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- The directories in this directory contain the source for the VOGLE library.
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- They are as follows:
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- docs contains the documentation such as there is.
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- drivers contains the source to a variety of device drivers,
- currently restricted to: postcript, sun workstation,
- apollo workstations, X11 (R2, R3 & R4), tektronix
- (401x), hpgl, dxy, and the ibm pc cards: hercules mono,
- cga, ega, vga and sigma.
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- examples contains some C and FORTRAN programs useful both in
- testing and (hopefully) learning how to use it.
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- hershey contains the source for generating fonts and the
- hershey data for the occidental and oriental character
- sets.
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- src contains the source for the C VOGLE interface, and the
- source for the FORTRAN interfaces where available.
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- VOGLE is a device portable graphics library that is loosely based on the
- Silicon Graphics Iris GL. It was inspired partly by the DIGS library developed
- at the U.S. Naval Academy under the guidance of Prof David Rogers, and in the
- light of the painful experience gained by some of the authors when working on
- the C-DIGS project at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.
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- As we will be continuing development on VOGLE we will gratefully accept any
- bug fixes or enhancements such as new drivers, etc... People here mainly use it
- to move engineering type software between IBM PCs and Sun workstations but we
- expect not only our equipment, but our requirements to change, so if you find
- it usefull for anything in particular we wouldn't mind hearing from you as
- well.
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- VOGLE has been used by others as the basis of several Silicon Graphics GL
- compatible libraries. The authors of VOGLE have also produced a GL compatible
- library called VOGL (Very Ordinary GL). This library should be available at
- the same site that you obtained VOGLE.
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- This software is public domain and may be used for any purpose commercial or
- otherwise. It is offered without any guarantee as to its suitability for any
- purpose or as to the sanity of its writers. We do ask that the source is
- passed on to anyone that requests a copy, and that people who get copies don't
- go round claiming they wrote it.
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- Although VOGLE is public domain we will drink any quantity of Beer you send to
- us.
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- Regards,
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- Eric H. Echidna
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- Snail mail correspondance and alcoholic beverages should be directed to:
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- The Software Support Programmer
- Department Of Engineering Computer Resources
- Faculty Of Engineering
- University Of Melbourne Vic 3052
- Australia
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- email to
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- echidna@munnari.OZ.AU
- echidna@ecr.mu.OZ.AU
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