Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'newbie': 0.05; 'subject:text': 0.05; 'lines.': 0.07; 'subject:ANN': 0.07; 'python:': 0.09; 'text"': 0.09; 'url:github': 0.09; 'cool.': 0.16; 'from...': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; 'right;': 0.16; 'url:py': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'thanks,': 0.18; '>>>': 0.18; 'displayed': 0.22; '(you': 0.23; 'script': 0.24; 'allows': 0.25; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'thanks!': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'guess': 0.27; 'focused': 0.27; 'lines': 0.28; '>>>>': 0.29; 'url:code': 0.29; 'source': 0.29; 'related': 0.30; 'scroll': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; "can't": 0.34; 'text': 0.34; 'list': 0.35; 'jason': 0.35; 'add': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'shows': 0.38; 'page': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'space': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'here:': 0.62; '(that': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'grab': 0.64; 'here': 0.65; 'attention': 0.75; 'article': 0.78; 'url:master': 0.84 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:02:24 -0500 From: Mitya Sirenef User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121011 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" References: <50f255c6$0$30003$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <50F25D6F.20604@lightbird.net> <50F26560.9040800@lightbird.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 56 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1358622153 news.xs4all.nl 6959 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33996 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:37094 On 01/19/2013 04:32 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: > In article , > Mitya Sirenef wrote: > >> On 01/14/2013 01:34 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: >>> In article , >>> Jason Friedman wrote: >>> >>>>> That is right; I would also add that it may be overwhelming for a newbie >>>>> to be reading through a large "wall of text" -- here you have blank >>>>> space after the current paragraph so the attention is focused even more >>>>> on the last few lines. >>>>> >>>>> Additionally, since instructions scroll automatically, I can space them >>>>> out more than you would conventionally do in a manual. >>>>> >>>> Pretty cool. >>> When reading the source of the Web page which shows the scroll, >>> I can't find the reference to the text displayed. Only "text"... >>> How may we use the software which generates the Javascript ? >>> Thanks, it's cool. >>> >>> franck >> Thanks! >> >> the text is in var commands = ... >> >> You can download the generator script here: >> >> https://github.com/pythonbyexample/PBE/blob/master/code/jstmovie.py >> >> (you also need to grab tmovies dir) > When looking at the source of the page : > http://lightbird.net/larks/tmovies/strings.html > I find commands = [] > I can't guess where the strings displayed come from... > > franck Look 10 lines below that line. I have also added a related page that allows you to paste your own text to make a movie; it's linked from the same page with the list of generated t-movies. (that page does not let you use typewriter effect or custom pauses though). - mitya -- Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/