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			2.3 KiB
		
	
	
	
		
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			68 lines
		
	
	
		
			2.3 KiB
		
	
	
	
		
			Factor
		
	
	
| USING: help.markup help.syntax ;
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| IN: animations
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| 
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| HELP: animate
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| 
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| { $values
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|     { "quot" "a quot which uses " { $link progress } }
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|     { "duration" "a duration of time" }
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| }
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| { $description
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|     { $link animate } " calls " { $link reset-progress }
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|     " , then continously calls the given quot until the"
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|     " duration of time has elapsed. The quot should use "
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|     { $link progress } " at least once."
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| }
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| { $examples
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|     { $unchecked-example 
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|         "USING: animations calendar threads prettyprint ;"
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|         "[ 1 sleep progress unparse write \" ms elapsed\" print ] "
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|         "1/20 seconds animate ;"
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|         "46 ms elapsed\n17 ms elapsed"
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|     }
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|     { $notes "The amount of time elapsed between these iterations will very." }
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| } ;
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| 
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| HELP: reset-progress
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| { $description
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|     "Initiates the timer. Call this before using "
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|     "a loop which makes use of " { $link progress } "."
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| } ;
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| 
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| HELP: progress
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| { $values { "time" "an integer" } }
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| { $description
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|     "Gives the time elapsed since the last time"
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|     " this word was called, in milliseconds." 
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| }
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| { $examples
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|     { $unchecked-example
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|         "USING: animations threads prettyprint ;"
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|         "reset-progress 3 "
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|         "[ 1 sleep progress unparse write \"ms elapsed\" print ] "
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|         "times ;"
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|         "31 ms elapsed\n18 ms elapsed\n16 ms elapsed"
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|     }
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|     { $notes "The amount of time elapsed between these iterations will very." }
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| } ;
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| 
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| ARTICLE: "animations" "Animations"
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| "Provides a lightweight framework for properly simulating continuous"
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| " functions of real time. This framework helps one create animations "
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| "that use rates which do not change across platforms. The speed of the "
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| "computer should correlate with the smoothness of the animation, not "
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| "the speed of the animation!"
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| { $subsections
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|     animate
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|     reset-progress
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|     progress
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| }
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| ! A little talk about when to use progress and when to use animate
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|     { $link progress } " specifically provides the length of time since "
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|     { $link reset-progress } " was called, and also calls "
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|     { $link reset-progress } " as its last action. This can be directly "
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|     "used when one's quote runs for a specific number of iterations, instead "
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|     "of a length of time. If the animation is like most, and is expected to "
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|     "run for a specific length of time, " { $link animate } " should be used." ;
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| ABOUT: "animations"
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