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General / Is " <T> " a convention always referring to Template?

« on: January 22, 2015, 10:40:18 am »

Hi

Just to be clear on something as I read through my lessons: When Capital T (e.g. in <T> ) is used, is that an informal or even a formal 'reserved word' referring to Templates?

OF

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General / Need definition for Translate

« on: January 19, 2015, 06:06:38 am »

Hi
I can't find the introductory definition for 'Translate' in the context of Transform.
I see many references to it, e.g.

          sf::Transform t;
          t.translate(10, 100);

But I'm not 'getting' it.  What does it do?  Does it add a value to a value, does it move something, is it needed for calculating other Transform functions such as rotate() or scale(), without which those functions could not work?  I started back at the main SFML page, opened every tutorial category until my search found the word, but even there, in the first mention of 'translate', I saw only a reference to it, not an actual explanation for it.

Thanks to whomever can bring me up to speed on this.
OF