[Edu-sig] re: intro

[Arthur]

Simon writes -

>ah, so Shaun showed me some VPython stuff and lo! someone has written a
povray
>backend - so i'll be checking that out ... and no doubt finding reasons for
using
>my own code instead  ;-} (the great thing about python is re-inventing the
wheel is
>usually pretty trivial)

I have tried to make a small contribution to VPython's povray back-end.  The
version downloadable from the VPython site does not allow the export of
VPython "faces" - triangle meshes.  Povray3.5 added functionality that made
that more possible, and I have added that functionality to povexport.py.
Ruth Cabay, the original author of povexport.py for VPython is, I believe,
vetting and testing the code for inclusion.  In the meantime, if it comes
up, I have it available.

Art