DWT-linux OpenGL Support Added

Jesse Phillips jessekphillips at gmail.com
Sat Mar 1 16:56:09 PST 2008


On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:22:54 -0800, John Reimer wrote:

> * Added OpenGL Support to DWT-Linux
> 
> In order to test the opengl snippet from the dwt-samples project, you
> will need to use Derelict (installed via dsss or manually).
> 
> The GLCanvas surface allows you to use OpenGL via DerelictGL/GLU or via
> standard GL import modules. However, Derelict is the preferred method of
> GL support because of its simple GL version/extension loading mechanism.
> 
> Please test this feature. On my system, linux and win32 vesions of the
> opengl test snippet run, but the linux version displays a filled/opaque
> rotating donut while the windows version shows a wire-frame rotating
> donut. I welcome any feedback. :)
> 
> My apologies for my delay in adding this.
> 
> -JJR

I ran the example on my Debian linux and get the wire-frame rotating 
donut. Everything worked smoothly, I also added a prebuild warning in the 
dsss.conf file of the samples that says Derelict must be installed, Frank 
I've sent the bundle to Frank so it should be up when he stops by. It 
also includes more snippets.


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