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Re: Processing 0149 is the phoenix
Reply #1 - Oct 15th, 2008, 2:42pm
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+ Changed how PGraphics objects are created for better consistency. Sadly,
this will require any libraries that subclass PGraphics to be rebuilt
for this release. (However, internally it's a great improvement.)
Renderer library authors please read the reference for PGraphics:
http://dev.processing.org/reference/core/javadoc/processing/core/PGraphics.html
For library developers, a gritty list of the internal function changes
can be found in processing/core/done.txt in the revision 0149 section under
the heading "PGraphics API changes". (It's not poetic, but it's real.)
+ We've decided that vector geometry is as important as image data, so the
Candy library has been removed, and replaced by a built-in loadShape()
method in PApplet, which returns a PShape object. (Candy lives on as the
PShapeSVG class, which is the PShape subclass created by loadShape.)
A shape() command has been added (like the image() command for images).
See the new SVG examples for more information. In the future, we'd like
to support other vector formats (such as OBJ) with loadShape(), or
provide a means for libraries to register themselves to load shape data.
+ The PShape object is just a container for now, but will someday provide
methods for accessing actual vertex information.
+ Because of the SVG changes, the XML library is now built into the core.
This means that processing.xml will be imported by default (no need for
"import processing.xml" in your sketch). This also means that "XML"
will no longer be seen in the "Import Library" menu.
+ Altered how createInput(), save(), and saveFrame() work so that they
are more friendly to signed applets.
+ Implemented new error/warning system inside PGraphics so that errors
are only shown once, and non-fatal errors do not shut down the sketch.
+ The unhint() method has been removed, see the hint() reference for changes.
+ Changed how match() works to bring back in line with other regexp
implementations. Instead of only returning matching groups, match 0
is the matching sequence, and array elements [1] and higher represent
each of the groups (sequences found in parens). This brings us into
compliance with how "everyone else" does it. Please direct complaints,
jeers, or accolades to Dan Shiffman, who advocated the change.
+ Also starting in this release, the match() commands use multiline
matching (Pattern.MULTILINE) and dotall mode (Pattern.DOTALL) by default
so that ^ and $ match the beginning and end of any lines found in the
source, and the . operator will also pick up newline characters.
+ The arraycopy() method is now arrayCopy(), for better consistency with
the rest of the API (think framerate vs. frameRate). Because books have
been printed with the lowercase version, we're keeping both, but in
Java parlance, we've deprecated the lowercase version.
+ Removed MACOS9 constant from processing.core.PConstants. Bye bye 2001.
+ Deprecated the NORMALIZED constant, use NORMAL instead.
+ Removed some items from the default imports because they're 1) likely
to cause naming collisions and 2) more likely to be used by advanced
users (who can add 'em themselves anyway). The removed items include:
javax.sound.midi,javax.sound.midi.spi,
javax.sound.sampled,javax.sound.sampled.spi,
javax.xml.parsers,javax.xml.transform,javax.xml.transform.dom,
javax.xml.transform.sax,javax.xml.transform.stream,
org.xml.sax,org.xml.sax.ext,org.xml.sax.helpers
You can add default imports to your preferences.txt file by adding to
the preproc.imports line. But keep in mind that this will make your
code incompatible with Processing on any machine that doesn't have
its preferences.txt mangled in the same manner.
+ Update Quaqua to 4.4.7 on Mac OS X (http://www.randelshofer.ch/quaqua/)
+ Disable abyssmally slow Sun renderer on OS X 10.5, by setting
apple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz to true inside PApplet.main().
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