zscroll-go

zscroll is a text scroller for panels or terminals.

Example

zscroll -a " <<<" -b ">>> " -d 0.3 -l 20 `spotify-cli status --kind title`

Installation

Get the binary from GitHub Releases.

Or, if you have Go, you can install zscroll with the following command.

go get github.com/skmatz/zscroll-go/...

Usage

> zscroll --help

A text scroller for panels or terminals.

Usage:
  zscroll [flags]
  zscroll [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Output shell completion (bash/fish/powershell/zsh)
  help        Help about any command
  version     Show version

Flags:
  -a, --after-text string       stationary padding text to display to the right side of the scroll-text
  -b, --before-text string      stationary padding text to display to the left side of the scroll-text
  -d, --delay float             delay in seconds for scrolling update (default 0.4)
  -h, --help                    help for zscroll
  -l, --length int              length of the scroll-text (default -1)
  -n, --new-line                whether to print a new line after each update (default true)
  -p, --padding-text string     padding text to display between the end and the head of the scroll-text (default " - ")
  -r, --reverse                 scroll from left to right
  -s, --scroll                  whether to scroll (default true)
  -S, --scroll-rate int         number of characters to scroll (default 1)
  -t, --timeout int             time in seconds to exit (default -1)
  -u, --update-command string   update command to change the scroll-text
  -U, --update-interval int     time in seconds to execute the update command (default 1)
  -V, --version                 show version

Use "zscroll [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Dynamic Updating Text

You can change the scroll-text dynamically by giving the command to update the text as an argument.

zscroll \
  -a " <<<" \
  -b ">>> " \
  -d 0.3 \
  -l 20 \
  -u "spotify-cli status --kind title" \
  `spotify-cli status --kind title`

References