On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 10:48:57 -0400, Dave Dunn wrote:
>
>Gawrsh, I seem to have touched off a huge argument about the nature of the text
>object enhancements. I guess that particular example hit some resonant chord, which
>was not my intent. The original question had to do more with the excluded features
>(which I will not name for fear of a flareup <g>), and whether or not we could
>expect to see them in a future release when they became more stable.

I think the plan is for no more 3.x versions after 3.5.  4.0 will be a complete
rewrite, so the chance of useful features being included is probably pretty 
high.

-- 
#macro R(L P)sphere{L F}cylinder{L P F}#end#macro P(V)merge{R(z+a z)R(-z a-z)R(a
-z-z-z a+z)torus{1F clipped_by{plane{a 0}}}translate V}#end#macro Z(a F T)merge{
P(z+a)P(z-a)R(-z-z-x a)pigment{rgbf 1}hollow interior{media{emission 3-T}}}#end 
Z(-x-x.2x)camera{location z*-10rotate x*90normal{bumps.02scale.05}}

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