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Buffer Injection Architecture

The frontend uses a special technique to display terminal content extremely fast. Instead of processing text commands one by one, Monolex writes directly to the display buffer.

Display Buffer Structure

How Each Character is Stored

Each character on screen uses 12 bytes of memory:

Fast Scrolling with Circular Storage

Traditional vs Direct Injection

Compact Data Format

Smart Update Types

Overall Performance Gains

Summary

Direct Injection

22x faster than traditional parsing by writing directly to display memory.

Compact Format

3.4x smaller than JSON format, transfers faster.

Instant Scrolling

Circular storage means scrolling is always instant.

Smart Updates

Only updates what changed, saving up to 8x processing time.