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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: new patch: jump-back scrollnew patch: jump-back scroll
From: Ray Lambert <listlizard_at_interthingy.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:54:59 +0000 Hi, Earlier today I submitted a new patch that I'm calling "jump-back scroll". I'd like to see if anyone is interested enough in this to justify my spending time to "finish" it. The description from the patch page explains it all pretty well: ----------------------------------------- This patch implements an alternative quasi-bidirectional scroll for rockbox. "Jump-back scrolling" differs from the normal bidi scrolling by jumping back to the start of the string rather than right-scrolling (who can read backwards-scrolling text, anyway? -- especially while driving your car? ;) The animation steps in jump-back scrolling are thus: 1) display the string with left-most character visible 2) pause for the "scroll delay" 3) scroll left until right-most character is visible 4) pause again 5) jump back to the left-most character 6) repeat at (2) The current version of this patch replaces the old bidi scrolling (note that the "Bidi Scroll Limit" option still works; to achieve jump-back scrolling all the time I recommend you set "Bidi Scroll Limit" to the max value (200%)). A complete/proper implementation should probably offer an option to choose between jump-back and old-bidi. Maybe someday... ----------------------------------------- The last line is the operative one for purposes of this post. So, please give me some feedback if you have any interest in this. Thanks, ~ray PS: I've been thinking about implementing this change for a while: I *think* it would be easier (for me, anyway) to read. This first version of the patch is also a proof of concept for myself to see if I really do like it better. :-) (So far it looks good.) _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-07-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |