Ok, so where do I start coding in source?

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So, here we are I read books, I typed up tutorials from the net and my books. I studied ALOT… like errggg… to much… I now need a starting area I can futz with in Blender…

All of the tutorials I see on the net for C are calculators and text editing tools NOthing that is like the beast that is Blender… I can read Blenders code and know kinda where things are starting and follow functions around… But it’s to much for me mind just yet …

With your patience can you send me to a kid gloves area I can try and claim some dazzling start ??

Maybe some tools that can come in handy when digging in the code… I know doxy is out, so are there any tools to make graphs of classes of the code flows visually ??

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A good start will be to just setup the build envrionment and compile the latest CVS without modifying anything, and getting a working executable

Have you done that yet ?

What O.S. are you running?

Mike

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Yes I have, I have been doing that for a few months now

OSX Intel and PPC

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hi youngbatcat,
it seems you forget that this is not a developerforum, but artistforum!

as a hint for you, I think you get better and faster help at http://www.blender.org/forum

:rolleyes:

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Maybe you can focus in only one single (but not simple) think.

Why don’t you try to improve the DXF import plugin? It’s gonna help a lot of people (like me :slight_smile: hehehe)

Serious, this is something that really need some care.

if you have interest read this thread:

http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8784

and you tou want I can help you with DXF files and tests in two plataforms, Linux and Windows XP.

Regards,

Dalai Felinto
Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Well, sorry the poor english

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As for tools … not graphical … but Cscope one tool that I’ve found for “code spelunking”.

This is probably a good page to start with if you havent’ already.

As for ideas, I have no idea what would be “easy” to do, there are plenty of ideas in this thread

Mike

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Hmm new stuff to read… cool

I ask this stuff here cause it seems developers visit here more often than they do at .org well I have gotten more responces of code stuff here than .org has ever for me

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Yes I have, I have been doing that for a few months now

Yeah, but can you do it without moving the include files around?

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heh heh… :slight_smile:

.b

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Please, can you make bridge and inset/extrude inner tools?

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it’s not a feature request thread just a where to start thread

As for the includes files IT Only happened on SDL files it found all of the other files just fine…

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Why not start by helping someone in his project ?

The overhaul of the interface is long due and maybe Matt would appreciate if you helped ? It is stuff easy enough to do once someone points you in the right direction. Working with the interface would intoduce you to the OpenGL as Blender use it :do I remember right that you had some ambitions to implement a new OpenGL mode for the 3D view. Gaining experience there would help for that. I don’t follow eveything that the coders do but I think that an OpenGL specialist is sourly missed among them. More knowledgeable people like LetterRip could confirm (or deny).

Hopefully you’ll find a way to cooperate with others : you are somewhat rough around the edges. Half the attitude and twice as nice should do it. With a bit of humility, just a tinge really…
LOL