Fedora 15 Update: python-visual-5.61-1.fc15

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-4211
2011-03-28 05:44:47
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Name        : python-visual
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 5.61
Release     : 1.fc15
URL         : http://vpython.org
Summary     : 3D Programming
Description :
Visual Python makes it easy to create navigable 3D displays and animations,
even for those with limited programming experience. Because it is based on
Python, it also has much to offer for experienced programmers and researchers.

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Update Information:

This update doesn't require Polygon and ttfquery to display most things in vpython.
Without those modules, the following is now working:
"""
The Polygon module is not installed,
   so the text and extrusion objects are unavailable.
The ttfquery and/or FontTools modules are not installed,
   so the text object is unavailable.
"""

Notes from upstream about this update:
"""
With the new VPython 5.61 available at vpython.org you can drag the
mouse across a graph and see crosshairs with the (x,y) value of the
crosshair position, to make it possible to read locations accurately
off the graph. No change is needed to existing programs to get this
behavior.

If you use the controls module (buttons, sliders, menus), you no
longer need to call interact() inside a loop. For backward
compatibility the interact() function is still present but now does
nothing.

A long-standing inconsistency in the label object has been fixed. The
background of a label object's box is now by default the same as
scene.background. You can also set the label's background color.

There are bug fixes to materials.bricks, thanks to Kadir Haldenbilen,
and a bug fix to the machinery that lets VPython run even if the
Polygon and font modules are unavailable (though in this case you
can't use extrusion or text objects).
"""
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update python-visual' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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