burito / opengl

A "simple" opengl window example that does it right.

GUI

This is a "simple" example of how to create an OpenGL application on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that correctly deals with...

• Alt-Tabbing
• Multiple Monitors
• Xbox Controllers
• Icons
• Changing to and from fullscreen

Build Environment

Windows

• Install mingw-w64-install.exe
• Install http://msysgit.github.io/
• Put their /bin directories in your PATH.
• Install ImageMagick

Mac OS X Yosemite

• Install XCode

Debian & Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install a56 imagemagick git-core libglu1-mesa-dev libxi-dev ocl-icd-opencl-dev mingw-w64 

If cross compiling, copy the OpenCL library and headers from the Windows setup to /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/

Build Instructions

git clone [e-mail]:burito/opengl.git		# if you're using ssh
cd opengl
make -j8		# if you have 8 threads

By default, it will build the binary native for your platform.

make gui		# builds the default linux binary
make gui.exe	# builds the default windows binary
make gui.app	# builds the default OSX binary

Usage

• ESC quits.
• F11 Toggles Fullscreen.

Please refer to the articles at...

http://danpburke.blogspot.com.au

...for the complete set of ramblings.