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Hi

anyone know how would go about scrolling text using picwindow
the box where it can scoll is only 17 chr's long

use the /drawtext command, change the starting poisition and you should use a timer "afiak"

yeh but it seems to just drawtext over top of the old text dont look like it is clearing it

/drawline to cover the old text then /drawtext overwriting it

that dont look right

Code:

window -pa @test 10 10 150 150
drawfill -r @test $rgb(255,255,255) $rgb(255,255,255) 10 10 150 150
drawtext -r @test $rgb(255,255,0) 10 12 bah
drawline -r @test $rgb(0,0,0) 40 12 12 120 12
drawtext -r @test $rgb(255,255,0) 25 12 bah
drawline -r @test $rgb(0,0,0) 40 12 12 120 12

Try these commands as follows, this is just an example "not well organized but it may give you an idea.

that moved the text
i only have s limited amount of space i want to use about 17 char's long
so the possion of the text has to stay the same

you control the poxition x,y of the text, therefore you can make text shows as CUT while changing position.

i cant figger this out

this is for a mp3 player witch only have 17 chrs to scroll the text in
when i try todo it with the /did one i have it just goes black with text overlapping
i know i have to take 1 char off the front and add one onto the end from the string but its 1am an im having probs thinking how todo this

$gettok() $left() $right()

if the window has no other info or backgraound image you can clear the window /clear @window
the text might be done with $mid(%text,%i,17)
so get $len on your %text
like
var %text = Smithy: Banging my hammer.mp3
timerredraw 1 1 redraw %text

alias redraw {
inc %x
var %text = $1-
var %texlen = $len(%text)
if (%x > %texlen) { set -u2 %x 1 }
clear @window
drawtext @window ----- $mid(%text,%x,17)
}

I didnt not include all the commands data but myabe this gives you an idea

the window has a background and other text in there so /clear @window cant be used unless i remake the whole thing again each up date but that would mean its always remaking it and that would take cpu etc

cheers for you help guys
ive got it scrolling one way
now just todo the other

sorta

Code:

alias scroll {
  if ($1-) { %scroll-text = $1- }
  if (!%n) { inc %n }
  if (!$mid($1-,%n,17)) { %n = 1 }
  ;echo # $mid(%scroll-text,%n,17)
  drawtext -or $pw-name $pw-cnf 28 35 $mid(%scroll-text,%n,17)
  inc %n
  .timerscroll -m 1 300 scroll
}

i guess its working because its justa mess where the text is , text on top of text

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if i make it clear and reload all the info it flickers