Scrolling seperator?

[Randy_84dger]

Hello all,

Reasonably new to LCDsmartie, tho have used LCDproc for the last couple of months. I'm wondering if there's a known/quick/hacky way to insert a seperator character when the line (string) length is over 20...

Currently:

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$CustomChar(1,0,15,15,9,11,27,24,0)$Chr(176) $dll(regexp.dll,1,.*(?= - ),$dll(itunes2,1,Title,)) $Chr(176) 
$Chr(176) $dll(regexp.dll,1,(?<= - ).*,$dll(itunes2,1,Title,)) $Chr(176) 
$dll(sandr.dll,1,$dll(itues2,1,Stat,),)$Chr(263)  $dll(regexp,3,0:(\d*):#\1:#:(\d)#:0\1#0(\d\d)#\1,0:$dll(itunes2,1,Posh,))
$dll(itunes2,1,Position,20)

The trouble occurs when the artist or album is long enough to need scrolling (>20). The regexpr'ed sections end up with no spaces between them, looking awful. If i "manually" add spaces/characters they're always there and can then cause the line to scroll. If there a way to add extra characters when certain strings are a certain length- an automatic seperator for scrolling titles & albums?

I've had a blast throught the forum (and found most of the formatting code above as a nice side effect :D), but couldn't find what I'm after.

Thanks,
Al.

Edit: would be possible with warnif.dll, if strlen.dll existed..?

[limbo]

A new plugin may be usable for this....

Unfortunatelly I'm busy for the moment.... I should give it a try ASAP.
I can't something else than your solution for the moment

[Randy_84dger]

Had a look at the plugin dev intro, didn't look too bad so... strlen.dll!

Does what I wanted:

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$CustomChar(1,0,15,15,9,11,27,24,0)$dll(regexp.dll,1,.*(?= - ),$dll(itunes2,1,Title,))$dll(strlen,2,$dll(regexp.dll,1,.*(?= - ),$dll(itunes2,1,Title,)), $Chr(176) )
$dll(regexp.dll,1,(?<= - ).*,$dll(itunes2,1,Title,))$dll(strlen,2,$dll(regexp.dll,1,(?<= - ).*,$dll(itunes2,1,Title,)), $Chr(176) )
$dll(sandr.dll,1,$dll(itunes2,1,Stat,),)$Chr(263)  $dll(regexp,3,0:(\d*):#\1:#:(\d)#:0\1#0(\d\d)#\1,0:$dll(itunes2,1,Posh,))
$dll(itunes2,1,Position,20) 

This auto inserts a custom char, if the title or album name is >20.

Hope someone else finds it useful!

[IFR]

Good job! I'm sure some other people will find it useful. Don't hesitate to ask questions or post tips!

[limbo]

Congs Randy_84dger

[mattcro]

I made a plugin to do this kind of thing a while ago, called scrollpad. It allows you to make a string scroll within a specified number of characters, eg 20 for a 4x20 display, or whatever you want. You can specify the separator too, which is typically " - " or " ** ". download source, compiled dll and usage info from Erlis's wiki here.

To scroll Winamp's track title in 20 characters (if longer than 20) with a double-asterisk separator (" ** "):

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$dll(scrollpad.dll,1,20# ** ,$WinampTitle)

Hope it's useful! I use it all the time.