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! description of interactive demos
call tw_wset_size(0,684,684)
call tw_wset_title(0,"About Interactive Demos")
set text justify "center","base"
call info
do
if refresh(0)=1 then call info
get mouse x,y,state
if state<>0 then stop
loop
sub info
clear
print
print
print
print
let a$="Interactive Demos"
set color "magenta"
set text justify "center","bottom"
let r=setfontsize(18)
plot text, at .5,.94: a$
set color "blue"
let t=strwidth(a$)
box area .5-t/2,.5+t/2,.92,.93
box area 0,.01,0,1
box area 0,1,.99,1
box area .99,1,0,1
box area 0,1,0,.01
set color "white"
print
print " The interactive demos taken from the 3D Graphics Toolkit"
print " demonstrate the ability to set the camera position in 3D space."
print
print " Some of these demos require you to enter the position in x, y, z "
print " coordinates while others take snapshots from various perspectives"
print " and then replay the images to animate the object. The colormap-"
print " oriented demos show how True BASIC handles shared and dynamic color "
print " cells."
print
print " The following demo programs include:"
print
print " house3 look at a house from various perspective"
print " viewpoints."
print
print " record record a series of perspective images of"
print " the house and then replay them to animate"
print " the house spinning."
print
print " tbedit adjust the RGB mix of a True BASIC color"
print " using slider bars and the mouse."
print
print " tbmap draw a mesh where each cell represents a"
print " colormap entry."
print
print " zplot3 show a 3D plot of a peculiar function and"
print " let the user pick a new camera position."
print
print " For zplot3 and house3, hit any key to bring up a prompt for the "
print " new camera position and ctrl-C to exit."
print
print " For record, the program makes graphics requests faster than the"
print " X server can handle them so that the response to ctrl-c and mouse"
print " clicks may be delayed slightly."
print
print " Note that tbedit lets you adjust the color mix using the mouse."
print " To exit tbedit, you must hit a key rather than clicking the left"
print " mouse button."
print
print " <click the left mouse button to continue>"
end sub
end