To scroll up, press the left mouse button...

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This is a SHAREWARE Teleprompter program that's 
highly configurable.

Through tooltypes or CLI command line, the user may
set the following:
   the font used
   whether to interlace or not
   the scrolling speed
   the default style
   the ASCII text file to use
   vertical spacing
   white-on-black or black-on-white
   and the number of lines to scroll automatically.

Teleprompter allows in-line style changes to/from 
bold, underline, italic, or reverse lettering using 
control sequences like \\b . 

Teleprompter works from either CLI or Workbench, 
on OS 1.2 or higher.

This archive, TelePrmt.lha, may be distributed under
the following conditions:

   1. Nothing except reasonable media fees may be 
      charged.
       (i.e. Fish Disks, Aminet CD are OK)
       
   2. Neither the files nor the archive may be 
      altered in any way.
   
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Now, on with how it works...

The right button will jump backwards one line, and 
holding both buttons will skip forward one line.

On the keyboard, the spacebar will cause it to scroll
forward, the up arrow will jump backward one line, 
and the down arrow will jump forward one line.

The scroll speed can be adjusted with the left/right
arrow keys ( left=slower, right=faster ) but you
won't see any changes until you hit the spacebar or
the left mouse button.

Hitting the escape key will end the program at any time.

Using embedded control sequences (backslash & a 
letter), you can emphasize text in the following ways:

   \\b Toggles \bBold\b on/off
   \\u Toggles \uUnderlining\u on/off
   \\i Toggles \iItalicization\i on/off
   \\r Toggles \rReverse text\r on/off

   \iany \ucombination \iof \bthese \uis \ipossible

   Back to the default style (using \\n) \nhere...

   Look at this file with a text editor (like Ed)
    to see how this is working.


ToolTypes recognized by Teleprompter are:

   \bFONTNAME\b=\iname[.font]\i
         specify the name of the font to use
          (default is ruby -- please change it)

   \bFONTSIZE\b=\i15\i
         give the size of the font in decimal
          (default is 15)

   \bFILENAME\b=\iname\i
         give the name of the file to be teleprompted
          (if not specified, you will be prompted)

   \bSCROLLSPEED\b=\i2\i
         give the number of pixels to move each scroll.
          (default is 2, higher is faster & jerkier)

   \bWHITEONBLACK\b=\iFALSE\i
         this is the default, set it to TRUE if you
          want white letters on a black background

   \bDEFAULTSTYLE\b=\iNORMAL\i
         this is the default, ie no special things on.
         the available types are:
            \uUNDERLINE\u
            \bBOLD\b
            \iITALIC\i
            \rREVERSE\r
            \nNORMAL
         if specified, NORMAL will override all others.
         if you want more than one, string them 
          together with the | character (vert bar)

   \bSPACING\b=\i1.5\i
         this allows you to adjust the vertical spacing
          it may range from 1.0 to 3.0

   \bINTERLACE\b=\iFALSE\i
         this is the default, set it to TRUE if you
          want an interlaced screen.  (warning, it
          may be harder to read...)

   \bSTARTLINES\b=\i2\i
         specifies how many lines should be scrolled
          up without waiting for mouse or keyboard.
          By setting this to a huge number, you could
          have a file scroll by in its entirety
          without user input.  (only the escape key
          will be checked-for during this kind of
          scroll)

These tooltypes may be specified in either the
Teleprompter icon itself, or in the icon of the file
being used.  (You can set teleprompter to be the 
default tool of a text file, or click once on 
teleprompter, hold shift, and click twice on the icon 
of the file to be used.)  If any tooltypes are given
in both the Teleprompter's icon AND in the text 
file's icon, the latter will override the former.
The tooltypes that are set in the archive show all
the default values.  Any tooltype can be "commented
out" by putting an asterisk (*) in front of it.


FROM CLI:

  To run it from the command line, you would type:
   
   1> Teleprompter [filename] [TOOLTYPE=value..]
   
  where you would use any or all of the above listed
  tooltypes right on the command line, 
  for example:
    
   1> Teleprompter filename SPACING=1.25 FONTSIZE=36
      
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