lines=0;
var xw_last = xw_add;
xw_add=0;

var xx=3
var yy=3
var n = 1;while n<=floor(text_step)//while step is less than the total number of characters drawn so far
    {
    var letter = string_char_at(text,n);//current letter
    if letter="#"{xx=3;yy+=line_height;lines+=1}//manual linebreak

    var squish=0;

    var xw=string_width(string_hash_to_newline(letter))+squish;
    if xx>x1+xw
        {
        if letter = " "
            {
            xx=0;yy+=line_height;lines+=1
            }
        else
            {//if line width
            if xx>x1+xw+xw_add {xw_add+=xw}
            }
        }

    if xx+xw>310{xx=0;yy+=line_height;lines+=1}

    if letter!="#"
        {
        var xxx=floor(x+xx-6-floor(xw_last/2));
        var yyy=floor(y+yy-3);

        //draw button sprites
        var b=sButtons_x;
        var xcw=11;.
        if      letter="["{draw_sprite(b,0,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//SQUARE
        else if letter="@"{draw_sprite(b,1,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//CIRCLE
        else if letter="%"{draw_sprite(b,2,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//CROSS the jp X not this x×x×xv×xvx× SEE
        else if letter="$"{draw_sprite(b,3,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//TRIANGLE
        else if letter=">"{draw_sprite(b,4,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//RIGHT
        else if letter="*"{draw_sprite(b,5,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//DOWN
        else if letter="<"{draw_sprite(b,6,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//LEFT
        else if letter="^"{draw_sprite(b,7,xxx,yyy)xx+=xcw;}//UP
        else
            {
            scrText(xxx,yyy,letter,image_blend);
            xx+=xw;
            }
        }
    n+=1;
    }