Re: We need OpenGL bindings.

[chipr@niestu.com (Chip Richards)]

In article <7fla6s$b64@svlss.lmms.lmco.com>,
	"Bruce Detter" <bruce.detter@lmco.com> writes:

> Yes, they gave me the URL (http://www.niestu.com/languages/oglada) but we
> ran into the problems I noted in the last message.  OC Systems is still
> trying to find some, but I think they are searching the net just like I am.

As the nominal author and maintainer of those bindings, let me express my
regret that they aren't meeting your needs.

> They need to be for OpenGL, not Mesa.

I am nearly certain that SGI has such bindings for sale.  There are, so I am
told, also some fairly complete(?) and presumably tested(?) OpenGL (not Mesa)
bindings as part of the larger Win32 API bindings, if Microsoft is your
persuasion.

I would, however, be curious to hear what Mesa-specific code exists in the
NiEstu bindings that make them unsuitable for your needs.  I'd like to limit
or eradicate that sort of thing.

> We would prefer to use complete and tested bindings if they can be found.

Man, me too!  But there weren't any that I could find, so I took those
bindings as far as I needed them to go at the time.  Thus parts of them (like
glX) are still incomplete.  Like most open-source software, they scratch a
particular set of itches and may leave others unabraded.  I'd gladly
incorporate any suitable changes or enhancements that you or your team needed,
but it sounds like you are looking for a more, hm, commercial solution.

But if you can't find what you are looking for, building on our foundation
might be better than starting totally from scratch.  If you should find
yourself considering such a course of action, I would very much appreciate
keeping a single code base if that's at all possible.  So keep in touch.

> Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Ditto.  You are welcome to join the OGLADA-L mailing list (details on the
above-mentioned somewhat outdated web page) long enough to ask your question
there (or forever, if you wish), or else I can post it there for you and we
can see if any of the subscribers happen to have any relevant information.

-- 
Chip