compact library for creating window + OpenGL context + input handling?

[Mike Parker]

On 1/9/2012 10:13 PM, Trass3r wrote:
>>> Basically something like the SFML Window module, but written in D and
>>> working on Windoze/Linux.
>>
>> GLFW, if all you need is OpenGL (heck, even GLUT maybe).
>
> Isn't GLUT more or less dead and/or usage discouraged?
> Hmm GLFW seems to be no better than SDL.

GLFW is pretty awesome, IMO. Lightweight and doesn't get in your way. 
Version 3 is going to be even better, but the pace of development is 
rather slow. I knocked up a Derelict binding to it a while back, but I'm 
not going to put it in the repository until GLFW 3 is actually released. 
I'd be happy to put it up for download somewhere if anyone wants it. 
Though, I don't guarantee that it's up-to-date. There may have been a 
change or two in the interface since I threw it together.

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>
>> Is there any reason, though? SDL is not dead anymore, and its API is
>> being rewritten with 1.3 (aka SDL2).
>
> SDL in its current form is heavily flawed.
> Who knows when the new one will be ready.
> And it especially still lacks important functionality:
>
> "
> Required
> Sam: Add support for render targets
> Sam: Add support for OpenGL context profiles
> "
>
>
>> Or do you mean written completely in D?
>> (Can't think of anything, maybe GLFW would be (relatively) simple to
>> rewrite?)
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> Yep written in D.
> Object-oriented, modular, no external dependencies.
>
> btw, just remembered there's a basic window creation module and input
> handling code at
> https://github.com/adamdruppe/misc-stuff-including-D-programming-language-web-stuff/blob/master/simpledisplay.d
>
> Could be better though.