- Mention that OpenGL ES can be run directly on desktop platforms
with a command line argument.
- Remove notice about some OpenGL features being unimplemented,
as the Compatibility rendering is pretty much feature-complete
as of 4.3.
- Update URL for the Vulkan rendering driver to follow RenderingDeviceDriver
changes.
- Fix incorrect notice about the D3D12 rendering driver transpiling
GLSL to HLSL (it transpiles SPIR-V to DXIL instead).
- List Wayland dependency and packages on most distributions.
- Use `sudo` on distributions that are set up to use it by default.
- Use unattended install-friendly commands (e.g. `-y` switch).
- Mention required commands to run before installing, such as
`apt-get update`.
- Fix install commands on some distributions:
- Alpine no longer packages libexecinfo since 3.17, so it was removed
from the list.
- Solus requires `-c` for `system.devel`.
- Reorder distributions so they're in alphabetical order.
GDB pretty-printers were recently added for a couple Godot types.
They make the GDB debugger variable display more readable, so let's
document their existence for developers.
cf. godot/godot#91280
Removes an unnecessary and potentially confusing comparison of annotations to keywords and generally improves wording in the GDScript Basics tutorial. A new page to the Contributing section has been added for scripting development guidelines. This new page hosts suggestions on when annotations should be implemented in GDScript.
This line can be simplified from:
`If installing Visual Studio 2017 or 2019, make sure to enable **C++** in
the list of workflows to install.`
To:
`Make sure to enable **C++** in the list of workflows to install.`
This line is not needed as we don't support 2015 anymore:
`If installing Visual Studio 2015, make sure to run a **Custom**
installation instead of **Typical** and select **C++** as a language there.`
This can be simplified from:
`If you've already made the mistake of installing Visual Studio without
C++ support, run the installer again; it should present you a **Modify** button.`
To:
`If you've already installed Visual Studio without C++ support, run the installer
again; it should present you a **Modify** button.`
From my checking on my system, this line is no longer true, so we can remove it:
`Running the installer from *Add/Remove Programs* will only give you
a **Repair** option, which won't let you install C++ tools.`
Now we can move the simplified text up so that the reader does not have to dig through the entire document to find that important bit of information, while not making the text at the top much longer due removing outdated information.
This allows users to leave comments on pages that don't have
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Being independent of the Godot version allows keeping old comments
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