OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) 3.1 dist

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Welcome to Release 3.1, May 3, 1996, of
the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) software distribution
as described in Mark Kilgard's articles published in The X Journal.

All the material contained in this subtree hails from Mark's web tree located at:
http://reality.sgi.com/employees/mjk_asd/

In this subtree, along with the GLUT 3.1 software distribution, you will also find these files and directories:

Also, located in the toolbox/documents/OpenGL subtree, is the ever-growing series of articles on GLUT in

What follows is the README file, slightly extended, from the 3.1 distribution...

This directory and its subdirectories contains the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) distribution. See the NOTICE for legal terms.

VERSION:

Release 3.1, May 3, 1996.

SUPPORTED MACHINES:

This distribution should compile for:

MAKEFILE GENERATION TO BUILD GLUT: <-- IMPORTANT!

Use mkmkfiles.sgi to put Makefiles using the SGI Makefile conventions in place. Use mkmkfiles.imake to put Makefiles generated from Imakefiles in place. Run one of these two commands in this directory, then do a "make".
[On the Toolbox, we have already done the equivalent of running mkmkfiles.imake throughout the toolbox/src/exampleCode/opengl/GLUT subtree --DTjanitor]

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GLUT:

See glut-faq.html (HTML) or FAQ.glut (ASCII) versions

CONTENTS OVERVIEW BY DIRECTORY:

DOCUMENTATION:

See the other README files in this directory:

There is a complete specification for GLUT API version 3 in html and PostScript [see top of this file, --DTjanitor].

OTHER FILES:

SHAMELESS BUT HOPEFULLY HELPFUL PLUG:

Since November 1994, The X Journal carries a column on OpenGL that I write. Each column uses GLUT for the examples. If you are looking to learn about OpenGL, this may be a good place. The X Journal (ISSN 1056-7003) is published six times per year, bimonthly by SIGS Publications, 71 West 23rd St, 3rd floor, NY, NY 10010, 212-242-7447. Subscription rates - one year (six issues) individual: $39 domestic; $64 Canada and Mexico; $79 foreign; institutional: $99 domestic; $124 Canada and Mexico; $139 foreign. Send address changes and subscription orders to: The X Journal, PO Box 5050, Brentwood, TN 37024-5050. For service on current subscriptions, call 800-361-1279(v); or 215-785-6073(f); or subscriptions@sigs.com (email).

BUG REPORTING:

Send bug reports by electronic mail to mjk@sgi.com

Questions of a general interest about GLUT will be answered on the comp.graphics.api.opengl newsgroup.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Much thanks to OpenGL engineers at DEC, IBM, Metro Link, Microsoft, SGI, Sun, and TGS as well as Brian Paul from the University of Wisconsin for helping me ensure the portability of this code to non-SGI graphics platforms. Also thank you to GLUT users who supplied me with feedback and bug fixes. 

- Mark Kilgard
  mjk@sgi.com
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