Re: How to use OpenGL with Gtkmm 3?

[dAgeCKo <dagecko free fr>]

Also, I just could find an old discussion about gtkglext and gtk-3:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtkglext-list/2011-July/msg00000.html

Le 27/03/2013 00:59, Yoann LE BARS a écrit :
> Hello everybody out there!
>
>         When you look at GtkGlExt-list archive (e.g.
> <http://www.mail-archive.com/gtkglext-list gnome org/index.html>), you
> can see there has been some discussion about a version of GtkGlExt for
> Gtk+ 3. According to the Git repository (e.g.
> <https://github.com/tdz/gtkglext>), last changes in development version
> has been made nine months ago.
>
>         This project is probably not dashing, but it may be a bit too rush to
> call it dead just now.
>
> On 26/03/2013 15:54, Jonas Platte wrote:
> > You could use the SFMLWidget:
>
> SFML is definitively a very good library, but it is not dedicated to
> OpenGL (though it do it very well). It comes with much more. Depending
> on what you are doing, it may be an advantage, or not.
>
>         Also, GtkGlExt (and GtkGlExtmm) can give OpenGL capability to any
> widget. I guess not many are using GtkGlExt on something else but a
> drawing area, but this is still an interesting feature. While SFML is
> not just a drawing library, it would be pointless to give SFML
> capability to any widget.
>
>         Therefore, this is a good thing to have SFMLWidget, but GtkGlExtmm can
> also be quite useful. As far as I know, there is not that much to be
> done to get a stable version of GtkGlExt being compatible with Gtk+ 3
> and OpenGL 3 and 4. But it seems that developers whom have been involved
> in GtkGlExt development cannot finish the work to be done – whatever the
> reason, this is open software and mostly voluntary work, there can be
> several very good reasons for this.
>
>         I plan to volunteer in participating in GtkGlExt development, even to
> become maintainer if needed. But, I will be busy on several other things
> until the end of this month, and I still have to self train on Gtk+
> internals before being efficient.
>
>         Best regards.
>
>                                                         Yoann
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