Re: [gl4java-usergroup] Your opinion/experience/ideas about GL4Java - Mac Port / Demos / Etc.

[Olivier M. <Oli...@cy...>]

Sven Goethel wrote:

> please send your opinion/experience/ideas about GL4Java's:
>         - MacPort

I didn't tryed it yet, but sounds good. I will port my Linux stuff to
that platform soon.

>         - Linux Port

Works fine for me. However, I regret that sometimes, crashes are really
heavy (generate a core dump of several MB) and hard to debug (always
crash in the gljSwap() when the error lies much earlier in the gl*
methods). I also noticed some strange flickering when the CPU load is
high (but this might be difficult to avoid).

>         - SGI Port

Never tryed.

>         - Win32 Port

Nice (I just tryed the applets) and will port my Linux stuff to Win32
soon.

>         - Demos

Very good to:
1) see that it really works well (fast, covers all OpenGL / GLU / GLUT),

2) help programmer a lot to develop, test and understand GL4Java!

>         - API (Application Programming Interface) / Classes / ...

Clean.

>         - Installation

On Linux, using rpm would be a more standard way of installing GL4Java
(and also would allow it to be included in most distributions (RedHat,
SuSE, etc.).
On Windows, why not use a standard setup program which is more familiar
and easy for end users ?

I also appreciate a lot that GL4Java can do both applets and standalone
apps.
I will love to test it with 3D hardware acceleration (with the new
upcoming RedHat 7.0 or SuSE 7.0 and XFree-4.0.1).

Congrats Sven! I encourage you to continue this great work!
I hope this feedback helps.

-Olivier