From edd21b3f4e6fda6a4e6a93932aabe4cf46a62ab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:30:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message ***

---
 panda/src/text/config_text.cxx | 4 ++--
 panda/src/text/config_text.h   | 8 +++++---
 panda/src/text/textNode.cxx    | 8 +++++---
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/panda/src/text/config_text.cxx b/panda/src/text/config_text.cxx
index 1af2eb2050..795df43b7f 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/config_text.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/text/config_text.cxx
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 #include <dconfig.h>
 
 Configure(config_text);
-
-NotifyCategory &text_cat = *Notify::ptr()->get_category(":text");
+NotifyCategoryDef(text, "");
 
 ConfigureFn(config_text) {
   TextNode::init_type();
 }
 
+const bool flatten_text = config_text.GetBool("flatten-text", true);
diff --git a/panda/src/text/config_text.h b/panda/src/text/config_text.h
index 4e6c4440bd..45725fdf8d 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/config_text.h
+++ b/panda/src/text/config_text.h
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 #define CONFIG_TEXT_H
 
 #include <pandabase.h>
-#include <notify.h>
+#include <notifyCategoryProxy.h>
 
-// Configure variables for text package.
+class DSearchPath;
 
-extern NotifyCategory &text_cat;
+NotifyCategoryDecl(text, EXPCL_PANDA, EXPTP_PANDA);
+
+extern const bool flatten_text;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx b/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx
index 730e12dc4b..74a438d2fe 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx
@@ -469,9 +469,11 @@ rebuild() {
   // Now flatten our hierarchy to get rid of the transforms we put in,
   // applying them to the vertices.
 
-  SceneGraphReducer gr(RenderRelation::get_class_type());
-  gr.apply_transitions(_root);
-  gr.flatten(_root, true);
+  if (flatten_text) {
+    SceneGraphReducer gr(RenderRelation::get_class_type());
+    gr.apply_transitions(_root);
+    gr.flatten(_root, true);
+  }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////