Re: OpenGL and Ada

[David Marceau <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca>]

Alfredo Macias wrote:
> 
> Can someone point out any sources for examples on OpenGL in Ada?
> I've been trying to display a picture using OpenGL in an Ada program.
> (I'm using OpenGL directly because no windowing is to be used in my program)
> Thank you.
I'm not sure what you mean by no windowing but what operating system are
you using?
There is glut for windows(win32) and linux/unix.  

glut with ada(recent bindings)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry/archive/glut32.tar.gz
examples for glut with ada
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry/archive/ogl-src.tar.gz
glut for windows
http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut.html
open gl and glut web site
http://www.opengl.org/developers/documentation/glut/index.html?GLUT#2

You might also want to consider Gautier's 3d engine.
Engine3d uses svgalib which implies straight to the graphics card no
x-Window or win32 windows.
http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/gdm/e3d.htm
Works on the following Operating systems:
Linux, DR-DOS, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, and Dos emulation: 
-Windows 95,98,ME: OK. You may need to toggle to full screen
(Alt-return). 
-Windows NT/2000/XP: OK You need to toggle to full screen (Alt-return).
Only banked-mode VESA works (slower) and is automatically selected.
Sometimes NTVDM crashes for mysterious reasons. To stabilize it you can
install ntlfn, Win9x's long names services for NT-DOS. For accessing the
sound card under NT, you'll need VDMSound. In any case, there is a
"bootable" version. 
-Linux DOSEMU: Reported as OK. But, look at the Linux version. 

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
David Marceau