init.lua

Monitor = {}
Monitor.__index = Monitor

function Monitor:new(side)
    if peripheral.getType(side) ~= "monitor" then
        error("ERROR: This peripheral is not a monitor! It's a " .. monitor.getType())
    end
    local monitor = {}
    print(type(peripheral))
    print(getmetatable(peripheral))
    setmetatable(monitor,Monitor)
    setmetatable(Monitor, peripheral.wrap(side))
    monitor.side = side
    monitor:getCursorPos()
    monitor:intialize()
    return monitor
end

function Monitor:initialize()
    monitor.clear()
    monitor.setCursorPos(1,1)
    monitor.setTextScale(.5)
end

function Monitor:getType()
    return peripheral.getType(self.side)
end

function Monitor:newLine()
    x,y = self.getCursorPos()
    self.setCursorPos(1,y+1)
end

monitor = Monitor:new("top")
monitor:newLine()