Re: [gl4java-usergroup] Then new project...

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Drake Woodring wrote:

>Hi all... long time scanner... but I haven't really talked much in the last
>8 months or so.
>
>I LOVE to see more going on with gl4java!  It's great that theres some steam
>under the hood!  I don't think it was necessary since gl4java is great right
>now and I haven't had any troubles at all for what I used it for (creating a
>3d engine for some fun stuff to control a hacked arcade machine).
>
>So whats the new projects priorities?  I've seen a few topics.
>
>1) removing pre 1.4 java code compatibility for stability?
>2) Opengl 2.0 textures and shaders?
>3) Getting multiple lightweight windows working together?
>4) Ant scripts for building the package?
>

Yes, I think those are all on the to-do list.

>
>Things I would like to see also.
>
>1) parsers for many standard 3d file formats.  Maybe JavaCC or one of the
>other java based lex/yacc's
>2) documentation.  I know there are some great ones around.  But it might be
>nice to have some 'official' ones.
>

I agree.  Documentation has been discussed - both improving the official 
docs and code docs (javadocs).

>
>I might look at the parsers if others are interested.  But it would be nice
>to have 2 layers.  One that would parse the files themselfs... and one that
>would wrap them in objects.  This way people could write code to the
>wrappers and be able to use multiple file formats...  But if you wanted
>faster speed and flexability, and you know what file formats you where going
>to use... you could just go to the parsers themself.  The trouble I have is
>that I haven't dealt with many file formats myself, so I probably wouldn't
>be a good canditate for creating the wrapper interfaces.
>
>Thanks all!
>
>  
>

Nice ideas!  Why don't you join the developer's IRC meeting next wednesday?

Peter