TextRotator
Optional applet parameters
All these have defaults
| text | Text to animate - see below |
| foreground | Applet foreground colour in hex - eg 000000 |
| background | Applet background colour in hex - eg FFFFFF |
| border | Text border colour in hex - eg A0FFA0 |
| originx | Change the default X starting position of text |
| originy | Change the default Y starting position of text |
| originz | Change the default Z starting position of text (can be used to assist sizing) |
| charheight | Character relative height (use small numbers, default is 5) |
| charwidth | Character relative height (use small numbers, default is 3) |
The text applet parameter
This contains the text to display, together with options to display it.
- Currently only letters, numbers and spaces are supported.
- Use pipe symbol (|) to break up lines.
- Display instructions go inside tilde (~) characters and are separated by semi-colons (;)
- The go command is needed to force the display of the current page of text (unless there is nothing else in the parameter).
- You can have multiple pages of text separated by go commands
See bottom of page for examples
Options within the text parameter
There are lots of options and they probably sound really complicated. Best bet is to play around with them and see what happens.
| ax=float | Rotation about X axis in radians |
| ay=float | Rotation about Y axis in radians |
| az=float | Rotation about Z axis in radians |
| dax=float | Change in rotation about X axis per cycle (in radians) |
| day=float | Change in rotation about Y axis per cycle (in radians) |
| daz=float | Change in rotation about Z axis per cycle (in radians) |
| x=int | X position of the origin of rotation |
| y=int | Y position of the origin of rotation |
| z=int | Z position of the origin of rotation |
| dx=int | Change in X position per cycle |
| dy=int | Change in Y position per cycle |
| dz=int | Change in Z position per cycle |
| wr=float | Number of extra characters to show per cycle (TTY mode) |
| delay=int | Delay in milliseconds per cycle |
| cycles=int | Number of cycles associated with this go command |
| tty | Write text out character by character (teletype mode) |
| wtty | Write text out character by character and use as many cycles as needed to show it all |
| fx=n | Built in effects (you can add extra settings to customize)
- 1 = Send into distance, spinning about X-axis
- 2 = Send into distance, spinning about Y-axis
- 3 = Send into distance, spinning about Z-axis
- 4 = Bring back from distance after fx=1, spinning about X-axis
- 5 = Bring back from distance after fx=2, spinning about Y-axis
- 6 = Bring back from distance after fx=3, spinning about Z-axis
- 7 = Scroll into distance with view from above (a la Star Wars)
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| border=[0|1] | Turn border on and off |
| origin | Reset the position to default |
| orient | Reset rotations to default |
| reset | Reset all defaults |
| pause | Pause for 1 second |
| go | Execute the current settings |
| repeat | Restart the entire sequence |
Examples for text parameter
"HELLO|WORLD~go;pause~THIS IS A TEST"
Show two pages of text with a one-second delay between
"HELLO|WORLD~go;pause;fx=1;go~THIS IS A TEST~fx=3;go~"
Show two pages of text with a one-second delay between, the first spins into distance then second spins back again
"HELLO|WORLD~day=0.1;cycles=1000;border=1;go~"
Bordered text spinning in 1 direction while stationary
"HELLO|WORLD~day=0.1;dax=-0.2;daz=0.3;cycles=1000;border=1;go~"
Bordered text spinning in 3 directions while stationary
"HELLO|WORLD~day=0.1;dax=-0.2;daz=0.3;dz=20;cycles=1000;border=1;go~"
Bordered text spinning in 3 directions while moving into distance
"HELLO|WORLD~fx=7;dax=0.01;go~"
Scroll into background using FX#7 but given an extra slow spin
"HELLO|WORLD~wtty;go;repeat;~"
Write text out character by character, over and over.
"HELLO|WORLD~wtty;day=0.2;wr=0.01;go~"
Write text out character by character (very slowly) with a bit of a spin
"TEXT ROTATOR|BY JASON HOTCHKISS~wtty;go;pause;fx=1;go~FULLY CONFIGURABLE|VECTOR TEXT APPLET~fx=4;go~CHECK OUT THE|INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL|SORTS OF SILLY THINGS|YOU CAN DO WITH IT~pause;reset;border=1;fx=7;go;daz=0.1;dx=2;dy=-2;cycles=200;go;repeat"
The parameter used for this demo page
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