Re: [Glgui-dev] Issues

[SiO2 S. <si...@ne...>]

I'll let you all know what I've come up with Real Soon(tm). ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Franke" <sf...@gl...>
To: <glg...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Glgui-dev] Issues


> > I suggest a fully implemented Bridge.  We can then allow any developers
> who
> > dislike our implementations of the D3D and OpenGL classes extend the
> > abstract base class which defines the interface easily.  Or create a
> simple
> > adapter and integrate their own versions of D3D OpenGL bridge with our
> own.
> > That would also allow a very easy extension to anything else, even (dare
I
> > say it) a software renderer.  Then no ports will be necessary, we can
just
> > derive from GraphicsAPI (or whatever we want to call it.)  This is what
I
> do
> > in my engine, and it is one heck of a timesaver.  Admittedly it will add
> an
> > extra layer, but I think the increased flexibility would be worth it.
>
> This was what I was going to suggest.  As of now, there's a pretty limited
> portion of the GL that needs to be abstracted.  I haven't used d3d in a
long
> time, and don't know how other api's implement similar functionality, so
> I'll leave it to someone else to lay out the abstraction class.  But I'll
> write the opengl version once the base interface is done.
>
> > Also let me say here and now, I love the stl.  I know on a few systems
it
> is
> > still unsupported, but it is the biggest time saver save templates
> > themselves.  I say we should use it to its fullest.
>
> I like it too, but if there are too many support problems, it may not be
> worth using.
>
> > PS. Sorry I haven't been active, school has hit me harder than I thought
> it
> > would.  This is finals week, so hopeful If I survive I should be able to
> get
> > back into the swing of things next week.
>
> Same goes for me.  Except that I'm in my last week of classes and will be
> starting finals next week.  I'm also lining up a job for the summer which
> will include a good bit of time moving, etc.  I may be unable to do much
> work for a few weeks still.  But I'll try to stay a part of the discussion
> and can even spend a few hours here and there to do some simple design /
> programming.
>
> One of the things I'd like to work on next is a more complete shader
class,
> with functionality similar to that in quake3.  But the issues Keith has
> made, as well as some of the others that have been mentioned (other
widgets,
> better text, etc) should take precedence.
>
> Scott Franke [druid-]
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