On 4/3/2010 12:58 PM, jug wrote:
Marcus von Appen wrote:
What would be interesting here is, what the Pen class would offer except
from the drawing functions wrapped up in a class and som additional
shapes.
What about e.g. an aa-property to keep the argument amount low,
transformation and rotation angles for the x- and y-axis (implicit
transformation done upon drawing) or even vector support (e.g. for
faster 2d, 2.5d, 3d operations on the shapes) using the math module?
What do you think about working out some basic Pen (and utility)
class(es) as an example (no need to implement any function or property,
just a stub of the class, we can examine and design)?
I tried to use OpenGL and found that drawing anything in 2D was very
hard. For instance, I couldn't simply build a 3D set of shapes and then
draw onto the screen in 2D, using existing Pygame functions; I had to
muck around with textures instead. And drawing text in OpenGL -- just 2D
text on a 2D surface -- is a nightmare. If people are looking for
projects, how about an easy way to switch to a "Pygame mode" of drawing
while using OpenGL, so that we can use existing UI and drawing libraries?
