Another (slightly silly) way to show animations on Linux

[Richmond Mathewson]

Richmond Mathewson wrote:
> Gosh, I must have a session with my therapist (he's a tortoise called 
> Harold who
> lives in our garden) . . .
>
> Here's another way:
>
> Horribly wasteful in terms of file size, but guarantees no dependency on
> external components.
>
> This will allow you to show a SILENT "film sequence":
>
> 1.  Export your movie file to images (say 25 per second).
>
> 2. Import them into a hidden card in your stack [think BLOATWARE].
>
> 3. On the card where you want to present the film/animation;
>
>   create an IMAGE that has the exact dimensions of the images
>
>   Menu : Object/New Control/Image
>
> 4.  Pop a script like this into your button:
>
> on mouseUp
>   put 1003 into FRAMEK
>   repeat for 356 times
>     add 1 to FRAMEK
>     set the imageData of img "SHOWBOX" to the imageData of img ID FRAMEK
>     wait 2 ticks
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
>
>
However (you know how I love replying to my own messages: plays hell 
with the stats):

Setting the imageData of a blank image plays the animations at something 
like half
the speed of setting the icon ID of a button.