[GEM-dev] loop-y question

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On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 04:50  PM, guenter geiger wrote:
> If I understand correctly it should not be too hard to implement this
> "looping" feature based on the new gem scheduler.
>
> Currently a gemlist gets only drawn once.
> It is possible to write a simple object ("gemloop" or the like) that
> triggers "n" of these redraws
> (just like the part_render does) and at the same time has a second 
> outlet
> that tells you the number of the redraw. This way you could built more
> complex geos with just one gemlist ..

...excellent suggestion:  with chris egg-ing me on, I found that we can 
put a "for loop" between the glPushMatrix and glPopMatrix in 
gemhead::renderGL(), and that this will make several loops of the 
object (if you try rotateXYZ or translateXYZ quick enough)...now the 
question would be how to control this correctly?

...Obviously it should have accept a message for the length of the 
loop, but there seems to be a need to output when the loop is done:  
Should it have a bang out on every loop iteration?  Or would it be 
bet²a!Zwith a counter-type output?

Any thoughts appreciated!

jamie