Video work (#2326)

* Only use -no-pdf for xelatex rendering

* Instead of tracking du and dv points on surface, track points off the surface in the normal direction

This means that surface shading will not necessarily work well for arbitrary transformations of the surface. But the existing solution was flimsy anyway, and caused annoying issues with singularity points.

* Have density of anchor points on arcs depend on arc length

* Allow for specifying true normals and orientation of Sphere

* Change miter threshold on stroke shader

* Add get_start_and_end to DashedLine

* Add min_total_width option to DecimalNumber

* Have BackgroundRectangle.set_style absorb (and ignore) added configuration

Note, this feels suboptimal

* Add LineBrace

* Update font_size adjustment in Tex

* Add scale_factor parameter to BulletedList.fade_all_but

* Minor import tweaks

* Add play_sound

manimlib/mobject/svg/special_tex.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class BulletedList(VGroup):
         buff: float = MED_LARGE_BUFF,
         aligned_edge: Vect3 = LEFT,
         **kwargs
-    ):  
+    ):
         labelled_content = [R"\item " + item for item in items]
         tex_string = "\n".join([
             R"\begin{itemize}",
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ class BulletedList(VGroup):
 
         self.arrange(DOWN, buff=buff, aligned_edge=aligned_edge)
 
-    def fade_all_but(self, index: int, opacity: float = 0.25) -> None:
+    def fade_all_but(self, index: int, opacity: float = 0.25, scale_factor=0.7) -> None:
+        max_dot_height = max([item[0].get_height() for item in self.submobjects])
         for i, part in enumerate(self.submobjects):
+            trg_dot_height = (1.0 if i == index else scale_factor) * max_dot_height
             part.set_fill(opacity=(1.0 if i == index else opacity))
+            part.scale(trg_dot_height / part[0].get_height(), about_edge=LEFT)
 
 
 class TexTextFromPresetString(TexText):

manimlib/scene/scene.py

@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ from functools import wraps
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from contextlib import ExitStack
 
-from pyglet.window import key as PygletWindowKeys
-
 import numpy as np
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm as ProgressDisplay
+from pyglet.window import key as PygletWindowKeys
 
 from manimlib.animation.animation import prepare_animation
 from manimlib.camera.camera import Camera
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ from manimlib.utils.dict_ops import merge_dicts_recursively
 from manimlib.utils.family_ops import extract_mobject_family_members
 from manimlib.utils.family_ops import recursive_mobject_remove
 from manimlib.utils.iterables import batch_by_property
+from manimlib.utils.sounds import play_sound
 from manimlib.window import Window
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

manimlib/utils/sounds.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import subprocess
+import threading
+import platform
+
 from manimlib.utils.directories import get_sound_dir
 from manimlib.utils.file_ops import find_file
 
@@ -10,3 +14,27 @@ def get_full_sound_file_path(sound_file_name: str) -> str:
         directories=[get_sound_dir()],
         extensions=[".wav", ".mp3", ""]
     )
+
+
+def play_sound(sound_file):
+    """Play a sound file using the system's audio player"""
+    full_path = get_full_sound_file_path(sound_file)
+    system = platform.system()
+
+    if system == "Windows":
+        # Windows
+        subprocess.Popen(
+            ["powershell", "-c", f"(New-Object Media.SoundPlayer '{full_path}').PlaySync()"],
+            shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+    )
+    elif system == "Darwin":
+        # macOS
+        subprocess.Popen(
+            ["afplay", full_path],
+            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+        )
+    else:
+        subprocess.Popen(
+            ["aplay", full_path],
+            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+        )