Mark Kilgard (mjk++at++hoot.asd.sgi.com)
Mon, 9 Sep 1996 18:51:24 -0700 (PDT)
> Has anybody used Performer with the GLUT (OpenGL Utility Toolkit)? Anybody
> have any comments on this combination?
If you avoided the window system dependent code in IRIS Performer and
just wanted to use the low-level rendering code (ie, libpr I think),
you probably could use IRIS Performer and GLUT.
If you get the GLUT 3.1 distribution, you'll notice there are two small
examples of using Open Inventor's non-window system dependent code (ie,
libInventor, not libInventorXt) with GLUT. Presumably the same thing
could be done with GLUT.
Note that if you used IRIS Performer with GLUT, it may be impossible
(or maybe just difficult) to use all the multiprocessing features that
make Performer so effective.
I'm not sure why you'd want to do this since I believe IRIS Performer's
basic windowing interface is easy to use and standard with Performer.
If you have no idea what GLUT is, it is a simple, portable toolkit for
using OpenGL. Find out more from:
http://reality.sgi.com/mjk_asd/glut3/glut3.html
http://reality.sgi.com/mjk_asd/OpenGLforX.html
- Mark
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