draw different figures instead of points

[cherepanovic]

Hello Fritz,

could you please point me to the position where I could extend the code for other figures (at the moment only points are possible to draw), I would like to extend it for other figures such as pies and so on.

Thanks in advance!

[flekschas]

Unfortunately, this is not possible at the moment and I am not planning to add support for custom shapes/meshes/textures any time soon. Having said that if you're willing to flesh out a PR I am happy to integrate it (if it does not impact the general performance).

Why only dots/points? Well, I created regl-scatterplot to have a interactive scatterplot that scales to millions of points. Other types of shapes are technically possible but I suspect they will harm the overall rendering and interaction performance.

Where would I have to look to draw something other than points? Take a look at drawPoints() and the related vertex shader. We'd need a new function (maybe called drawMesh) and a new vertex shaper. Additionally, for interactivity, I suspect that the cursor/object collision check needs to be updated as well.

[flekschas]

Closing this issue as I don't have any plans to address different shapes any time soon. It might come in v2.