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- This directory and its subdirectories contains the OpenGL Utility
- Toolkit (GLUT) distribution. See the NOTICE for legal terms.
-
- VERSION:
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- Release 3.2, November 26, 1996.
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- SUPPORTED MACHINES:
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- This distribution should compile for:
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- o DEC Alpha workstation running OSF/1 and OpenVMS with Open3D
- layered product.
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- o IBM RS/6000 workstations running AIX with OpenGL support.
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- o Metro Link's Metro OpenGL for Linux.
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- o SGI workstation running IRIX 5.2 or higher supporting OpenGL,
- including 64-bit and N32 support IRIX 6.1 and 6.2.
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- o Template Graphics Software's OpenGL for Sun workstations.
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- o Mesa 1.2 (and 1.1) for Unix workstations, including Linux PCs
- and SunOS 4.1.x.
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- MAKEFILE GENERATION TO BUILD GLUT: <-- IMPORTANT!
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- 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".
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- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GLUT:
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- See FAQ.glut
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- CONTENTS OVERVIEW BY DIRECTORY:
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- GL - GLUT interface header files
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- lib - source code for GLUT libraries
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- glut - GLUT library implementation
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- fglut - GLUT FORTRAN bindings.
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- glut.n32 - IRIX 6.2 "N32" version of the GLUT library.
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- fglut.n32 - IRIX 6.2 "N32" version of the GLUT library.
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- glut.n64 - 64-bit version of the GLUT library.
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- fglut.n64 - 64-bit version of the GLUT library.
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- test - test programs for GLUT library
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- progs - programs using GLUT
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- examples - misc. GLUT examples
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- redbook - examples from the OpenGL Programming Guide ported to GLUT
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- contrib - contributed GLUT examples
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- demos - more involved OpenGL demos using GLUT
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- fortran - GLUT FORTRAN examples
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- DOCUMENTATION:
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- See the other README files in this directory. There is a complete
- specification for GLUT API version 3 in PostScript available by
- anonymous ftp accompanying this distribution.
-
- TWO SHAMELESS BUT HOPEFULLY HELPFUL PLUGS:
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- 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).
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- I've written a book titled "Programming OpenGL for the X Window System"
- (ISBN: 0-201-48359-9) published by Addison-Wesley. It includes both a
- complete tutorial and documentation for GLUT, as well as a full
- explanation of using OpenGL with the X Window System's Xlib and
- Xt/Motif interfaces. If you use GLUT, I believe you'll find this
- book very informative.
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- BUG REPORTING:
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- Send bug reports by electronic mail to mjk@sgi.com
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- Questions of a general interest about GLUT will be answered on the
- comp.graphics.api.opengl newsgroup.
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
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- 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 and Nate Robbins at the Univeristy of Utah 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.
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- - Mark Kilgard
- mjk@sgi.com
-