[tuhopuu-devel] Markers and Animation workflow

[Roel Spruit]

excuse me for butting in, but while you're using structs, might as well make
those markers a linked list so you don't get users to whine over the 99
markers limit in the future.

Roel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Fairhead" <madprof at uk2.net>
To: <tuhopuu-devel at projects.blender.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [tuhopuu-devel] Markers and Animation workflow


> > The markers are currently very simple - in DNA_scene_types, int
> > markers[99]. The key is like an ID number for each marker, the value is
> > the frame number. I'd need to somehow expand this to that each marker
> > can have 2 pieces of information - an int frame number, and a char
> > name. What is a good way to do this? Anyone? Or would someone like to
> > just change it and patch or commit? :)
>
> Um, I suppose you might be able to use a struct... This will probably get
> me excommunicated for bad style or something (usually when I suggest
things,
> that is what happens). I don't know if this would work, it might though...
>
>
> typedef struct TimeMarker {
> int frame;
> char label[64];
> int color;
> } TimeMarker;
>
>
> and then just use a
>
> TimeMarker markers[99];
>
>
> I think this would work. :-)
>
>
> <snip>
> > enormous can of worms, most likely with a heap of convoluted,
> > duplicated code. I can imagine people wanting more and more options and
> > functionality in this timeline, but IMO, it's best to be firm and just
> > say no, keeping it elegant, simple and to the point. Otherwise next
> > thing you know, you've replicated the Ipo, Action and NLA editors,
> > shoehorned in where it doesn't fit both interface wise and code wise.
>
> Although, actually, thinking about it... For a MAJOR project, one could
> combine all the above, and the timeline. ;D So then one could view
> all kinds of interesting things. Imagine having IPO curves and NLA frames
> in one window, and being able to select points across both of them, and
> so on... um... maybe not...
>
>
> Dan
>
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