I see... this is a really nice piece and I think that we may be able to use it for an up and coming project continuation.
what about being able to select a cube face with a mouse, or possibly selecting one of the application buttons by using the mouse? Is this functionality in the works? Cheers and have a Merry Christmas, Lonnie Quoting Christoph Egger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I am new to this list and have recently come accross it at: > > > > http://www.ggi-project.org/ > > > > I have also seen the 3dcube screenshot and think that this could be > directly in > > line with something that we are working on as well. > > > > We have been looking at 3dwm in the past but the development is not > stable > > enough for what we are trying to do. > > > > I was wondering if the user can actually navigate around the cube, and > also if > > the user selects one of the cube-sides then can they interface with > the running > > application? > > That is exaclty the case. > > When cube3d is started, it creates six _shared_ memory areas with the > size > of the resolution of each cube side. > > Then you start the GGI applications and redirect their output to one > of > the 6th shared memory areas. > > cube3d does nothing, but rendering the output of the programs as a > texture. > > At the beginning the cube has the input control, so you can move it > around > using the cursor keys. The numbers '0'-'5' on the keyboard selects a > certain cube side. '#' redirects the input to the application running > on > the selected cube side. Another '#' returns the input back to the > cube. > > Anything else you want to know? > > > > CU, > > Christoph Egger > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
