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      daveyman123 @meleu
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      @meleu
      you mean how can i replicate the scrolling text on the unicorn using bash?

      Right now its done using a script i got off github https://github.com/topshed/UnicornHatScroll/blob/master/UHScroll.py

      I think the problem is however that as soon as runcommand-onstart.sh exits the python script stops running

      I will look into cyperghost's loop.sh example again and see if that works to put the python script in there

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        meleu @daveyman123
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        @daveyman123 do you want the text scrolling during all the time the emulator is running?

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          cyperghost @meleu
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          @meleu Now I'm surprised :D meleu the p-killer :)

          I think @daveyman123 wants to scroll romname on the hat.

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            daveyman123 @cyperghost
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            @cyperghost

            yes. and to be honest this is for a customer on freelancer paying me 20 bucks.
            if you guys get it to work I will pay you each 10 dollars on paypal.

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              meleu @daveyman123
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              @daveyman123 damn! It can be a crazy thing, but when there is money involved part of the willing decreases... :)

              I'll try to help you anyway... hold on a little.

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                daveyman123 @meleu
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                @meleu
                @cyperghost
                where are you guys from? :)

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                  cyperghost @daveyman123
                  last edited by cyperghost

                  @daveyman123 I think you better give the 20 bucks to @meleu and he buys me a Caipirinha :).
                  img

                  @meleu Nice selfie!

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                    meleu @daveyman123
                    last edited by

                    @daveyman123 you may know my compatriot here:
                    blanka

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                      daveyman123
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                      https://gyazo.com/fdca868affb3ecd1f7c6f6accf2bd267
                      gif showing progress so far

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                        meleu @cyperghost
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                        @cyperghost said in Getting the rom name and emulator:

                        @daveyman123 I think you better give the 20 bucks to @meleu and he buys me a Caipirinha :)

                        Let me know when you come to Rio de Janeiro and we'll drink some Caipirinhas and try to find some arcade to play Street Fighter or something. :)

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                          cyperghost @meleu
                          last edited by cyperghost

                          @meleu Don't make any jokes! My company got's a branch office in south america. For three or four weeks a company pal was in Rio to sell goods and he visited his girlfriend there. So it could happen I'm in :) It's unlikly but never say never :)

                          SFII? I was more addicted to MK! But for the Caipis sake :)

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                            Sano
                            last edited by Sano

                            You could try something like

                            sleep 5
                            while [$(pidof retroarch)]
                                do
                                *script to scroll once*
                                sleep 5
                            done
                            

                            Lauched in background by runcommand-onstart.

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                              daveyman123
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                              20 bucks to @meleu it is

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                                meleu @cyperghost
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                                @cyperghost it's not a joke! Consider yourself invited. Any game is fun with enough alcohol and friends. :-)

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                                  meleu
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                                  Let's get back on topic...

                                  @daveyman123 usually your python script scrolls the text only once or keeps looping the text?

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                                    cyperghost @Sano
                                    last edited by cyperghost

                                    @sano I think it isn't a matter of the retroarch-PID more that the script does anyting.
                                    But it's a nice catch to end a process by watching the retroarch-PID.

                                    @meleu and me descriped also ways to terminate a running script :)

                                    And thanks for the invitation. It's very unlikely that I ever enter brazil, but as I said never say never and market development changes quickly. My next stops will be more east .... romania, bulgaria, russia, belarussia...

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                                      daveyman123 @meleu
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                                      @meleu
                                      scrolls the text once. I would like it to eventually loop. but right now it stops as soon as the game actually launches

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                                        meleu @daveyman123
                                        last edited by meleu

                                        @daveyman123 got it. I'll try something when I get home (it means 4 or 5 hours).

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                                          daveyman123 @meleu
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                                          @meleu
                                          oh gosh

                                          I may have it figured out by then ;)

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                                            cyperghost @daveyman123
                                            last edited by cyperghost

                                            @meleu @daveyman123 It's late here - going to sleep.
                                            Good night mates

                                            @daveyman123
                                            That's the wrong intention. The script should do the loop not a bash file. The bash file should only tell changes. Because you always load the python interpreter again and again and this will waste resources and even the python language gives you much much controll over strings. So I would rather use python intead of bash.

                                            @meleu will certainly find an easy and working solution ;)

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