Random speed typewriter with a blinking cursor

[Dan Ebberts]

Play around with this:


minRate = 3;
maxRate = 6;
blinkRate = 2;
charCount = 0;
t = inPoint;
seedRandom(index,true);
while (t < time){
charCount++;
t += framesToTime(random(minRate,maxRate));
}
value.substr(0,charCount) + (Math.floor(time*blinkRate)%2 ? "|" : "")


Dan

[Icaro Lobo]

Dan, thank you very much.
Is there a way to change the color of the cursor itself?

[Dan Ebberts]

Change the last line to this:

value.substr(0,charCount) + (Math.floor(time*blinkRate)%2 ? “|” : ” “)

Then add a Fill Color animator, add an Expression Selector, and add this expression to the Expression Selector’s Amount property:

textIndex == textTotal ? 100 : 0

Dan

[Icaro Lobo]

Dan, this works partially for me. When the cursor is not on the “ON” state(showing), the last letter is red.
How to apply the color only to the cursor itself?

Thanks again.

[Dan Ebberts]

Did you change the last line of the Source Text expression to this:

value.substr(0,charCount) + (Math.floor(time*blinkRate)%2 ? “|” : ” “)

Dan

[Icaro Lobo]

I did, the last letter is red when the cursor is not on the screen.

[Icaro Lobo]

Sorry, I redid it and it worked. As usual, the operator was the error.

Thanks a lot!