/*!
 * liScroll 1.0
 * Examples and documentation at:
 * http://www.gcmingati.net/wordpress/wp-content/lab/jquery/newsticker/jq-liscroll/scrollanimate.html
 * 2007-2010 Gian Carlo Mingati
 * Version: 1.0.2 (30-MARCH-2009)
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 * Requires:
 * jQuery v1.2.x or later
 *
 */


jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
                settings = jQuery.extend({
                travelocity: 0.07
                }, settings);
                return this.each(function(){
                                var $strip = jQuery(this);
                                $strip.addClass("newsticker")
                                var stripWidth = 0;
                                var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask'></div>");
                                var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='tickercontainer'></div>");
                                var containerWidth = $strip.parent().parent().width();        //a.k.a. 'mask' width
                                $strip.find("li").each(function(i){
                                stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).outerWidth(true); // thanks to Michael Haszprunar
                                });
                                $strip.width(stripWidth);
                                var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;
                                var defTiming = totalTravel/settings.travelocity;        // thanks to Scott Waye
                                function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
                                $strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", containerWidth); scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);});
                                }
                                scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);
                                $strip.hover(function(){
                                jQuery(this).stop();
                                },
                                function(){
                                var offset = jQuery(this).offset();
                                var residualSpace = offset.left + stripWidth;
                                var residualTime = residualSpace/settings.travelocity;
                                scrollnews(residualSpace, residualTime);
                                });
                });
};