On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 01:00 -0500, Peter Keller wrote: > Hello, > > I've noticed that the clutter api provides placement for actors, but > only oddly in the sense that the actors exists in a 3d space, but the > set_position calls only take shorthanded 2d coordinates. > > I find it weird that if I want an actor like a rectangle or text actor > rotated around the y axis I have to rotate it with the rotation api. Why > can't one specify the 3d coords for three of the points of the actors if > I happen to know what they are?
because Clutter mainly (and currently) targeted at 2D elements in 3D space, not at fully 3D elements. > In reading and trying out the API, I get the sense that the API was a > 2d layout system that later got applied to 3d objects. no, it was a precise design choice that was made at the beginning of the project. ciao, Emmanuele. -- Emmanuele Bassi, Senior Engineer | emmanuele.ba...@intel.com Intel Open Source Technology Center | http://oss.intel.com -- To unsubscribe send a mail to clutter+unsubscr...@o-hand.com
