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1 ;;; animate.el --- make text dance
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2
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3 ;; Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4
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5 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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6
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7 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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8 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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9 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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10 ;; any later version.
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11
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12 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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13 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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14 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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15 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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16
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17 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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18 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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19 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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20 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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21
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22 ;;; Commentary:
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23
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24 ;; (animate-string STRING VPOS &optional HPOS)
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25 ;; makes the string STRING appear starting at VPOS, HPOS
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26 ;; by having each letter swoop into place from random starting position.
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27
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28 ;; animate-birthday-present was the first application of this program.
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29
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30 ;;; Code:
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31
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32 ;;; STRING is the string to be displayed,
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33 ;;; and DEST-X, DEST-Y say where on the screen
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34 ;;; it should end up.
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35
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36 ;;; This function returns a list describing
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37 ;;; all the characters and the paths they should take.
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38 ;;; Each element has the form
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39 ;;; (CHAR START-Y START-X DEST-Y DEST-X).
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40
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41 ;;; The start position of each character is chosen randomly.
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42 ;;; The destination is chosen to put it in the right place
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43 ;;; in the string when the whole string finally reaches its
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44 ;;; specified position.
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45
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46 (defun animate-initialize (string vpos hpos)
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47 (let ((characters nil))
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48 (dotimes (i (length string))
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49 (setq characters
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50 (cons (list (aref string i)
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51 ;; Random starting positions.
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52 (random (window-height))
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53 (random (1- (window-width)))
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54 ;; All the chars should end up
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55 ;; on the specified line.
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56 vpos
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57 ;; The Ith character in the string
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58 ;; needs to end up I positions later.
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59 (+ hpos i))
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60 characters)))
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61 characters))
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62
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63 ;;; Display the characters in CHARACTERS,
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64 ;;; each one FRACTION of the way from its start to its destination.
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65 ;;; If FRACTION is 0, the characters appear in their starting positions.
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66 ;;; If FRACTION is 1, the characters appear in their destinations.
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67
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68 (defun animate-step (characters fraction)
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69 (let ((remains (- 1 fraction)))
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70 (dolist (item characters)
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71 (let ((vpos (+ (* remains (nth 1 item))
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72 (* fraction (nth 3 item))))
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73 (hpos (+ (* remains (nth 2 item))
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74 (* fraction (nth 4 item)))))
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75 (animate-place-char (car item) vpos hpos)))))
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76
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77 ;;; Place the character CHAR at position VPOS, HPOS in the current buffer.
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78 (defun animate-place-char (char vpos hpos)
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79 (goto-char (window-start))
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80 (let ((next-line-add-newlines t))
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81 (dotimes (i vpos)
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82 (next-line 1)))
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83 (beginning-of-line)
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84 (move-to-column (floor hpos) t)
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85 (unless (eolp) (delete-char 1))
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86 (insert-char char 1))
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87
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88 (defvar animate-n-steps 10
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89 "Number of steps to use `animate-string'.")
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90
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91 ;;;###autoload
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92 (defun animate-string (string vpos &optional hpos)
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93 "Display STRING starting at position VPOS, HPOS, using animation.
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94 The characters start at randomly chosen places,
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95 and all slide in parallel to their final positions,
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96 passing through `animate-n-steps' positions before the final ones.
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97 If HPOS is nil (or omitted), center the string horizontally
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98 in the current window."
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99 (let ((characters
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100 (animate-initialize string vpos
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101 (or hpos
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102 ;; HPOS unspecified, so compute
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103 ;; it so as to center the string.
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104 (/ (- (window-width) (length string)) 2)))))
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105 (dotimes (i animate-n-steps)
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106 ;; Bind buffer-undo-list so it will be unchanged when we are done.
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107 ;; (We're going to undo all our changes anyway.)
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108 (let (buffer-undo-list
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109 list-to-undo)
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110 ;; Display the characters at the Ith position.
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111 ;; This inserts them in the buffer.
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112 (animate-step characters (/ i 1.0 animate-n-steps))
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113 ;; Make sure buffer is displayed starting at the beginning.
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114 (set-window-start nil 1)
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115 ;; Display it, and wait just a little while.
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116 (sit-for .05)
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117 ;; Now undo the changes we made in the buffer.
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118 (setq list-to-undo buffer-undo-list)
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119 (while list-to-undo
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120 (let ((undo-in-progress t))
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121 (setq list-to-undo (primitive-undo 1 list-to-undo))))))
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122 ;; Insert the characters in their final positions.
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123 (animate-step characters 1)
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124 ;; Put the cursor at the end of the text on the line.
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125 (end-of-line)
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126 ;; Redisplay so they appear on the screen there.
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127 (sit-for 0)
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128 ;; This is so that the undo command, used afterwards,
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129 ;; will undo the "animate" calls one by one.
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130 (undo-boundary)))
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131
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132 ;;; animate.el ends here
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133
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