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/***************************************************************************
* XPLMGraphics
***************************************************************************/
/*
* A few notes on coordinate systems:
*
* X-Plane uses three kinds of coordinates. Global coordinates are specified
* as latitude, longitude and elevation. This coordinate system never changes
* but is not very precise.
*
* OpenGL (or 'local') coordinates are cartesian and move with the aircraft.
* They offer more precision and are used for 3-d OpenGL drawing. The X axis
* is aligned east-west with positive X meaning east. The Y axis is aligned
* straight up and down at the point 0,0,0 (but since the Earth is round it is
* not truly straight up and down at other points). The Z axis is aligned
* north-south at 0, 0, 0 with positive Z pointing south (but since the Earth
* is round it isn't exactly north-south as you move east or west of 0, 0, 0).
* One unit is one meter and the point 0,0,0 is on the surface of the Earth at
* sea level for some latitude and longitude picked by the sim such that the
* user's aircraft is reasonably nearby.
*
* 2-d Panel coordinates are 2d, with the X axis horizontal and the Y axis
* vertical. The point 0,0 is the bottom left and 1024,768 is the upper
* right of the screen. This is true no matter what resolution the user's
* monitor is in; when running in higher resolution, graphics will be
* scaled.
*
* Use X-Plane's routines to convert between global and local coordinates. Do
* not attempt to do this conversion yourself; the precise 'roundness' of
* X-Plane's physics model may not match your own, and (to make things
* weirder) the user can potentially customize the physics of the current
* planet.
*
*/
extern "C"
/*
* XPLMGetTexture
*
* XPLMGetTexture returns the OpenGL texture ID of an X-Plane texture based on
* a generic identifying code. For example, you can get the texture for
* X-Plane's UI bitmaps.
*
*/
XPLM_API int ;
/* XPLM_DEPRECATED */
/*
* XPLMWorldToLocal
*
* This routine translates coordinates from latitude, longitude, and altitude
* to local scene coordinates. Latitude and longitude are in decimal degrees,
* and altitude is in meters MSL (mean sea level). The XYZ coordinates are in
* meters in the local OpenGL coordinate system.
*
*/
XPLM_API void ;
/*
* XPLMLocalToWorld
*
* This routine translates a local coordinate triplet back into latitude,
* longitude, and altitude. Latitude and longitude are in decimal degrees,
* and altitude is in meters MSL (mean sea level). The XYZ coordinates are in
* meters in the local OpenGL coordinate system.
*
* NOTE: world coordinates are less precise than local coordinates; you should
* try to avoid round tripping from local to world and back.
*
*/
XPLM_API void ;
/*
* XPLMDrawTranslucentDarkBox
*
* This routine draws a translucent dark box, partially obscuring parts of the
* screen but making text easy to read. This is the same graphics primitive
* used by X-Plane to show text files.
*
*/
XPLM_API void ;
/***************************************************************************
* X-PLANE TEXT
***************************************************************************/
/*
* XPLMFontID
*
* X-Plane features some fixed-character fonts. Each font may have its own
* metrics.
*
* WARNING: Some of these fonts are no longer supported or may have changed
* geometries. For maximum copmatibility, see the comments below.
*
* Note: X-Plane 7 supports proportional-spaced fonts. Since no measuring
* routine is available yet, the SDK will normally draw using a fixed-width
* font. You can use a dataref to enable proportional font drawing on XP7 if
* you want to.
*
*/
XPLM_MAYBE_TYPEDEF enum XPLM_ENUM ;
/*
* XPLMDrawString
*
* This routine draws a NULL terminated string in a given font. Pass in the
* lower left pixel that the character is to be drawn onto. Also pass the
* character and font ID. This function returns the x offset plus the width of
* all drawn characters. The color to draw in is specified as a pointer to an
* array of three floating point colors, representing RGB intensities from 0.0
* to 1.0.
*
*/
XPLM_API void ;
/*
* XPLMDrawNumber
*
* This routine draws a number similar to the digit editing fields in
* PlaneMaker and data output display in X-Plane. Pass in a color, a
* position, a floating point value, and formatting info. Specify how many
* integer and how many decimal digits to show and whether to show a sign, as
* well as a character set. This routine returns the xOffset plus width of the
* string drawn.
*
*/
XPLM_API void ;
/*
* XPLMGetFontDimensions
*
* This routine returns the width and height of a character in a given font.
* It also tells you if the font only supports numeric digits. Pass NULL if
* you don't need a given field. Note that for a proportional font the width
* will be an arbitrary, hopefully average width.
*
*/
XPLM_API void ; /* Can be NULL */
/*
* XPLMMeasureString
*
* This routine returns the width in pixels of a string using a given font.
* The string is passed as a pointer plus length (and does not need to be null
* terminated); this is used to allow for measuring substrings. The return
* value is floating point; it is possible that future font drawing may allow
* for fractional pixels.
*
*/
XPLM_API float ;
/* XPLM200 */
}