On Thu, 2 Apr 1998 16:22:10 +0200, mbr### [at] swipnetse (Mathias Broxvall)
wrote:

>Ronald L. Parker <ron### [at] farmworkscom> wrote:

>> Assuming you really meant to say the normal vector, this isn't too
>> bad, either.  The syntax would be something along the lines of
>> normvect( <#declared-object>, <point-vector> ).  I'm not happy with
>> the "normvect" word, but "normal" is already taken.
>
>Yepp, I do. With these additions and the macro facility from the
>isosurface patch one can make some realy *cool* include files.

Now that will require the "superpatch", or at least part of it.  I
think I would also have to add extra code to the macro parser to
handle any new functions I might add, and I'm not sure of the
complexity of that part.

>Btw, I'd be glad to compile a macintosh port of your work when
>you are finished (I assume you are using pc and/or unix) if you
>like to (both of "this" and the "superpatch").

That would be "and," though my puny 486/33 running FreeBSD isn't quite
powerful enough to build POV, and I haven't kept the makefiles
up-to-date.

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