Hello Duncan, rgl.snapshot seems ok!
I compiled the source as usual: R CMD INSTALL rgl_0.70.564.tar.gz on a Linux hostname 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 18:50:56 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Fedora Core 6. I tested the rgl.snapshot, and it creates the snapshot png without a hitch. Best regards, Laszlo Duncan Murdoch wrote: > (This is bcc'd to a list of people who have had problems with rgl lately > or who are known to be big users; not cc'd, so you don't all get cc'd > all the responses on the R-devel list). > > I've just put together a test build of rgl, and put it on my web site as > > http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/rgl_0.70.564.tar.gz > (source) > > and > > http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/rgl_0.70.564.zip > (Windows binary). > > This includes a number of changes: > > - changes to configure script from Laszlo Kajan and Brian Ripley: > should now be much more portable > - removed deprecated OSX font setting calls > - texture properties are now returned by material3d() > - allowed normals and texture coordinates to be specified in triangles > and quads > - normals may be specified in qmesh objects, but (at present) > subdivide removes them > - material3d() now preserves the values of unspecified parameters (as > documented, but not previously functioning) > - open3d() now resets all material properties to the defaults. > > Could people who have been having problems with rgl (or just making use > of it) please test this update? Some of the changes are very recent, > and may still be buggy: but I'm going offline from late tomorrow until > March 4, so I'm not going to have an opportunity to test them myself > well enough to want to send this to CRAN. > > I'm hoping to send this to CRAN soon after I return. > > Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
