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diff --git a/manuals/chickadee/Rendering-Engine.html b/manuals/chickadee/Rendering-Engine.html index 7c02082..bdc2444 100644 --- a/manuals/chickadee/Rendering-Engine.html +++ b/manuals/chickadee/Rendering-Engine.html @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ul.no-bullet {list-style: none} Next: <a href="Buffers.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">Buffers</a>, Previous: <a href="Viewports.html" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Viewports</a>, Up: <a href="Graphics.html" accesskey="u" rel="up">Graphics</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div> <hr> -<span id="Rendering-Engine-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">2.3.12 Rendering Engine</h4> +<span id="Rendering-Engine-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">2.3.13 Rendering Engine</h4> <p>Chickadee defines rendering using a metaphor familiar to Scheme programmers: procedure application. A shader (see <a href="Shaders.html">Shaders</a>) is @@ -93,31 +93,31 @@ like a procedure for the GPU to apply. Shaders are passed arguments: A vertex array containing the geometry to render (see <a href="Buffers.html">Buffers</a>) and zero or more keyword arguments that the shader understands. Similar to how Scheme has <code>apply</code> for calling procedures, Chickadee -provides <code>gpu-apply</code> for calling shaders. +provides <code>shader-apply</code> for calling shaders. </p> <p>Additionally, there is some dynamic state that effects how -<code>gpu-apply</code> will behave. Things like the current viewport, +<code>shader-apply</code> will behave. Things like the current viewport, framebuffer, and blend mode are stored as dynamic state because it would be tedious to have to have to specify them each time -<code>gpu-apply</code> is called. +<code>shader-apply</code> is called. </p> <p>The following procedures and syntax can be found in the <code>(chickadee graphics)</code> module. </p> <dl> -<dt id="index-gpu_002dapply">Syntax: <strong>gpu-apply</strong> <em>shader vertex-array [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> -<dt id="index-gpu_002dapply_002a">Syntax: <strong>gpu-apply*</strong> <em>shader vertex-array count [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> +<dt id="index-shader_002dapply">Syntax: <strong>shader-apply</strong> <em>shader vertex-array [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> +<dt id="index-shader_002dapply_002a">Syntax: <strong>shader-apply*</strong> <em>shader vertex-array count [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> <dd> <p>Render <var>vertex-array</var> using <var>shader</var> with the uniform values specified in the following keyword arguments. </p> -<p>While <code>gpu-apply</code> will draw every vertex in <var>vertex-array</var>, -<code>gpu-apply*</code> will only draw <var>count</var> vertices. +<p>While <code>shader-apply</code> will draw every vertex in <var>vertex-array</var>, +<code>shader-apply*</code> will only draw <var>count</var> vertices. </p></dd></dl> <dl> -<dt id="index-gpu_002dapply_002finstanced">Syntax: <strong>gpu-apply/instanced</strong> <em>shader vertex-array n [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> -<dt id="index-gpu_002dapply_002finstanced-1">Syntax: <strong>gpu-apply/instanced</strong> <em>shader vertex-array count n [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> +<dt id="index-shader_002dapply_002finstanced">Syntax: <strong>shader-apply/instanced</strong> <em>shader vertex-array n [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> +<dt id="index-shader_002dapply_002finstanced-1">Syntax: <strong>shader-apply/instanced</strong> <em>shader vertex-array count n [#:uniform-key uniform-value …]</em></dt> <dd> <p>Render <var>vertex-array</var> <var>n</var> times using <var>shader</var> with the uniform values specified in the following keyword arguments. @@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ uniform values specified in the following keyword arguments. many times with only small differences for each one. For example, the particle effects described in <a href="Particles.html">Particles</a> use instanced rendering. </p> -<p>While <code>gpu-apply/instanced</code> will draw every vertex in -<var>vertex-array</var>, <code>gpu-apply*</code> will only draw <var>count</var> +<p>While <code>shader-apply/instanced</code> will draw every vertex in +<var>vertex-array</var>, <code>shader-apply*</code> will only draw <var>count</var> vertices. </p></dd></dl> |