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Post New Requests Here / Re: a self-scrolling, BPM adjustable html/notepad/text file gizmo

« Last post by pinkjimiphoton on March 20, 2007, 07:22 AM »

it could be because i don;t have MS office or something, but xml displays the same as html ddoes, just with more colourful formatting.

it's ALL GOOD THO!!!
thanks!!
i will play with it later, see if i can getit to display graphic files .....
i'm pretty sure if i do it with plain text the way i did  with the html and do it a line at a time i should be good...
i just tried...simple fix!
i just gotta format the html, then copy it as plain text to the BPM notepad...
then the formatting stays intact...perfect!!
check it out:

just exactly what i needed to do.
only two other possible niggles...
first, when you enter a number into the title field of the text bar, it starts scrolling immediately!
no big deal, really...
the only other request, and a gain a hopefully small one, is there any way to make it scroll slightly smoother??
if just the way it is now is the best it can get, i am more than satisfied tho...thanks brother.
 
five thumbs up form the pinkinator!!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: a self-scrolling, BPM adjustable html/notepad/text file gizmo

« Last post by pinkjimiphoton on March 20, 2007, 06:59 AM »

sorry for my horrible typing...i meant tempo, not temple, among other things.
i need coffee!!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: a self-scrolling, BPM adjustable html/notepad/text file gizmo

« Last post by pinkjimiphoton on March 20, 2007, 06:58 AM »

Gothi(c),
it works absolutely perfectly right out of the box....i punched in the tempo of the most recent song i was working on, and hit the spacebar....bang!!
scrolling on temple.
works GREAT on text files...
but one little (hopeflly) niggle...
with HTML, it displays the HTML as a text file WITH formatting.
text file is great for the lyrics, but i was hoping to be able to use HTML formatting to make the lead sheets easier to follow....
is there any way to make it display HTML, or would it need to be amini browser at that point??
don;t get me wrong, i am very grateful, this is the shiznit!!
here's a couple screen shopts to show what i mean...
here's my latest in html:


and here's a shot of the same file in the BPM editor:



as you can see, with the hyper text fdormat, i can set it up so it's bone simple for my numb old skull...it's great for quasi-lead sheets that way....
but if too difficult to implement, no big deal...could always use a couple instances of the BPM notepad, one for lyrics, one for arangement i would imagine...

but that one niggle aside....
THIS THING ROCKS!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
)))))))))))) <VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVbg>

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Post New Requests Here / Re: a self-scrolling, BPM adjustable html/notepad/text file gizmo

« Last post by pinkjimiphoton on March 19, 2007, 06:17 PM »

you like, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rock!!!
=))

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Post New Requests Here / Re: a self-scrolling, BPM adjustable html/notepad/text file gizmo

« Last post by pinkjimiphoton on March 19, 2007, 02:13 PM »

The idea I was having is, the first time you record the scrolling speed by hitting the spacebar in a beat, the program will adjust accordingly, then you save it along with the recorded speed/beat data, and later you'd be able to play back with the variable speed(s) in the way you recorded it. When you're actually using it while playing an instrument you'd be playing back a pre-recorded scrollspeed.

-Gothi[c] (March 19, 2007, 12:53 PM)

wow...thanks for the great ideas, and so quick!!!!!!
i bet it would be something to do with just finding a new  way to interface with the scrolling feature already IN windows.
all are good ideas, the key is you CAN use the scroll feature already to do this, but it's a pain to get it right, ideally it would scroll like a teleprompter does.
getting the speed to scroll fast or slow isn;t so much of a prob as having it scroll at the right speed from jump street...when yer wrapped in wires, and are trying to remember to hit the big red record button at the right time after getting the scrolling started...whew!!
can make ya need more hands and an extra brain.
i like the foot idea, us guitar players love to stomp on things...
but it's actually harder than it may seem to get the speed RIGHT...that's why i was thinking maybe tap the space bar like analogx's most excellent tap tempo (freeware).
thanks for checking out this thread, and for the warm welcome!
peace
jimi

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Post New Requests Here / DONE: a self-scrolling, BPM adjustable html/notepad/text file gizmo

« Last post by pinkjimiphoton on March 19, 2007, 07:34 AM »

hey folks, i'm a musician, and like to do everything on my pc, including lyrics and arrangements for the stuff i write.
i have windows xp, and usually just scroll down as i go ...no big deal if i'm singing (other than having to reach down and scroll the page lower) but when i'm playing an instrument, that can be a chore.
i noticed that if i press and hold my mouse wheel, i can set it to slowly scroll the text files i use down, but it's really hard to get it at the right speed to sync with a song.
so i was thinking maybe one of you amazin' developer gurus philanthropists may be able to help me and all the rest of the musos out there by making this idea a reality...
i need something that will alow me to set , by BPM (beats per Minute) the scrolling speed of text files...be they .htm/htm/, .txt or .doc, whatever....i mean like, maybe tap the spacebar to the beat, and the page starts scrolling at THAT SPEED.
i hope i'm making sense...
is there anyway to make this a reality?
it seems (i hope) like a simple enough idea.
thanks for the time and consideration.
please feel free to get some of my music (free) here:
http://indiehitz.net/html/bands/56 (60 some- odd rock/blues/other songs of all varietys , and all done with open source software called AUDACITY!)
thanks again...
peace
jimi