On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 15:46 +0100, Robert Osfield wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Jeremy Moles <[email protected]> wrote: > > I noticed a file, TextNode.cpp, in the text3D example src directory. Is > > this a scratchpad-file for a future (possible) interface? I'm liking the > > extensibility of the design so far, it could work out really well... > > TextNode is an experimental approach to providing text functionality. > The key aim of the class and supporting classes is making the process > of creating and position text more flexible. When I returned to > completing the TextNode implementation it will replace the exisitng > Text and Text3D classes, and should make it possible to introduce > other backend implementations of text beyond the 2D quad and 3D > geometry approaches, my hope was that your own work in text would fit > into this approach as well.
That is exactly what I was thinking as well. The backend and layout power could still be powered but a sophisticated layout engine like Pango (or Harfbuzz), but could continue to use a standard and well-known OSG interface. I don't know if you have plans in the next week or so to make more changes to TextNode.cpp, but if not, I may make a few adjustments to it and submit a patch or two... > Robert. > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
