[Bf-python] Scripts to add/remove...

[Stephen Swaney]

Sorry.  Didn't see this.  It was crossposted to both bf-python
and bf-funboard and my mail filter dumped them both in funboard.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:34:07AM +1000, Campbell Barton wrote:
> Hi, I think its time to see if any of the scripts can be removed.
> 
> 
> *Remove?*
> * Callada 1.3.1 - (Do we need 2x collada exporters?), if we want to keep 
> it maybe its best Collada dosnt use 2 menu items.

Remove

> * OpenInventor (Not sure of this one, does anybody use it?) - code is 
> ncie and easy to maintain.

Keep.  OI is a standard format in the scenegraph world.

> * Truespace (.cob) - Truespace is a low end 3d app and I expect it 
> supports some standard formats we can export to. - Is there any reason 
> to write to its native format?

Remove

> * XFIG (.xfig) - Anyone serious about XFIG anymore, last update to the 
> app was 2002. especially when we have inkscape.

Keep.

Xfig was *the* unix standard drawing app for the longest time and is a
very mature app.  Patchlevel 5 was done on Feb 22, 2007, not exactly
abandonware.

> Bpy Doc browser, this dosnt document any classes (you cant read about 
> object/mesh/action etc properties for instance) - and as such its 
> deceiving. - We are better off linking to online or bundeled EPYDocs
> http://members.optusnet.com.au/cjbarton/BPY_API/

Probably remove since it does not seem to be applicable anymore.

> *Add?...*
> http://mke3.net/projects/bpython/export_curves_fcollada-1.1.py

Don't know enough to have an opinion.  This comment from the
source makes me wonder though:
"FCollada's method of interpreting bezier handles and 
segment interpolation seems to differ from what's in the COLLADA spec,
so I don't know how this will work when imported into other applications."

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