[GEM-dev] CVS checkins

[IOhannes zmoelnig]

hi all.

just added several things to the CVS:

1. text
i did it again, rewrote big parts of the text-engine
we now have support for both GLTT and FTGL
i have moved a lot of code from the various Geos/text* classes into 
Base/TextBase
i haven't yet compiled it under different platforms, but i have done a 
lot of (again) ifdefs, which should keep the both parts apart.
all the GLTT stuff is within "#ifdef GLTT", and vice-versa the FTGL 
stuff is within "#ifdef FTGL"
i can compile and run Gem with either of them enabled or both disabled, 
so guess it's done allright.
what's so good about FTGL:
.don't know
.cross platform (i guess, there is no GLTT under macOS ?)
.cleaner API (i really don't know, why GLTT is c++, as it doesn't use 
inheritance, which makes it a pain in the)
.looks nicer
.new features: extruded text (see the new object [textextrude]), and 
textured text (don't look for this yet...)


2. particle
added several new objects:
[part_veldomain] let's you set the velocity domain (more flexible than 
[part_velsphere] and friend)
[part_velocity] sets the velocity into a certain direction
most notable: [part_vertex] emits one (only 1) particle each rendering 
cycle, but the offset-position of these particles can be set.
this allows moving particle-sources without moving the whole particle 
system.

3. hmm, i think that's it

mfg.as.dr
IOhannes