto_refresh=False

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c b/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c
index c4fbdab2e..ff003ab4b 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(displayio_display_show_obj, displayio_display_obj_show
 //|         When auto refresh is on, updates the display immediately. (The display will also update
 //|         without calls to this.)
 //|
+//|         When auto refresh is off, refresh() or refresh(target_frames_per_second=None) will update  
+//|         the display immediately.
+//|
 //|         :param int target_frames_per_second: How many times a second `refresh` should be called and the screen updated.
 //|         :param int minimum_frames_per_second: The minimum number of times the screen should be updated per second."""
 //|         ...
@@ -234,9 +237,11 @@ MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(displayio_display_show_obj, displayio_display_obj_show
 STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_display_obj_refresh(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos_args, mp_map_t *kw_args) {
     enum { ARG_target_frames_per_second, ARG_minimum_frames_per_second };
     static const mp_arg_t allowed_args[] = {
-        { MP_QSTR_target_frames_per_second, MP_ARG_KW_ONLY | MP_ARG_INT, {.u_int = 60} },
+        //{ MP_QSTR_target_frames_per_second, MP_ARG_KW_ONLY | MP_ARG_INT, {.u_int = 60} },
+        { MP_QSTR_target_frames_per_second, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_KW_ONLY, {.u_obj = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(60)} },
         { MP_QSTR_minimum_frames_per_second, MP_ARG_KW_ONLY | MP_ARG_INT, {.u_int = 1} },
     };
+
     mp_arg_val_t args[MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args)];
     mp_arg_parse_all(n_args - 1, pos_args + 1, kw_args, MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args), allowed_args, args);
 
@@ -246,8 +251,18 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_display_obj_refresh(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos
     if (minimum_frames_per_second > 0) {
         maximum_ms_per_real_frame = 1000 / minimum_frames_per_second;
     }
-    return mp_obj_new_bool(common_hal_displayio_display_refresh(self, 1000 / args[ARG_target_frames_per_second].u_int, maximum_ms_per_real_frame));
+
+    uint32_t target_ms_per_frame;
+    if ( (args[ARG_target_frames_per_second].u_obj == mp_const_none) || (n_args == 1) ) { // if None or no arguments 
+        target_ms_per_frame = 0xffffffff; 
+    }
+    else {
+        target_ms_per_frame = 1000 / mp_obj_get_int(args[ARG_target_frames_per_second].u_obj);
+    }
+
+    return mp_obj_new_bool(common_hal_displayio_display_refresh(self, target_ms_per_frame, maximum_ms_per_real_frame));
 }
+
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_KW(displayio_display_refresh_obj, 1, displayio_display_obj_refresh);
 
 //|     auto_refresh: bool