@sdetweil said in Creating a text box that scrolls continuously horizontally:
which is the whole point of the scroll , yes? otherwise u just display it…
Thank you very much unfortunately I don’t have the technical skills to convert or adapt any of the existing modules to do this.
The problem there is this
It is geared for a news feed and I don’t know how to change that to the content of my choice.
The scroll window is small so in the case of longer quotes I would not be able to see the entire quote at once.
Also The space marked in grey in unused so that would make it ideal for something like longer quotes.
I have the Penguin Dictionary of quotations, is there there a way of scrolling the text continuously like with the news feed but horizontally
Below is where I think it would would fit best since some quotes are quite long.
In a MS Word format the dictionary is 85 Pages at about 500000 words
Thanks I do that except when I get to the error I am not sure how to fix it.
@edwardssj said in News ticker module:
Can I send the code over to you as I cannot get mine to work and breaks the config file
Great thanks, just drop in Google Drive if that is ok with you.
@sdetweil The first two options give me a window that I can drag and drop to the second vertical screen
Unfortunately the scaling is still a problem.
Hi apologies I have tried but no luck.
I will try again.
Copied from my config js file
var config = {electronOptions:{x:1920 },
address: “localhost”, // Address to listen on, can be:
// - “localhost”, “127.0.0.1”, “::1” to listen on loopback interface
// - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
// - “0.0.0.0”, “::” to listen on any interface
// Default, when address config is left out or empty, is “localhost”
Is that correct?
I have a document that contains quotes I would very much like to use these quotes in the Randon Quotes module.
the problem is the the way the quotes are formatted in the Randon Quotes module is with quotation at the start and end of each quote.
My document looks like the one below and has about 1000 pages
*The Answer to the Great Question . . . Of Life, the Universe and Everything . . . Is . . . Forty-two.The computer Deep Thought, in ibid. ch. 27
So long, and thanks for all the fish.The dolphins’ farewell message to humanity, in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish , ch. 31 (fourth book in the Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, 1984)
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)US JOURNALIST AND HUMORISTA byword from the 1930s for wit and erudition, Adams set a precedent for the modern newspaper column with ‘The Conning Tower’, in the Herald Tribune 1913–37. He said of himself: ‘I am easily influenced. Compared with me a weather vane is Gibraltar.’
Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.Nods and Becks , ‘Valentine’ (1944)*
If you think you can help me here I would be very thankful.
@sdetweil said in Getting MMM to open on the second monitor and correctly size:
electronOptions: { x:1920,fullscreen:false , width: 600, height:800},
the first option gives me this error
var config = {
electronOptions: { x:1920,fullscreen:false , width: 600, height:800},
WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\config\config.js:11
var config = {electronOptions:electronOptions: {x:1920,fullscreen:false , width: 600, height:800},
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:23)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:645:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:685:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
at loadConfig (C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\js\app.js:69:12)
at App.start (C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\js\app.js:210:3)
at Object. (C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\js\electron.js:115:7)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:786:30)
The second option
var config = {
electronOptions: { x:1920,fullscreen:false },
address: “localhost”,
gives me this error
WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\config\config.js:11
var config = {electronOptions:electronOptions: {x:1920,fullscreen:false},
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:23)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:645:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:685:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
at loadConfig (C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\js\app.js:69:12)
at App.start (C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\js\app.js:210:3)
at Object. (C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror\js\electron.js:115:7)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:786:30)
the last option
starts MM in a window that can be dragged across to the second monitor but is not sized correctly.
It is the size of the normal full screen
Got it up and running thank you very much.
Also changed the background to none as per the readme file.
Only problem now is getting it run a little faster.
@sdetweil Thanks I appreciate your help.
Looking for a News Ticker module with local and international rss streams
Please send me a link if you have such a module.
Scrolling would be an added bonus.
If I hover over the Electron icon in the taskbar I can see it must be open somewhere but not visible on one of the screens.
information entered like this
var config = {electronOptions:{fullscreen:false, x:1920, width: 600, height:800 },
Thank you I will try it tomorrow.
@sdetweil said in Getting MMM to open on the second monitor and correctly size:
electronOptions:{x:1920 }
I have entered the information like this
this does not work {electronOptions:{fullscreen:false ,x:1920 },
{electronOptions:{x:1920,fullscreen:false }
This works
{electronOptions:{fullscreen:false }
It brings up a small screen but not sized correctly.
it shows Electron in the top left corner
this screen can be dragged to the second monitor.
.
here is the start up log
[2020-05-03 18:34:52.838] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.11.0
[2020-05-03 18:34:52.840] [LOG] Loading config …
[2020-05-03 18:34:52.844] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[2020-05-03 18:34:52.845] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
[2020-05-03 18:34:52.881] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2020-05-03 18:34:52.881] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2020-05-03 18:34:52.881] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.145] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.146] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.146] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments.
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.146] [LOG] No helper found for module: on-this-day.
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.147] [LOG] No helper found for module: random_quotes.
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.147] [LOG] No helper found for module: currentweather.
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.147] [LOG] No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.167] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.167] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.167] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.269] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 …
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.287] [LOG] Server started …
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.289] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.289] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.290] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.290] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.291] [LOG] Starting module: newsfeed
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.291] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[2020-05-03 18:34:53.362] [LOG] Launching application.
[2020-05-03 18:34:55.366] [LOG] Create new calendar fetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/chris.flekas%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics - Interval: 300000
[2020-05-03 18:34:55.395] [LOG] Create new news fetcher for url: http://feeds.news24.com/articles/News24/TopStories/rss - Interval: 300000
[2020-05-03 18:34:55.806] [ERROR] fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
thank you very much for you help
I have entered the information as it is below
var config = {electronOptions:{x:1920, width:768, height: 1360 },
It still only opens on the primary screen.
1920, 768, and 1360 are highlighted red
I am not sure what that means.
This is all being done in Windows 10 with Note+ as the editor.