Re: [openvrml-develop] Using OpenVRML

[Thomas F. <tf...@us...>]

Hi Sashidhar,

See comments inline.

Sashidhar Dandamudi wrote:

>Hi all,
>	I am in the process of moving from Windows to Linux and thus am
>struggling to get a Linux compatible VRML viewer. I have managed to
>perform the operations as specified in the INSTALL file( ./configure,
>make, make install) . Everything seems to go just fine and I finally get
>the
>directory structure under /usr/local/vrml/. However at this point of time
>I am totally stumped as to how to begin running the application. I tried 
>typing lookat, .lookat etc at the promot to no avail. Will somebody tell
>me how to use it??
>
Have you been able to find the executable? If you installed into 
/usr/local/vrml, I'm guessing lookat can be found in 
/usr/local/vrml/bin. You should be able to start it by entering 
/usr/local/vrml/bin/lookat at the prompt or by adding 
/usr/local/vrml/bin to your PATH and typing lookat at the prompt...does 
this help at all? If not can you post some more details...

>
>	This apart I also have a few questions about the capabilities of
>OpenVRML, does it support PROTOS and EXTERNPROTOS? And can I manipluate
>the scene graph using EAI??
>
OpenVRML supports PROTOs and EXTERNPROTOs pretty well for the most part 
but unfortunately EAI is not currently supported. SpizKapa's made a stab 
at adding this a while back but I'm not sure what became of the code...

Tom