[Fwd: Re: [GRASS-dev] GL + PPM + nviz]

[Hamish]

Brad Douglas wrote:
> Listers,
> 
> The OpenGL portion of the nviz high-resolution PPM export does not
> work as intended for most individuals at present:
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Glynn Clements
> To: Brad
> Cc: Markus Neteler
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] GL + PPM + nviz
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:38:07 +0100
> 
> Brad Douglas wrote:
> 
> > > For the foreseeable future, the only viable approach is to allow
> > > the user to explicitly enable or disable such features.
> > 
> > Then I guess the best that can be done is to ensure that
> > GRASS_NO_GLX_PIXMAPS and GRASS_NO_GLX_PBUFFERS are widely
> > documented. Would it be best to set them for now until conditions
> > improve to minimize user impact?
> 
> I suggest putting that question to the mailing list(s).
> 
> If they are disabled by default, the variable names should probably
> have the "NO_" removed, and accept 0/1 values, e.g.
> 
> GRASS_GLX_PIXMAPS=0	# force off
> GRASS_GLX_PIXMAPS=1	# force on
> # anything else = default = off for now, on if the feature eventually
> # becomes usable on the majority of systems


I suggest that the default for 6.2 should be "off" (ship a working
product), for 6.3 it should be "on" (it IS a dev version...). If "off"
for 6.3 I think this will never be fixed.


and testing for "0" || "FALSE"  and  "1" || "TRUE"  is nice,


Hamish