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+; 6-byte header for scrolling text in the bottom message box. See LoadScrollingText, and wScrollingText1 for documentation.
+
+; \1: Pause offset (number of tiles from the left of the screen)
+; \2: Number of steps to pause
+; \3: Text index the bottom text buffer (wBottomMessageText)
+; \4: Number of steps after the Pause (text disappears after these number of steps)
+scrolling_text_normal: MACRO
+	scrolling_text 5, 20, \1, \2, \3, \4
+	ENDM
+
+; \1: Step delay (in frames)
+; \2: Starting offset (number of tiles from the left of the screen)
+; \3: Pause offset (stops scrolling in the middle of the screen)
+; \4: Number of steps to pause
+; \5: Text index the bottom text buffer (wBottomMessageText)
+; \6: Number of steps after the Pause (text disappears after these number of steps)
+scrolling_text: MACRO
+	db \1
+	db \2 + $40
+	db \3 + $40
+	db \4
+	db \5 * $10
+	db \6 + \4 + (\2 - \3)
+	ENDM
+
+; \1: Step delay (in frames)
+; \2: Total number of steps before disappearing.
+scrolling_text_nopause: MACRO
+	db \1
+	db 20 + $40
+	db 0, 0, 0
+	db \2
+	ENDM
+
+; \1: Offset (number of tiles from the left of the screen)
+; \2: Raw text index the bottom text buffer (wBottomMessageText)
+; \3: Number of frames to display the text.
+stationary_text: MACRO
+	db \1 + $40
+	db \2 * $10
+	dw \3
+	ENDM