[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!

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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