--- /dev/null
+## Copyright (C) 2002 Etienne Grossmann <etienne@egdn.net>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## save_vrml(outname,[options],s1,...) - Save vrml code
+##
+## Makes a vrml2 file from strings of vrml code. A "background" node is
+## added.
+##
+## Options :
+## "nobg"
+## "nolight"
+##
+## Bugs :
+## - "outname" should not contain the substring ".wrl" anywhere else
+## than as a suffix.
+## - "outname" should only contain the character ">" as ">>" at the
+## beginning , to indicate append rather than overwriting the
+## file.
+
+function save_vrml(outname, varargin)
+
+verbose = 0;
+append = 0;
+
+if ! ischar(outname) ,
+ error "save_vrml wants a string as first arg"
+end
+
+if strcmp(outname(1:2),">>"),
+ append = 1;
+end
+outname = strrep(outname,">","");
+
+outname = strrep(outname,".wrl",''); # No suffix.
+
+fname = sprintf("%s.wrl",outname); # Add suffix.
+bg_col = [0.4 0.4 0.7];
+## bg_col = [1 1 1];
+l_intensity = 0.3 ;
+l_ambientIntensity = 0.5 ;
+l_direction = [0.57735 -0.57735 0.57735] ;
+
+bg_node = sprintf (["Background {\n",...
+ " skyColor %8.3g %8.3g %8.3g\n",...
+ "}\n"],\
+ bg_col);
+bg_node = "";
+
+lightstr = sprintf (["PointLight {\n",\
+ " intensity %8.3g\n",\
+ " ambientIntensity %8.3g\n",\
+ " direction %8.3g %8.3g %8.3g\n",\
+ "}\n"],\
+ l_intensity, l_ambientIntensity, l_direction);
+lightstr = "";
+
+ # Read eventual options
+ninit = nargin;
+
+i = 1;
+args = nargin; # nargin is now a function
+while --args,
+
+ tmp = varargin{i++};
+ if strcmp (tmp, "nobg"),
+ bg_node = "";
+ elseif strcmp (tmp, "nolight"),
+ lightstr = "";
+ else # Reached non-options
+ ## beginpre 2.1.39
+ # va_start ();
+ # n = ++args ;
+ # while n++ < ninit, va_arg (); end
+ ## args, ninit
+ ## endpre 2.1.39
+ i--; # pos 2.1.39
+ break;
+ end
+end
+bg_node = [bg_node, lightstr];
+## No path.
+if findstr(outname,"/"),
+ outname = outname(max(findstr(outname,"/"))+1:size(outname,2)) ;
+end
+
+if append, fid = fopen(fname,"at"); # Saving.
+else fid = fopen(fname,"wt");
+end ;
+
+if fid == -1 , error(sprintf("save_vrml : unable to open %s",fname)); end
+
+## Put header.
+fprintf(fid,"#VRML V2.0 utf8 \n# %s , created by save_vrml.m on %s \n%s",
+ fname,datestr(now),bg_node);
+
+while i <= length (varargin) ,
+
+ if verbose, printf ("save_vrml : %i'th string\n",i); end
+
+ fprintf (fid,"%s", varargin{i}) ;
+ i++ ;
+end
+
+fprintf(fid,"\n");
+fclose(fid);
+endfunction
+