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+## 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/>.
+
+## s = vrml_text(t,...)
+##
+## Makes vrml Shape node representing string t
+##
+## Options :
+##
+## "col" , col : default = [ 0.3 0.4 0.9 ]
+## "size" , size : default = 1.0
+## "family", family : default = "SERIF".
+## (could also be : "TYPEWRITER", "SANS")
+## "style", style : default = "PLAIN".
+## (could also be : "BOLD", "ITALIC", "BOLDITALIC")
+## "justify", justify : default = "MIDDLE"
+## (could also be "FIRST", "BEGIN", "END")
+
+function s = vrml_text(t,varargin)
+
+col = [0.3,0.4,0.9] ;
+size = 1.0 ;
+family = "SERIF" ;
+justify = "MIDDLE" ;
+style = "PLAIN" ;
+verbose = 0 ;
+
+filename = "vrml_text" ;
+if nargin > 1
+ op1 = " col size family justify style " ;
+ op0 = " verbose " ;
+
+ df = tars (col, size, family, justify, style, verbose);
+
+ s = read_options (varargin, "op1",op1,"op0",op0, "default",df);
+ col= s.col;
+ size= s.size;
+ family= s.family;
+ justify= s.justify;
+ style= s.style;
+ verbose= s.verbose;
+end
+s = sprintf (["Shape {\n",\
+ " appearance Appearance {\n",\
+ " material Material {\n",\
+ " diffuseColor %8.3f %8.3f %8.3f\n",\
+ " emissiveColor %8.3f %8.3f %8.3f\n",\
+ " }\n",\
+ " }\n",\
+ " geometry Text {\n",\
+ " string \"%s\"\n"\
+ " fontStyle FontStyle {\n",\
+ " family \"%s\"\n",\
+ " justify \"%s\"\n",\
+ " style \"%s\"\n",\
+ " size %-8.3f\n",\
+ " }\n",\
+ " }\n",\
+ "}\n",\
+ ],\
+ col,\
+ col,\
+ t,\
+ family,\
+ justify,\
+ style,\
+ size\
+ );
+
+endfunction
+