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+#!/bin/sh
+ticker_length=5 # words
+
+# Echo the text the ticker should scroll over. No newlines!
+init_ticker() {
+    echo $(fortune | tr -d '\b\r\\' | tr -s '\n\t\v\f' ' ' | tr -s '"' "'")
+}
+
+# Cut up text for ticker tape.
+gen_ticker() {
+    echo $(
+        echo $text | cut -d' ' -f$word_index-$((
+            $word_index + $ticker_length - 1
+        ))
+    )
+}
+
+while true; do
+    # If ticker text is empty, re-initialize text and word index. Then generate
+    # ticker text.
+    [ -z "$ticker_text" ] && word_index=1 && text=$(init_ticker)
+    ticker_text=$(gen_ticker) && ((word_index += 1))
+
+    # Print i3status header string.
+    printf ",[{"
+
+    # Print ticker tape JSON.
+    printer "$ticker_text" "left" 250
+
+    # Print the rest of the status string.
+    echo "${line#,\[}"
+    #printf "%s" $line
+
+done