ANNOUNCE: GtkGLExt 0.5.0

[Naofumi Yasufuku <naofumi users sourceforge net>]

Hello everyone,

GtkGLExt, OpenGL Extension to GTK, version 0.5.0 has been released.

  http://gtkglext.sourceforge.net/

It provides the GDK objects which support OpenGL rendering in GTK,
and gtk_widget API add-ons to make GTK+ widgets OpenGL-capable.
As opposed to Jane Loff's GtkGLArea, it does not provide any OpenGL
widget, but an interface to use OpenGL on *ANY* GTK+ widget. 


This release includes some important feature enhancements and 
lots of new API functions.

  * GdkGLWindow and GdkGLPixmap have been changed to be derived
    from GdkDrawable. Programmers can now use GdkDrawable API
    against GdkGLWindow and GdkGLPixmap objects.

  * Win32 GdkGLWindow and GdkGLPixmap implementation have been
    rewritten.

  * GdkGLConfig API has improved.

  * Mesa-specific GLX extensions are supported as option.

  * New examples for mixing OpenGL and GDK rendering.

and more...


Could you please try it and tell me your comments?


General Information
===================

GtkGLExt is an OpenGL extension to GTK 2.0 or later.

This package is composed of GdkGLExt library and GtkGLExt library.
GdkGLExt library includes low-level OpenGL related objects,
GdkGLConfig, GdkGLContext, GdkGLDrawable, GdkGLWindow, and so on,
which has GLX like interface. GtkGLExt library includes high-level
gtk_widget API add-on using GdkGLExt, which extends *ANY* GTK+ widget
to an OpenGL-capable widget.

The official web site is:
  http://gtkglext.sourceforge.net/

The official download & development information site is:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkglext/


Supported Platforms
===================

Currently GtkGLExt supports

  * UNIX platforms
      Tested under Linux (RedHat 7.3) and IRIX (6.5).

  * Win32 platforms
      Tested under Windows XP & 2000 Professional using MinGW/Cygwin
      environment.


Thank you,

-- 
Naofumi Yasufuku  <naofumi users sourceforge net>

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay