[Tdg] OpenGL + linux?

[Alex Norman]

true, though it seems like others want to use the native windowing libraries..
maybe we should do this for X as well?

-Alex

On  0, "Lance J. Putnam" <ljputnam at umail.ucsb.edu> wrote:
> Yes, FLTK is one.  SDL is another option.  I don't know what X gives  
> you.  Anything existing already that is cross-platform and can open a  
> window, give you a GL context, and provide an interface to mouse,  
> keyboard, and joystick will save us a lot of time.
> 
> Lance
> 
> 
> Alex Norman <alex at neisis.net> wrote:
> 
> >By external windowing lib do you mean something on top of X like fltk or
> >something?  No, we don't need to use fltk, we can actually program   
> >for X if we
> >want, I found an example for doing this and it doesn't look very 
> >difficult, I
> >could code it up early this next week.
> >I suggested glut as it was the "quick and dirty" way to get an   
> >opengl context, I
> >figured rama was just wanting to try some stuff out.
> >
> >-Alex
> >
> >On  0, "Lance J. Putnam" <ljputnam at umail.ucsb.edu> wrote:
> >>My question is, are we going to write native OS code or use 3rd party
> >>libs?  I.e. what needs to be built from scratch?  For Linux, we have
> >>to use an external windowing lib anyway, right?  If so, maybe we can
> >>pick the most suitable one for all platforms so we don't have to
> >>completely start over...
> >>
> >>Lance
> >>
> >>Alex Norman <alex at neisis.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I figure glut is the easiest place to start if you're just concerned with
> >>>rendering OpenGL in an X or Aqua (osx's window manager [right?]) window.
> >>>
> >>>-Alex
> >>>
> >>>On  0, Rama Hoetzlein <rch at umail.ucsb.edu> wrote:
> >>>>What do you guys recommend for interfacing to OpenGL on linux? Glut?
> >>>>Will OSX be different?
> >>>>
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