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- From: jack@cwi.nl (Jack Jansen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Can I use the font mgr within a gl object?
- Message-ID: <7202@charon.cwi.nl>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 15:40:51 GMT
- Sender: news@cwi.nl
- Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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- I hope someone out there can help me with the following problem:
-
- I've been trying to use strings printed through the font manager (with
- fmprstr()) within gl objects, i.e. between makeobj() and closeobj().
- However, it seems that the font manager and GL objects don't
- cooperate: the string is printed immedeately and not entered into the
- object. Printing strings without going through the font mgr (i.e.
- using charstr()) does work, but this is not good enough for my
- application.
-
- Am I doing something wrong or is this impossible? The manual doesn't
- say that I cannot use fm calls within objects, so I am still (very
- slightly) hopeful that what I want to do is possible.
-
- Alternatively, I would also be helped if there is someway to render fm
- strings into an incore bitmap (so I can simply lrectwrite() the bitmap
- to the screen whenever I need it).
-
- Oh yes, I'm running 4.0.2 on an Indigo XS 24.
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