Re: ssgContext bug and remedy (was Re: [Plib-devel] Simple SSG examples)

[Sam S. <sa...@sp...>]

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From: Steve Baker <sjb...@ai...>
To: <pli...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: ssgContext bug and remedy (was Re: [Plib-devel] Simple SSG
examples)


> Sam Stickland wrote:
> >
> > Anyway it works now, so by tomorrow I should have some real simple
ssg
> > examples to contribute.  I've got a simple textured spinning cube,
an
> > explosion, and a simple scene you can fly round (using the
quaternion
> > routines).  Nothing hot, but I always find I learn a damn site
quicker
> > from examples than documentation so I imagine these will be of use
to
> > people.
>
> Great!
>
> Sample programs are always a horrible chore for experts in the API to
> write (we want to build big, complicated programs)...so ironically,
> the best source for example programs may well be in people who have
> just picked up the package and are experimenting with it.

Heh - I do have a bit of an alteria motive here.  If I'm writing sample
programs for plib I might get a bit more help when things don't work
right :)

> Do you want CVS write-access to contribute these examples?  If so,
> I need to know your Sourceforge user ID.

Yes, that would be good.  It's 'sps196'.  It'll be a day or two before I
have them all properly commented, and with the full complement of
makefile though.

Sam