Re: [gtk-list] RE: gtk and 3d graphics

[Derek Simkowiak <dereks kd-dev com>]

> > Im am new to GTK and MESA.  I was wondering what is the difference between
> > the 2 before I go off and start doing some 3d programming. 

	Gtk+ gives you an easy way to program buttons, scrollbars, menus,
dialog boxes, radio buttons, hierarchical tree displays, etc.  These
things are called "widgets".

	OpenGL (and the Mesa implementation of an "OpenGL-like" protocol)
is just an API for programming graphics--in particular, it makes it easy
to do 3D graphics. 

	Someone else mailed you about a widget that lets you do OpenGL
graphics.  That is probably what you want (unless you want to write a
Quake-like engine, in which case you probably do not want widgets at all).


--Derek