The Emboss attribute system was originally designed to allow overlay files, which would allow attributes to be specified without editing the original .emb file -- this is particularly useful in cases where the .emb file is provided by a third party, which is the main reason it has not yet been implemented.
The Emboss attribute system was originally designed to allow overlay files, which would allow attributes to be specified without editing the original
.emb
file -- this is particularly useful in cases where the.emb
file is provided by a third party, which is the main reason it has not yet been implemented.The basic idea is that, given an
.emb
like:You would be able to write a
.emboverlay
file like:The exact details need to be ironed out.