/*!
 * 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
 * 
 * Changed by Christian Paier */

var currentspeed = 0;
jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings, start) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.09
		}, settings);

		return this.each(function(){
			var $strip = jQuery(this);
			var stripWidth = 0;

			if(start != 1)
			{
				$strip.addClass("newsticker")
				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;  // OR  var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;
				
				var defTiming = totalTravel	/settings.travelocity;	// thanks to Scott Waye		
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
				currentspeed = tempo;
				$strip.animate({left: '-'+spazio}, tempo , "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", 0); scrollnews(stripWidth/2, defTiming);});
				}
		    if(start != 1)
		    {
		    	scrollnews(stripWidth/2, defTiming);
	             //   scrollnews(1638, 45000);	    
			
		    }
		    else
		    {
		    	var offset = jQuery(this).offset();
			var left = jQuery(this).css('left');
			left = left.split(".");
			left = parseInt(left[0]);

  			var residualSpace = (stripWidth/2)+left;//left;//(stripWidth/2) + containerWidth;
			var restTiming = defTiming/((stripWidth/2)/residualSpace);
			scrollnews(stripWidth/2, restTiming);
			}
		});	
};