Re: [www-vrml] [xVRML] new screen snapshots and the future

["Pyth7" <Pyth7@comcast.net>]

For penance you must re-read
all the "Why VRML is Dead" rants
of this list till your eyes cross.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam English" <miriam@werple.net.au>
Cc: <www-vrml@web3d.org>; <xvrml-announce@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [www-vrml] [xVRML] new screen snapshots and the future


> Hi all,
>
> Oh my gawd!!! I can't believe I got this wrong!
> I make a total retraction of what I said about eventIn and eventOut not
being available inside PROTOs without a Script mediating.
>
> A big thankyou to Brian Hay for putting me right here.
>
> After Brian stated so certainly that it could actually be done I tried
what he said. I was absolutely sure it illegal syntax. It is hard to
describe how utterly astonished I was to see it work! Wonderful! I'm rapt to
see I was so wrong (and a bit embarrassed too).
>
> Here are the two examples I used to prove it to myself:
>
> -----snip------
>
> #VRML V2.0 utf8
>
> PROTO timer[
>     eventOut SFTime now
> ] {
>     DEF ticker TimeSensor {
>     loop TRUE
>     time IS now
>     }
> }
>
>
> Shape { geometry DEF readout Text { string "-" } }
>
> DEF clock timer{}
>
> DEF convert Script {
> eventIn SFTime time
> eventOut MFString str
> url "javascript:
> function time(now) {
> str[0]=now;
> }
> "
> }
>
> ROUTE clock.now TO convert.time
> ROUTE convert.str TO readout.string
>
> -----snip------
>
> #VRML V2.0 utf8
>
> PROTO bkg [
> eventIn SFBool thisSky
> ] {
> Background {
> skyAngle [ 1.07 1.45 1.52 1.57 ]
> skyColor [
> 0.40 0.00 0.00
> 0.80 0.00 0.00
> 0.80 0.70 0.45
> 0.80 0.75 0.60
> 0.80 0.80 0.80
> ]
> groundAngle [ 1.07 1.45 1.52 1.57 ]
> groundColor [
> 0.20 0.50 0.00
> 0.30 0.60 0.20
> 0.40 0.70 0.30
> 0.60 0.80 0.60
> 0.80 0.80 0.80
> ]
> set_bind IS thisSky
> }
> }
> #--------------
>
> Background {
> skyAngle [ 1.07 1.45 1.52 1.57 ]
> skyColor [
> 0.00 0.00 0.40
> 0.00 0.00 0.80
> 0.45 0.70 0.80
> 0.60 0.75 0.80
> 0.80 0.80 0.80
> ]
> groundAngle [ 1.07 1.45 1.52 1.57 ]
> groundColor [
> 0.20 0.50 0.00
> 0.30 0.60 0.20
> 0.40 0.70 0.30
> 0.60 0.80 0.60
> 0.80 0.80 0.80
> ]
> }
>
> DEF redSky bkg{}
>
> Group{
> children[
> DEF click TouchSensor{}
> Shape {
> geometry Box{}
> }
> ]
> }
>
> ROUTE click.isActive TO redSky.thisSky
>
> -----snip------
>
>
> --
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