jit.geom question

jit.gl.textmult is an abstration that uses javascript to programmatically creates as much jit.gl.text as needed for the text input. But sadly it doesn't expose all available features of jit.gl.text.

But happily, because that's an abstraction, you could make a custom version of jit.gl.textmult with your own custom version of multiple_text.js (the file inside). I've done it before and it's feasible if you're patient, knows how to read js and knows a bit how jit.gl objects work.

But sadly, as of Max 9.0.3, the @matrixoutput attribute of jit.gl.text doesn't works very well as it outputs one matrix per glyph. So if you send "text ABC" to a [jit.gl.text @matrixoutput 1 @mode 3d] and you attach a print to its left outlet, you'll see 3 matrices output cyclically. The @concat_geometry attribute doesn't have effect here :(

So to draw you geometry from the matrixoutput of jit.gl.text, you either need to have one jit.gl.mesh per glyph, or concat all incoming matrices into one and use one jit.gl.mesh. Here are both techniques:

Now comes the fun part, ie. creating your custom version of multiple_text.js to make it generate its jit.gl.text. with @mode 3d @matrixoutput 1 (as matrixoutput on works in 3d mode) and get the result of all this, programmatically concat them to one big matrix that you'll be able to throw in jit.geom.

Have fun!