Re: [Glsdk-devel] util. lib brainstorming

[H. H. <hen...@gm...>]

GLFW/GLUT is the thing we should use if they can get a OpenGL3 support and
our extlib can tap into it.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Stefanos A. <sta...@gm...> wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 21:36 +0300, =?ISO-8859-1?Q? Henri_H=E4kkinen _
> wrote:
> > I think having a simple menu bar would also be beneficial for the
> > demos, as you could change some of the demo parameters from that
> > interface. Such as, back face culling, front face winding etc. This is
> > open for a debate.
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Jason McKesson <ko...@gm...>
> > wrote:
> >         Henri Häkkinen wrote:
> >         > - windowing system abstraction? Candidates; GLUT and GLFW.
> >         we could
> >         > also choose to implement our own windowlib that woudl
> >         integrate into
> >         > our GLE. This library would have features for opening
> >         windows,
> >         > creating simple menu bars, input processing etc.
> >
> >         Creating a window with an OpenGL context is the limit of what
> >         we should
> >         provide.
> >
> >         Now, that being said, there is something to be said for being
> >         able to
> >         handle input to some degree. This is mostly for examples and
> >         demos, so
> >         it can wait.
>
> When you implement all this, you are basically left with a less portable,
> buggier(*) version of GLFW/GLUT. There's really no good reason to avoid GLFW
> - it follows the GL naming conventions, is lightweight, simple and to the
> point:
>
> glfwInit();
> /*               w    h  r  g  b  a   d  s  GLFW_WINDOW      */
> glfwOpenWindow(640, 480, 8, 8, 8, 8, 16, 0, GLFW_FULLSCREEN);
>
> while (glfwGetKey() != GLFW_KEY_ESC)    /* Callbacks supported too */
>    glfwSleep(0.01);
>
> glfwTerminate();
>
> Which covers everything the sdk samples are going to need.
>
> (*) Just look at the source code of GLFW. They work around several
> win32/x11/osx bugs so that the library works the same everywhere.
> Speaking from experience, this is no easy feat.
>
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Henri 'henux' Häkkinen