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Archives updating
by Timothy Wegner 19 Jun '21

19 Jun '21

The archive links for the fractint list are working, but the list archives appear not to be updating. I have asked support about this. While I don't think the low traffic is the problem, we might be advised to post a few more messages in case there's some threshold before newer messages get archived. Tim

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Chebyshev 3D YouTube Movie
by Mike Frazier 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

I made a YouTube movie of flying around in a Chebyshev 3D fractal. Using a browser it can be viewed as a VR 360 degree movie so you can look around in any direction even when the movie is paused. If you have a VR headset it also looks good in those using the YouTube app for Playstation or Occulus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iyYSCYjBt4&feature=youtu.be This is the same fractal I posted back in 2012 on this page: http://www.fracton.org/fmlposts/chebyshev.html -- Mike Frazier www.fracton.org

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Sorry, I've forgotten - what to do about this Fractint SDL error?
by david 17 Jan '20

17 Jan '20

./XFractint: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2_ttf-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I got a shiny new laptop for Christmas/birthday/future years to come - Dell XPS 15 7590 (i9, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVME SSD, 4k HDR display) and did a fresh installation of Linux on it. Whatever I may have done before that made it work. Would love to see how XFractint handles 4K resolution! Also, the most recent alpha I have is 2019-0915. Is there a newer one? Thanks. -- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com

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// RE: Congratulations on your 4K resolution, David! //
by Harold Lane 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Congratulations on your 4K resolution, David! - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ######################## -----Original Message----- From: Fractint <fractint-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com> On Behalf Of david Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 12:44 AM To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Fractint] Sorry, I've forgotten - what to do about this Fractint SDL error? On 1/13/20 1:03 PM, Jonathan Osuch wrote: > David, > >> ./XFractint: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2_ttf- >> 2.0.so.0: >> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory >> >> I got a shiny new laptop for Christmas/birthday/future years to come >> - >> Dell XPS 15 7590 (i9, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVME SSD, 4k HDR display) and did >> a >> fresh installation of Linux on it. Whatever I may have done before >> that >> made it work. Would love to see how XFractint handles 4K resolution! > > Since I can't ever remember how to set things up, I put the information > in the Setup_CodeBlocks.txt file: > > For general users: > On a Debian based system (like Ubuntu): > Need to run: sudo apt-get intall libsdl2-2.0 > Need to run: sudo apt-get install libsdl2-ttf2.0-0 Thanks, Jonathan. On Debian Buster (Debian 10), the first package exists. The second wasn't found. When I tried using Synaptic, "libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0" was found. Don't know if the Setup_CodeBlocks.txt file needs to be updated? >> Also, the most recent alpha I have is 2019-0915. Is there a newer >> one? > > That is the latest. I am currently working on some fixes for how > directories are delt with. Also have fixed a problem with generating > parameter files. Thanks. Tried updating the fractint.cfg file with a 256-color entry for 4K (3840x2160) resolution, but selecting it only makes XFractint SDL abruptly vanish. Yet starting with the default window size (640x480 and stock mandelbrot) I can maximize the window and XFractint happily re-renders it at 4K resolution. It looks wonderful! :) :) :) -- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint

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