[sdljava-users] Getting the lay of the land

[John M. G. <joh...@ya...>]

Hi,

I'm just dipping my toes into doing some Java 3D stuff,
and it looks like I've got about three options:

JOGL,
LWJGL, and
sdljava

I'm hoping someone can fill me in on some of the pros and
cons of the different toolkits, and why I might want to
use sdljava. I'm mostly interested in small physics
simulations (hobbyist stuff).

I'm running Fedora Core 4, and trying to go with an all-
free software setup. I want to natively compile with GCJ
and run with libgcj + Classpath.

So, here goes:

1. It looks like sdljava has recently removed it's J2SDK 1.5
dependencies. Was this done for compatibility with GCJ &
Classpath?

2. I noticed that there's a gljava page:
http://gljava.sourceforge.net/ . Is there currently an
effort going on to compartmentalize the OpenGL part out
of sdljava? Can I use gljava without sdljava?

3. I'd originally started my search looking for a simple
Java wrapper around freeglut. Is there such a beast roaming
the countryside? :) *That* plus gljava would probably be
just what I'm looking for...

4. How do I open a window for drawing in with sdljava?
Do I need to use JOGL? AWT? Swing? (Again, maybe this
is back to freeglut).

5. Why no sdljava-specific group at
http://www.javagaming.org/ ?

By the way, I'm starting to keep a small info page on
this stuff here:
http://www.simisen.com/jmg/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.JavaOpenGL
Maybe it'll turn into something useful.

Thanks,
---John



		
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