Vertical scrolling in wps

[BdN3504]

Vertical scrolling by means of introducing a new %vs tag which will make a line containing alternating sublines scroll up or down (direction will have to be specified also somehow). the amount of time the text isn't scrolling will be specified with the %t tag. I think this would be nice yet simple eyecandy.

[soap]

This would allow me to make that slot-machine WPS I've always wanted. 

[Hillshum]

This would also allow more data to be crammed onto the screen

[Llorean]

How would a change in the scrolling direction allow more data to be displayed?

[Hillshum]

Vertical not horizontal, scrolling.

[Llorean]

I'm fully capable of reading the topic of this thread. Repeating it does not answer my question.

[Hillshum]

I never said changing the direction would allow more data on the screen, but scrolling allows for more efficient use of screen space(two little used bits of info can take the space of one)

[Llorean]

This would also allow more data to be crammed onto the screen

"more data onto the screen"

But ignoring the fact that you really did say that, you are aware of alternating sublines right? They can already alternate the data on the screen without scrolling sideways, and this request is simply described as a way of animating the transition between sublines.

It doesn't allow anything new to be done in terms of information, it's just described as changing how an existing transition would display.

[perfectdrug]

in my understanding vertical scrolling means, that when the information exceed the horizontal width the line would scroll vertically. you can't archive this with alternating sublines. e.g. when the tracktitle is longer than the screenwidth it would scroll vertically (just like the h1xx OF)

[Llorean]

which will make a line containing alternating sublines scroll up or down

The feature as described is about alternating sublines.

If it's about lines longer than the width scrolling vertically instead of horizontally, it's still functionally just allowing presentation of as much information as our horizontal scrolling, so it still doesn't allow any more information, it just changes how that information is alternated.

[BdN3504]

well, now that you have all understood me correctly, do you like or dislike this idea? and if you're a developer can you estimate the workload it would take to create a patch with this functionality?