[openvrml-announce] ANN: OpenVRML 0.15.0

[Braden M. <br...@en...>]

OpenVRML 0.15.0 is now available.  The distribution can be obtained from

  <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/openvrml/openvrml-0.15.0.tar.gz?download>

OpenVRML is a C++ runtime library for VRML97 worlds. It is capable of
reading and displaying VRML; it can be used for creating loaders, file
converters, and VRML browsers.

OpenVRML includes lookat, a simple VRML browser that uses SDL.

This release also introduces a Mozilla plug-in. (See below for some
qualifying remarks on this point.)

You can find OpenVRML on the Web at

  <http://openvrml.org>


New in OpenVRML 0.15.0:

- lookat now uses SDL instead of GLUT and is licenced under the terms of
  the GPL.  (The OpenVRML libraries remain available under the terms of
  the LGPL.)

- OpenVRML now builds with Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1.

- Rearchitected event propagation to eliminate string comparisons.
  Event propagation is now much, much faster.

- Added a Mozilla plug-in (for platforms that use a GTK+ 2.x-based
  Mozilla browser).  In this release the plug-in is mostly a proof of
  concept which may not be usable for day-to-day browsing of VRML
  worlds.

- Eliminated use of regex (so Windows users no longer need the regex
  library.)

- Fixed too many bugs to mention here.