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[Dev-C++] How can I use OpenGL GLUT? (the story of a confused user)

[Martin O. <li...@mi...>]

Hi,


I'm having difficult understand how to use GLUT from the dev-cpp 
platform. My first try was to download GLUT for win32, but I noticed 
that dev-cpp could not use the MSVC .lib file. I googled for awhile and 
then I learned about reimp.exe and I used to to get a proper .a file for 
dev-cpp. However, when I was about to copy the new .a file into the 
dev-cpp lib dir I noticed that it already had a libglut.a and also an 
existing copy of libglut32.a. I thought, strange, and so I reported this 
as a bug because there was no .h file only a file in the lib dir. Then I 
googled some more and I found a reference to freeglut which I thought 
was a great idea. Hence I arrived later at the freeGLUT homepage, here:

http://www.nigels.com/glt/devpak/

Now it says "No longer needed, GLUT is now bundled with Dev-C++", but 
what does that mean? I'm really confused, if GLUT is indeed bundled with 
dev-cpp maybe one could add a GLUT project template right besides the 
OpenGL-project thing? That would simply ALOT for confused people like me!

---

Finally, what is the best way for me to proceed? Is there a preinstalled 
GLUT library+header set somewhere on my computer (im using the latest 
dev-cpp as of today). Where can I find it, how can I use it?


regards,
martin

Re: [Dev-C++] How can I use OpenGL GLUT? (the story of a confused user)

[Scott S. <age...@co...>]

I too couldn't find the header. So I simply used the header that GLUT 
comes with when you download it.

--Scott Simontis--



Martin Olsson wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I'm having difficult understand how to use GLUT from the dev-cpp 
> platform. My first try was to download GLUT for win32, but I noticed 
> that dev-cpp could not use the MSVC .lib file. I googled for awhile 
> and then I learned about reimp.exe and I used to to get a proper .a 
> file for dev-cpp. However, when I was about to copy the new .a file 
> into the dev-cpp lib dir I noticed that it already had a libglut.a and 
> also an existing copy of libglut32.a. I thought, strange, and so I 
> reported this as a bug because there was no .h file only a file in the 
> lib dir. Then I googled some more and I found a reference to freeglut 
> which I thought was a great idea. Hence I arrived later at the 
> freeGLUT homepage, here:
>
> http://www.nigels.com/glt/devpak/
>
> Now it says "No longer needed, GLUT is now bundled with Dev-C++", but 
> what does that mean? I'm really confused, if GLUT is indeed bundled 
> with dev-cpp maybe one could add a GLUT project template right besides 
> the OpenGL-project thing? That would simply ALOT for confused people 
> like me!
>
> ---
>
> Finally, what is the best way for me to proceed? Is there a 
> preinstalled GLUT library+header set somewhere on my computer (im 
> using the latest dev-cpp as of today). Where can I find it, how can I 
> use it?
>
>
> regards,
> martin
>
>
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Re: [Dev-C++] How can I use OpenGL GLUT? (the story of a confused user)

[Martin O. <li...@mi...>]

The problem with that is that the latest GLUT (3.7.6) has a header file 
that works only with non-free products. Additionally I use -Wall and a 
few other such flags and in total there is about 1 page full of 
warnings. There is however only only fatal error in the latest glut.h 
(something about redefining some *CHAR* type.

In general alot of .h files seem to give me strange errors in dev-cpp 
but they work out fine in MSVC. This makes be feel that dev-cpp is a bad 
product, and I would really like to change that because I prefer free 
software.


regards,
martin


Scott Simontis wrote:
> I too couldn't find the header. So I simply used the header that GLUT 
> comes with when you download it.
> 
> --Scott Simontis--
> 
> 
> 
> Martin Olsson wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I'm having difficult understand how to use GLUT from the dev-cpp 
>> platform. My first try was to download GLUT for win32, but I noticed 
>> that dev-cpp could not use the MSVC .lib file. I googled for awhile 
>> and then I learned about reimp.exe and I used to to get a proper .a 
>> file for dev-cpp. However, when I was about to copy the new .a file 
>> into the dev-cpp lib dir I noticed that it already had a libglut.a and 
>> also an existing copy of libglut32.a. I thought, strange, and so I 
>> reported this as a bug because there was no .h file only a file in the 
>> lib dir. Then I googled some more and I found a reference to freeglut 
>> which I thought was a great idea. Hence I arrived later at the 
>> freeGLUT homepage, here:
>>
>> http://www.nigels.com/glt/devpak/
>>
>> Now it says "No longer needed, GLUT is now bundled with Dev-C++", but 
>> what does that mean? I'm really confused, if GLUT is indeed bundled 
>> with dev-cpp maybe one could add a GLUT project template right besides 
>> the OpenGL-project thing? That would simply ALOT for confused people 
>> like me!
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Finally, what is the best way for me to proceed? Is there a 
>> preinstalled GLUT library+header set somewhere on my computer (im 
>> using the latest dev-cpp as of today). Where can I find it, how can I 
>> use it?
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> martin
>>
>>
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Re: [Dev-C++] How can I use OpenGL GLUT? (the story of a confused user)

[Gustavo L. <gl...@qa...>]

There is a free version of glut: freeglut. It cames in a devpack so you can easily install and use it.
You can download it from: (http://devpaks.org)