[ REQ 5831]: Geoview: drawing points: bad (fwd)

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This came to webmaster.  I'm forwarding it to software instead.

Davide


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> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:34:20 GMT
> Message-Id: <199604231834.SAA05431 at freeabel.geom.umn.edu>
> Subject: Geoview: drawing points: bad
> To: webmaster at geom.umn.edu (Geometry Center Webmasters)
> From: han at iris.usc.edu
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> 
> Message from han at iris.usc.edu follows:
> 
> Hi, 
> I have been using Geomview for half a year, and it is great!
> However, I found the function for drawing points are very
> annoying. Suppose I am drawing with a cursor, my program
> returns 1 point, 2 point, 3 points, ...... 200 points,
> in as my cursor moves. It is very difficult to do it 
> using the VECT file format. 
> 
> Actually, even two points need a complex file like this:
> 
> VECT
> 2 2 0
> 1 1
> 0 0
> 100 100 100
> 200 200 200
> 
> If I add one more point, it becomes
> 
> VECT 
> 3 3 0
> 1 1 1
> 0 0 0
> 100 100 100
> 200 200 200
> 300 300 300
> 
> which is not incremental.
> 
> I wonder if there are some other better way to display 
> points. I want to track my cursor in real-time.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Song Han