Re: EPS, animation

Robin Seavey ((no email))
Thu, 14 Jul 1994 10:20:10 -0400

>>Question 1:
>>I'm trying to import EPS-images and PostScript-text.
>>The errorcode I get says
>>Error opening DPS extension.
>>
>>What should I do?
>>
>What platform are you running on? The display of postscript images does
>not work on all of the platforms that MetaCard supports. If the DPS
>extension is installed properly, this should work on SGI and IBM RS6000
>workstations, and maybe a few others.
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I feel that I must also mention that the DPS extension has been
ported to NCD's X terminals. It's limited to the color line, but
works exceptionaly well.

>>
>>Question 2:
>>I need to make an animation, where a line
>>is drawn from one point to another.
>>An example: I have x- and y-axis and I need to
>>draw a line y=x+1.
>>
>>What is the best way of doing it?
>>
>I would suggest that you create a graphic object for this purpose. Setting
>the endpoints of your line within a loop could give the appearance of
>animation. Sorry I can't provide more details on this one, but I haven't
>used the graphic object much.
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