vrml1to97/README.md
Glen Whitney b95e2e21e3 feat: Handle additional syntax
* Converts all Lighting nodes into the output
  * Translates Title Info and SceneInfo Info into a WorldInfo node
  * Translates Viewer Info into a NavigationInfo node
  * Captures the creaseAngle parameter
  * Also, this commit documents the API (such as it is)
  Resolves #9.
  Resolves #10.
2023-09-11 00:12:44 -07:00

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# vrml1to97
JavaScript converter from VRML 1.0 to VRML97 file format, based on Wings 3D
conversion logic.
Essentially, this is a JavaScript reimplementation of the algorithm of the
"token rearranger" found in the
[Wings 3D x3d importer](https://github.com/dgud/wings/blob/master/plugins_src/import_export/x3d_import.erl)
(which was written in Erlang).
## Usage
From an es6 module under Node (for example)
```js
import {convert} from 'vrml1to97'
const vrml1spec = '# VRML 1.0 ....'
const vrml97spec = convert(vrml1spec)
```
or from a script in a webpage
```js
(async () => {
const vrml1to97 = await import('./dist/vrml1to97/index.js')
const vrml1spec = '# VRML 1.0 ....'
const vrml97spec = vrml1to97.convert(vrml1spec)
})()
```
or from the command line via node
```shell
npx vrml1to97 < old.wrl > shinynew.wrl
```
## API
Currently this package exports just two functions:
* convert(vrml1: string): string
The main function, takes in VRML 1 syntax (note that it does not
actually check that its input is VRML 1, so its behavior is undefined
if given anything but valid VRML 1 syntax). Returns VRML 97 syntax for
the same scene, as nearly as it can translate. Note that not all of
VRML 1 is recognized, and some of the translations may be somewhat
approximate.
* tree97(vrml1: string): Tree
Takes the same input as convert, but rathre than returning a string, it
returns a very rough syntax tree for the converted VRML97 scene. The
returned Tree data structure is an object whose keys are property names
and whose values are lists of either strings or sub-Trees. Note however
that this syntax tree does not represent a complete parse; since VRML 1
and VRML97 are close, whole blocks of syntax are left as strings rather
than broken into node names and property values. If there is a need to
generate XML syntax output, for example, the code would need to be
modified to break the tree down further to be ready for conversion to XML.