Re: [Vala] opengl and gtk+-3.0

[Sergej Reich <sergej reich googlemail com>]

Am Samstag, den 16.07.2011, 20:36 +0200 schrieb august:
> > Am Freitag, den 24.06.2011, 19:57 +0200 schrieb august:
> > > Is there any way right now to open a GL context up inside of a GTK+3
> > > window using vala?
> >
> > Yes there is, but it's not as straightforward since nobody ported
> > gtkglext yet.
> >
> > You should be able to create the context yourself using glx
> > (not sure about systems without xorg though).
> > I haven't done this myself yet so I'm afraid I cannot help you directly
> > but you can take a look at the glchess source in the gnome-games
> > repository http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-games/ to see an example
> > (chess-view-3d.vala).
> >
> > Hope that helps.
>
>
> Thanks for the link.  I finally got a chance to look at it.  But,
> afaict, the glchess source you mention uses GTK+2's Drawable class and
> glXSwapBuffers to do some indirect drawing in GL.  
>
> What I am after is a straight forward GL context that can easily be used
> in GTK+3.
>
>
> Is there no such thing (using vala or c)?

Sorry for being so late but as far as I know there is no better way
right now.
You should ask the GTK guys, maybe they can help you out.

Regards, Sergej.