Re: gtkglarea in core gtk+

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 15:47 -0400, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Now that gtk+ depends on glitz, I'd like to see an OpenGL widget make
> its way in to the gtk+ core.  I am interested in seeing gtkglarea be
> used as the base of that widget, since its footprint is small and would
> be easy to maintain.  I'd prefer to put my time in to building the
> widget in the core rather than bringing the gtkglarea module up to
> modern standards.
> 
> Thoughts?  Does an OpenGL widget belong in the core?  Would folks like
> to see a heavier-weight library such as GtkGLExt used instead?

Current state of discussion seems to be that we don't need an OpenGL
widget, but the ability to enable OpenGL rendering in any widget.  That
will be similar to how cairo integration works currently.

The reason GtkGlEXT is heavy is that it wraps all OpenGL calls.  I have
not looked into it enough to know why, but you probably should :).

Please follow up in this bug:

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=opengl

> Cheers,
> 
> C.J.

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