Re: [Mesa3d-users] When to include <gl.h> and <glext.h>?

[Brian P. <br...@vm...>]

vinit bansal wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> I have one basic question.
> I am using MESA 7.4 in my test application which uses openGL 1.1 as well 
> as 2.0 program.
>  
> I am little confused about when to include <gl.h> and when <glext.h>
>  
> My understanding is:
> for openGL 1.1/1.2/1.3  include<gl.h>
>  
> otherwise for higher version:
> include <glext.h>
>  
> just like we have gl.h and gl2.h, same in MESA we have gl.h and glext.h?
>  
> correct me if i am wrong.

glext.h is included by gl.h so all you ever have to include is gl.h.

At least that's the way it's supposed to work.  I haven't looked at 
other vendors' gl.h headers in a while.

-Brian