Hi Carsten, sorry for the late reply. I am currently running the latest git-version of opensg 2.0, and I can't find the SimpleTextForeground in the source tree.
Cheers, Keyan On 1 Aug 2012, at 17:01, Carsten Neumann wrote: > Hello Keyan, > > apologies for the delay, project deadlines demanded attention... > > On 07/25/2012 11:06 AM, Keyan wrote: >> I use QT and OpenSG 2.0. I would like to use renderText of QT or something >> similar, if it is provided by OpenSG. Unfortunately, renderText does not >> display anything, and googling didn't come up with a simple method to >> display text in OpenSG, other that the statistics and performance monitors. > > hmm, I haven't looked at what Qt's renderText does, but perhaps it's > drawing into the wrong buffer (i.e. the buffer swap happens before it > draws to the back buffer) or the buffer is cleared after renderText? > >> So my question is: what is the best way to display 2D Text such that I can >> use it, what is best described as head-up-display or on-screen-display. > > There is SimpleTextForeground (in Source/System/Window/Foreground) that > renders lines of text. If you need a more sophisticated HUD (e.g. one > that also has graphical elements) I'd suggest creating your own > foreground for it - borrowing text rendering code from SimpleTextForeground. > > Cheers, > Carsten > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Opensg-users mailing list > Opensg-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensg-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Opensg-users mailing list Opensg-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensg-users
