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- FILE: ReadMe.first
-
- Introduction to contents of disk.
-
- The old TTDDD programs "ReadTDDD" and "WriteTDDD" have been replaced by
- the new all-purpose "ReadWrite" filter that supports Imagine 2.0 (on back
- to Turbo Silver). Please see the other README.R* file for a more complete
- discussion.
-
- On this disk you will also find SQuad, TSTeX, and a few examples objects.
- When using SQuad, simply execute it without arguments to get usage
- information. You can generate the TDDD file in one step if you are not
- interested in editing the TTDDD file. For example (in the Examples
- directory):
-
- SQuad 0.01 0.01 | ReadWrite -tddd > die.tddd
- SQuad 0.01 2.0 2.0 | ReadWrite -tddd > thing.tddd
-
-
- Before using TSTeX, you must let the program know where the TeX fonts
- are located. From the CLI, simply type "assign TeX: TTDDD_Distribute:"
- before you run TSTeX for the first time. (Unless, of course, you already
- own AmigaTeX, in which "TeX:" is probably already assigned properly.)
-
- TSTeX will prompt you for lines of text, and after you are
- through, hit CTRL-\ (end of file) and TSTeX will create the TTDDD file for
- you. These files are often HUGE, so make sure you have plenty disk space
- for it before starting. For example (also in the Examples directory):
-
- TSTeX > GML.ttddd
- Glenn M. Lewis
- [CTRL-\] (Don't type this out, just hold down the CTRL key, and hit '\')
- ReadWrite -tddd < GML.ttddd > GML.tddd
-
- I have provided a couple TeX fonts on this disk (in PK format). The
- TeX fonts are in the public domain. I highly recommend AmigaTeX, which of
- course, comes with the complete set of TeX fonts. Call Tomas Rokicki at
- (415) 32-AMIGA [voice] or (415) 32-RADIO [BBS] (he prefers that you call his
- BBS) and ask about his awesome AmigaTeX, Preview, and AmigaMetaFont packages.
-
- I also whipped up a little threaded screw example, called "Thread", and
- included the source. Type "Thread" for usage information.
-
- For a quick introduction to using "readwrite", cd to the "Examples" directory,
- which contains some old Turbo Silver objects (using the "External" object chunk,
- which Imagine does not support). To convert the "chain.ttddd" description into
- an Imagine object, type: ":readwrite -tddd < chain.ttddd > ram:chain.iob", and
- be prepared to wait while the objects all get loaded in, converted, and written
- out. ReadWrite also has another option, called "-merge" that will optimize
- the points and edges by removing redundancies. This proceedure is very time
- consuming because it is an "N^2" algorithm. That is, if you double the number
- of points it has to process, you will quadruple the processing time. It is
- never really necessary to use "-merge" unless you absolutely know that there
- is a great deal of redundancy in your object, but I have included it because it
- was helping me to debug my general-object morphing algorithm (that is not finished
- yet).
-
- Have fun, and write to me if you come up with any algorithmic object
- generators that you think are useful. By the way... check out Essence, a
- powerful set of 66 algorithmic textures for the FPU versions of Imagine and
- Turbo Silver! (I co-authored it with Steve Worley, of computer graphics fame.)
-
- Glenn M. Lewis
- 8341 Olive Hill Court
- Fair Oaks, CA 95628
- USA
- (916) 356-6396 [office, leave message at any time]
- e-mail: glewis@pcocd2.intel.com
-
- Now, please move on to read the "README.R*" file! Thanks!
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