Re: Heatbug related inquiries...

[manor]

> >   [heatDisplay setDisplayMappingM: 512 C: 0]; // turn [0,32768) -> [0,64)
> But what does the parameters in setDisplayMappingM:C: mean?
> What does the M and C mean?

>From http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/swarmdocs/src/space.html :

  -setDisplayMappingM: (int) m C: (int) c
       Linear transform of states to colours for drawing.
       color = state / m + c
       If not set, assume m == 1 and c == 0.

> And speaking of "M" why didn't they call that macro M something more
> descriptive instead of M?

Roger or Nelson defined this macro and as far as I recall M is short
for message (or method) and we simply thought it would be less painful
than typing @selector(myMethod).

Manor.

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