[GEM-dev] text display

[marius schebella]

hi,
it is a bit of a problem that text2d disappears when it is outside the 
boarder of the gemwin, even if part of the text should still be visible. 
for example with justify left and translateXYZ -4.01 0 0, the default 
"gem" disappears.
text2d seems also quite cpu intense. yesterday I posted that text2d 
doesnot like gem display lists (see yesterdays patch) so I wonder if it 
would make sense to render a text into a texture and then translate it. 
(in my case the size would not change). to me it seems this eats less 
cpu, correct?
marius.