[PD] [GEM] map text onto Geo

[derek holzer]

IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> derek holzer wrote:
>> This is probably a bonehead GEM question:
>>
>> How do you map [text2d] or [text3d] onto a Geo. [pix_texture] doesn't 
>> do the job.
> 
> it does.
> but you have to create a texture from the text before you can texture it 
> on something.
> [text3d] is like a [sphere], and not like a [pix_image].
> use [pix_snap2tex] for such.

But [pix_snap2tex] captures the whole buffer (or a fraction of it), 
right? So if I just wanted to texture a line of text independent of 
other Geos in the buffer, or let's say the Gemlist of one Gemhead, how 
could that be done?

d.


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