If I had 3 lines of manim text,
l = TextMobject("Line 1")
l2 = TextMobject("Line 2")
l3 = TextMobject("Line 3")
and I wanted to animate them all together, how would I do that? I'm looking for something easier to type and more pythonic than
v = np.array([-3, 2, 0]) # Vector to translate the text by
self.play(ApplyMethod(l.shift, v), ApplyMethod(l2.shift, v), ApplyMethod(l3.shift, v))
Something more like:
lines = [l, l2, l3]
g = GroupMobjects(*lines)
v = np.array([-3, 2, 0]) # Vector
self.play(ApplyMethod(g.shift, v))
Where I just made up the GroupMobjects syntax for the above example.
I've looked at using VGroup, and it seems like a good match for what I'm trying to accomplish, but the problem is that I have no clue how to use it, and manim doesn't have the best documentation (although for a good reason).
Any solutions would be appreciated.
There are two types of containers in Manim, Groups and VGroups, the difference is that VGroups can only contain VMobjects (objects based on Bezier curves), whereas Groups can be of other types like Images (you cannot group images in VGroups, only in Groups).
As I have already explained here, the complete documentation does not exist, only parts (EulerTour and TB). If you want to learn how they are used, I can leave this and this links, but in general, for now, you will have to learn from the source code (VGroup is a subclass of VMobject, and VMobject is a subclass of Mobject).