This directory and its subdirectories contains the OpenGL Utility
Toolkit (GLUT) distribution. See the NOTICE for legal terms.
VERSION:
Release 3.7, May 7, 1998.
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS:
This distribution should compile for:
o Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT with SGI OpenGL for Windows
(aka Cosmo OpenGL) and/or Microsoft OpenGL 1.1.
o SGI workstation running IRIX 5.2 or higher supporting OpenGL,
including 64-bit and N32 support IRIX 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, and
6.5.
o DEC Alpha workstation running OSF/1 and OpenVMS with Open3D
layered product.
o IBM RS/6000 workstations running AIX with OpenGL support.
o Metro Link's Metro OpenGL for Linux.
o Template Graphics Software's OpenGL for Sun workstations.
o Mesa 2.x (and 1.x) for Unix workstations, including Linux PCs
and SunOS 4.1.x.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 and NT BUILD INSTRUCTIONS: <-- IMPOARTANT!
Read the "README.win" accompanying file. The short instructions if you
have Microsoft's Visual C++ compiler is to run the "glutmake" batch
file. You may need to edit "glutwin32.mak" to indicate your compiler
location.
MAKEFILE GENERATION TO BUILD GLUT: <-- IMPORTANT!
Use "mkmkfiles.sgi" to put Makefiles using the SGI Makefile conventions
in place. Use "mkmkfiles.imake" to put Makefiles generated from
Imakefiles in place. Run one of these two commands in this directory,
then do a "make".
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GLUT:
See FAQ.glut
CONTENTS OVERVIEW BY DIRECTORY:
GL - GLUT interface header files
lib - source code for GLUT libraries
glut - GLUT library implementation
mui - Tom Davis's GLUT-based micro-UI user interface library
gle - Linas Vepstas's GLE Tubing & Extrusions library
fglut - GLUT FORTRAN bindings (IRIX only)
glut.n32 - "N32" version of the GLUT library (IRIX only).
fglut.n32 - "N32" version of the GLUT library (IRIX only).
glut.n64 - 64-bit version of the GLUT library (IRIX only).
fglut.n64 - 64-bit version of the GLUT library (IRIX only).
mui.n32 - "N32" version of micro-UI library (IRIX only).
mui.n64 - 64-bit version of micro-UI library (IRIX only).
gle.n32 - "N32" version of GLE Tubing & Extrusions library (IRIX only).
gle.n64 - 64-bit version of GLE Tubing & Extrusions library (IRIX only).
test - test programs
glut - GLUT library tests
mui - micro-UI library test
progs - programs using GLUT
examples - misc. GLUT examples
redbook - examples from the OpenGL Programming Guide ported to GLUT
advanced - GLUT examples demonstrating advanced OpenGL rendering
techniques. The programs are largely based on the SIGGRAPH '96
course taught by David Blythe and Tom McReynolds.
contrib - contributed GLUT examples
demos - more involved OpenGL demos using GLUT
fortran - GLUT FORTRAN examples
glc - An example of using OpenGL's Character Rendering API
included in IRIX 6.2 and beyond.
inventor - Two GLUT-based Open Inventor examples.
mesademos - Ports to GLUT of programs developed by Brian Paul
that are distributed with Mesa.
texfont - Tools and demos for using texture mapped fonts.
tiff - Examples of using Sam Leffler's libtiff library for
reading, display, and writing TIFF image files.
ada - Examples using the GLUT ADA binding.
DOCUMENTATION:
See the other README files in this directory. There is a complete
specification for GLUT API version 3 in PostScript available by
anonymous ftp accompanying this distribution. GLUT includes a full set
of nroff man pages for the GLUT API version 3. nroff man pages for
GLE are also included.
ACCOMPANYING DATA FILES:
Another separate GLUT data distribution contains a "data" subdirectory
containing large data files used by some of the examples in the
"progs/advanced" subdirectory. See the file "progs/advanced/README"
for more details.
GLUT MAILING LIST:
To subscribe to the GLUT mailing list, send an electronic mail message
with the word "subscribe" in the first line of the message to
glut-request@perp.com Messages intended for the GLUT mailing list can
be sent to glut@prep.com
A SHAMELESS BUT HOPEFULLY HELPFUL PLUG:
I've written a book titled "Programming OpenGL for the X Window System"
(ISBN: 0-201-48359-9) published by Addison-Wesley. It includes both a
complete tutorial and documentation for GLUT, as well as a full
explanation of using OpenGL with the X Window System's Xlib and
Xt/Motif interfaces. If you use GLUT, I believe you'll find this
book very informative. See:
http://reality.sgi.com/mjk/OpenGLforX.html
BUG REPORTING:
Send bug reports by electronic mail to mjk@nvidia.com (I now work
for NVIDIA Corporation, not Silicon Graphics).
Questions of a general interest about GLUT will be answered on the
comp.graphics.api.opengl newsgroup.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Much thanks to OpenGL engineers at DEC, IBM, Microsoft, SGI, Sun, and
TGS. Of particular mention are Brian Paul from the University of
Wisconsin, Nate Robins at the Univeristy of Utah, and Craig Groeschel
of Metro Link Inc. for helping me ensure the portability of this code
to non-SGI graphics platforms. Also thank you to GLUT users who
supplied me with feedback and bug fixes.
Nate Robin's effort to combine his Win32 GLUT with GLUT 3.5 were most
excellent. Tom Davis contributed the micro-UI library. GLUT 3.5's
testing on PCs was greatly aided by Petri Nordlund, Brian Buchner,
Leath Muller, Stephen Speicher, and I've probably missed others. Henk
Kok is responsible for the several way cool demos in GLUT 3.5. Thanks
for your help!
- Mark Kilgard
mjk@sgi.com
