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)
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

The parameter used for this demo page

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