/*!

 * 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);

				});			

		});	

};