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<h1>libQGLViewer - Developer</h1>
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<h2>Get on board !</h2>
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libQGLViewer is distributed under the terms of the GNU-GPL license. The entire source code is available for
<a href="download.html">download</a>, and can freely be edited. There is no (not yet?)
anonymous CVS server, but if you want to participate into the project, just send me an <a
href="mailto:Gilles.Debunne at imag dot fr?Subject=QGLViewer developpement">e-mail</a> with your code and
an explanation, I'll do the merge.
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Please don't hesitate to ask me if you are unsure about what the library does, why things are
coded as they are, which features are in the todo list and which are not scheduled.
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<h2>Bugs</h2>
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<li>Recent changes probably cause display update problems with Qt 2.3. Must be checked.</li>
<li>Other than this, no bug is currently reported.
<a href="mailto:Gilles.Debunne at imag dot fr?Subject=QGLViewer bug!">Send a bug report</a> if you find one.</li>
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<h2>Todo list for next release</h2>
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<li>KFI : smarter update with pointer, problem at first point</li>
<li>Shared context constructor</li>
<li>triSetConstraint only as an example + debug</li>
<li>Message when XML cannot be loaded or has nan inside.</li>
<li>Save to File problem : closeEvent and so on, embedded widgets</li>
<li>Z buffer as texture, resizeGL allocates with new size</li>
<li>Text displayed for a few seconds, under background : camera paths defined/stop/play/clear...</li>
<li>Record new key/mouse bindings for help window.</li>
<li>DrawUtils class : axis, grid, bbox, circle, sphere, text, color, ...</li>
<li>simplified selection (from select example) : not that clear</li>
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<h2>Future Works</h2>
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<li>shortcuts and mouse bindings editor.</li>
<li>Emulate three mouse buttons on Mac architecture.</li>
<li>KeyFrameInterpolator : closedPath, deleteKF, insertKF.</li>
<li>KeyFrameInterpolator should propose an easy-in easy-out option</li>
<li>Mouse cursors according to mode.</li>
<li>keyframe path optimal update using sender().</li>
<li>Camera constraints display with visual hints.</li>
<li>Add a Camera::projectionMatrix_ to speed up projectedCoordinatesOf().</li>
<li>GLU (Un)project buffer : better performance</li>
<li>Q_OS (Qt>3) in config.h.</li>
<li>drawTextForAWhile.</li>
<li>Rename the axis.</li>
<li>Help window title configuration : key and mouse tabs, registerNewSortcut()</li>
<li>CONFIG=prl.</li>
<li>Vec : operator const float*() const { return &x; }; replaced by &</li>
<li>Replace 0x0f00 by Qt::KeyButtonMask in qglviewer.cpp (patch for Qt < 3.0).</li>
<li>New constructor with context.</li>
<li>withConstraint for mouse bindings</li>
<li>Better drawLight(), add a drawFrameHierarchy.</li>
<li>Select image size when saving snapshot, select bg color, pure alpha, no fps.</li>
<li>Actual Camera Field Of View in 'C' mode</li>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
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<li>Example and home page documentation with doxygen, if possible (and as good)</li>
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<h2>New examples</h2>
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<li>Planetarium to illustrate frame hierarchy.</li>
<li>Shadow maps, Quarto</li>
<li>Contrib section.</li>
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<h2>Long term</h2>
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<li>Event recorder.</li>
<li>KeyFrame path editor.</li>
<li>A shortcut editor window.</li>
<li>Overlays ??</li>
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<h2>Code cleaning</h2>
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<li>Check all new are deleted</li>
<li>Check if there are memory leaks.</li>
<li>Check public/protected, slots, double const pointers, virtual.</li>
<li>Define Copy constructors and = operators ?</li>
<li>Class state output as a stream. QPROPERTY ?</li>
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