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MarqueeMorph
  category: Morphic-Widgets
  superclass: BorderedMorph
  subclasses:

The MarqueeMorph is a subclass of the BorderedMorph which quickly cycles its border color.

The implementation could be simplified and generalized. The color values and cycle speed are hard-coded for example.

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  initialize
step
stepTime
wantsSteps

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initialize
 

step

Do some periodic activity. Use startStepping/stopStepping to start and stop getting sent this message. The time between steps is specified by this morph's answer to the stepTime message. The generic version dispatches control to the player, if any. The nasty circumlocation about owner's transformation is necessitated by the flexing problem that the player remains in the properties dictionary both of the flex and the real morph. In the current architecture, only the top renderer's pointer to the player should actually be honored for the purpose of firing.
 

stepTime

Answer the desired time between steps in milliseconds.
 

wantsSteps

Return true if the receiver overrides the default Morph step method.

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