| Re: Ongoing Object Graphics Quest [message #28022] |
Sun, 18 November 2001 21:23  |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Richard G. French (rfrench@wellesley.edu) writes:
> Well, please let us know what IS the best program you
> have ever written in ten days! Nice work, David...
It is interesting that you mention this. I was
poking around in my directories tonight, looking
for examples of one thing or another that I might
be able to turn into more formal example programs. I
came across a program I wrote years and years ago, and
I thought it would make an excellent entry in
a "Goofiest Program You Ever Wrote" contest.
I offer it here as maybe the strangest program
I ever wrote. At least, the strangest program
I ever wrote when I wasn't drinking too much beer. :-)
It's called Railroad. You can find it here:
ftp://ftp.dfanning.com/pub/dfanning/outgoing/misc/railroad.p ro
I'll bet I get more e-mail about this than I
ever got about PSConfig. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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| Re: Ongoing Object Graphics Quest [message #28023 is a reply to message #28022] |
Sun, 18 November 2001 21:09  |
David Fanning
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Richard G. French (rfrench@wellesley.edu) writes:
> .... now, how about adding a box outline to the middle image that
> shows what the zoomed region is that is displayed in the left image...
> I am sure it is just a few lines of code, but I am not going to try
> to figure out what they are.
Actually, I think I *do* know how to do
this. Let's see, 10 lines of code, times
3 hours per line, times six swear words
per punctuation mark ...
Yes, I could have it done by next week sometime. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Ongoing Object Graphics Quest [message #28108 is a reply to message #28022] |
Mon, 19 November 2001 18:01 |
Richard French
Messages: 173
Registered: December 2000
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> I offer it here as maybe the strangest program
> I ever wrote. At least, the strangest program
> I ever wrote when I wasn't drinking too much beer. :-)
>
> It's called Railroad. You can find it here:
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> ftp://ftp.dfanning.com/pub/dfanning/outgoing/misc/railroad.p ro
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> I'll bet I get more e-mail about this than I
> ever got about PSConfig. :-)
>
David - works great, after I added the obligatory
device,decomposed=0 line....
You DEFINITELY have too much time on your hands - now that your
book is on sale, you should be inspired to get back to work on
that long-overdue Objects book. Or, rather, would you rewrite
the railroad program in object graphics on a 3-D textured
trackball map of the USA with proper perspective and color of
vegetation along the route? Be sure to use the new 5.5 pop-up
menus (anyone tried these yet?) as a user feature? We'll give
you an extra day, considering the Thursday is Thanksgiving.
I'll check back on Friday.
Dick
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