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reply Ant <Ant_member pathlink.com> writes:
Anounce: DUI 00.04 (Linux GL support)

(The only different from 00.03 is the GL support.)

DUI GL support (Linux only) is implemented with a binding on 
http://gtkglext.sourceforge.net/

GL support is still experimental (i.e. before pre-alpha ;)
but due to the simplicity of the
GtkGLExt API few changes should be needed to the final version.

GL is:
Mesa 3-D graphics library
Version:  4.0.4
http://www.mesa3d.org/

see a simple image at:
http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/glExtension.html

get it at:
http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/downloadPage.html

Ant
Sep 08 2003
next sibling parent John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
Ant wrote:

 Anounce: DUI 00.04 (Linux GL support)
 
 (The only different from 00.03 is the GL support.)
 
 DUI GL support (Linux only) is implemented with a binding on 
 http://gtkglext.sourceforge.net/
 
 GL support is still experimental (i.e. before pre-alpha ;)
 but due to the simplicity of the
 GtkGLExt API few changes should be needed to the final version.
 
 GL is:
 Mesa 3-D graphics library
 Version:  4.0.4
 http://www.mesa3d.org/
 
 see a simple image at:
 http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/glExtension.html
 
 get it at:
 http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/downloadPage.html
 
 Ant
 


Super great!  Man... I din't expect you to move so fast.  I have gentoo 
linux.  I haven't done much linux programming,  but I'll have to give 
the library a try out to see how it works.  I'll probably be bumbling 
along for a bit.

Thanks!

John
Sep 09 2003
prev sibling parent reply John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
 
 see a simple image at:
 http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/glExtension.html
 


Nice sample app.  I like the implementation of the GL.  It appears 
nicely integrated.

I do have a question from the sample (I guess I don't no my D so well :-P) :

static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
		              ^---- these are encased in brackets?

Is this normal D style for initializing arrays (instead of C style curly 
braces)?

later,

John
Sep 09 2003
next sibling parent John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
 
 static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
 


Argh! This confounded text formatting messed up my post.  The arrow was 
supposed to point to the R value.
Sep 09 2003
prev sibling parent reply John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
John Reimer wrote:


 I do have a question from the sample (I guess I don't no my D so well 
 :-P) :
 
 static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
 


Pardon me.  I just had to look in the D programming spec for the answer 
(under static initialization of static arrays).

Later,

John
Sep 09 2003
parent reply Ant <Ant_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <bjmc1a$s6o$1 digitaldaemon.com>, John Reimer says...

John Reimer wrote:


 I do have a question from the sample (I guess I don't no my D so well 
 :-P) :
 
 static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
 


Pardon me.  I just had to look in the D programming spec for the answer 
(under static initialization of static arrays).

Later,

John



 static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
 


Pardon me.  I just had to look in the D programming spec for the answer 
(under static initialization of static arrays).

Later,


John, sorry, didn't meant to ignore you,
I just thought that once the example program did
compile and ran your question was already answered...

I'm also an absolute beginer in D.
I don't know why the [] are used and I thought that was your real question.
(just guessing)
[] seams to mean that the array is initialized from and array,
I think it makes more sence if we say that the array is initialized from
a list of values therefor {} makes more sence to me.
both [] and {} have other meanings, so...

Now back to the "this()", "~this()" discussion, ah, forget it...

Ant
Sep 09 2003
parent John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
 
 John, sorry, didn't meant to ignore you,
 I just thought that once the example program did
 compile and ran your question was already answered...


No problem.  I just figured that was a hint to find out for myself, like 
I should have in the first place ;-)


 I'm also an absolute beginer in D.
 I don't know why the [] are used and I thought that was your real question.
 (just guessing)


That was indeed my question.  I wasn't questioning whether it worked in 
the sample.  I was just interested to know why D uses the [] instead of 
{} for static initialization.  I was wondering what the design decision 
behind that was.  That's all. I just hadn't noticed this as a feature of 
D until I saw you use it.


 [] seams to mean that the array is initialized from and array,
 I think it makes more sence if we say that the array is initialized from
 a list of values therefor {} makes more sence to me.
 both [] and {} have other meanings, so...


Yes, {} made more sense to me too.  Since [] encloses the index of an 
array, it seems odd to intialize array elements by listing them within 
the [] on the right side. It's not a problem using this new style, just 
different from what I'd say is intuitive, I guess (well for those with a 
C/C++ background, anyway).

~this(),

John
Sep 09 2003