Re: [Freeglut-developer] RE: Hello ... and Windows problems

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Don Heyse wrote:

> I don't remember seeing a fix for the glutMainLoop behavior, and I
> ran in to too many other problems on the Windows version of freeglut
> to make the switch.  For example, the freeglut implementation of the
> glut menus is rather clever, but it relies on a double buffered
> program running at a decent frame rate.

That's certainly true - and for programs that *do* work that way, it's
a very nice implementation - but for those that don't, it's a disaster.

> I don't think multiple
> freeglut windows work at all in the Windows version.

I wasn't aware of that - it's pretty serious.

> It would be nice if someone with plenty of time on their hands
> could pick up the slack and fill in some of the missing pieces
> and generate a new release for Windows, but I don't have that
> kind of time right now.

It can often be a problem finding Windows developers to do these
kinds of things.  After all, they have a perfectly reasonable
GLUT implementation already.  The main reason to want freeglut
at all is for reasons of OpenSource fanaticism - and OpenSource
fanatics don't generally used closed-source operating systems!

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