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git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeglut/code/trunk@1755 7f0cb862-5218-0410-a997-914c9d46530a
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PHP
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# Now set the title of the page:
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setPageTitle("About");
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# Make the header.
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generateHeader($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
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<div class="img-right">
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<img src="images/chessdemo.png" alt="chess demo"/><br/>
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GLUT's "Chess" demo<br/>
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running with FreeGLUT.
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</div>
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<p></p>
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<div class="textheader">What?</div>
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<p>FreeGLUT is a free-software/open-source alternative to the OpenGL Utility
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Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT was originally written by Mark Kilgard to support
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the sample programs in the second edition OpenGL 'RedBook'. Since then, GLUT has
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been used in a wide variety of practical applications because it is simple,
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widely available and highly portable.</p>
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<p>GLUT (and hence FreeGLUT) takes care of all the system-specific chores
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required for creating windows, initializing OpenGL contexts, and handling input
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events, to allow for trully portable OpenGL programs.</p>
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<p>FreeGLUT is released under the X-Consortium license.</p>
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<div class="textheader">Why?</div>
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<p>The original GLUT library seems to have been abandoned with the most recent
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version (3.7) dating back to August 1998. Its license does not allow anyone to
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distribute modified library code. This is really unfortunate, since GLUT is
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getting old and really needs improvement. Also, GLUT's license is incompatible
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with some software distributions (e.g., XFree86).</p>
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<div class="textheader">Who?</div>
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<p>FreeGLUT was originally written by Pawel W. Olszta with contributions from
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Andreas Umbach and Steve Baker.</p>
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<p>John F. Fay, John Tsiombikas, and Diederick C. Niehorster are the current
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maintainers of the FreeGLUT project.</p>
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<div class="textheader">When?</div>
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<p>Pawel started FreeGLUT development on December 1st, 1999. The project is now
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virtually a 100% replacement for the original GLUT with only a few departures
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(such as the abandonment of SGI-specific features such as the Dials&Buttons
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box and Dynamic Video Resolution) and a shrinking set of bugs.</p>
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<p>FreeGLUT adds some additional features over the basic GLUT functionality,
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such as a larger set of predefined objects to use, the ability to run single
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iterations of the event loop, or exit from it gracefully, mousewheel input
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callbacks, optional OpenGL core/compatibility profile context creation,
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multitouch/multi-pointer input, and support for a larger and growing set of
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platforms, being just some of them.</p>
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<div class="textheader"><a name="download"></a>Help out!</div>
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<p>We are looking for developers to help out with further work on the Android
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and BlackBerry 10 ports. Furthermore, ports to Cocoa on OSX, and maybe even
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Wayland are planned, along with some enhancements to the API and implementation.</p>
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See <a href="progress.php">here</a> for an overview of the major points
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on our todo list. You can easily help out by forking the unofficial clone
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of our <a
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href="https://sourceforge.net/p/freeglut/code/HEAD/tree/">sourceforge.net
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SVN repository</a> on <a
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href="https://github.com/dcnieho/FreeGLUT">github</a>. For more
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information about helping out, see the <a href="help.php">Help Out
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page</a> and <a
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href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freeglut-developer">join</a>
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the <a
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href="mailto:freeglut-developer@lists.sourceforge.net">freeglut-developer</a>
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mailing list.</p>
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<div class="textheader"><a name="download"></a>Downloads...</div>
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<p>Below are file links for the FreeGLUT project. README files are included. Have fun!</p>
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<div class="indent">
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<div class="textheader">Testing Releases</div>
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Feel free to test by downloading a <a
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href="https://sourceforge.net/p/freeglut/code/HEAD/tarball?path=/trunk/freeglut/freeglut">tarball
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of current trunk</a>, or <a href="help.php#svn">grabbing a copy from
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svn</a>, and give us feedback on how it worked for you. All this
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will eventually become a FreeGLUT 3.1 release.</p>
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<p>There are no presently active testing releases.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="indent">
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<div class="textheader">Stable Releases</div>
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<p>
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-3.0.0.tar.gz?download">Freeglut 3.0.0</a> [<i>Released: 7 March 2015</i>]<br/>
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-2.8.1.tar.gz?download">Freeglut 2.8.1</a> [<i>Released: 5 April 2013</i>]<br/>
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-2.8.0.tar.gz?download">Freeglut 2.8.0</a> [<i>Released: 2 January 2012</i>]<br/>
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-2.6.0.tar.gz?download">Freeglut 2.6.0</a> [<i>Released: 27 November 2009</i>]<br/>
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-2.4.0.tar.gz?download">Freeglut 2.4.0</a> [<i>Released: 9 June 2005</i>]<br/>
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-2.2.0.tar.gz?download">Freeglut 2.2.0</a> [<i>Released: 12 December 2003</i>]<br/>
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-2.0.1.tar.gz?download">Freeglut 2.0.1</a> [<i>Released: 23 October 2003</i>]
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</p>
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<div class="textheader">Prepackaged Releases</div>
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<p>The FreeGLUT project does not support packaged versions of FreeGLUT
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excepting, of course, the tarballs distributed here. However, various members of
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the community have put time and effort into providing source or binary rollups,
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and we thank them for their efforts. Here's a list which is likely
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incomplete:</p>
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<p>
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Andy Piper's <a href="http://jumpgate.homelinux.net/random/freeglut-fedora/">RedHat Fedora RPMs</a><br/>
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Gentoo <a href="http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36783">freeglut-2.2.0.ebuild</a><br/>
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Nigel Stewart's <a href="http://www.nigels.com/glt/devpak/">DevPak</a> for <a href="http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html">Dev C++</a>
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</p>
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-->
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.transmissionzero.co.uk/software/freeglut-devel/">Martin Payne's Windows binaries (MSVC and MinGW)</a><br/>
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<a href="http://tisch.sf.net/freeglut-2.6.0-mpx-latest.patch">Florian Echtler's MPX Patch</a>
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</p>
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<p>If you have problems with these packages, please contact their maintainers - we of the FreeGLUT team probably can't help.</p>
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<div class="textheader">Development Releases</div>
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<p>
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<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/freeglut/code/HEAD/tarball?path=/trunk/freeglut/freeglut">SVN trunk tarball</a><br/>
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<a href="help.php#svn">Anonymous SVN Instructions</a>
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="textheader">Questions?</div>
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<p>Don't be afraid to ask for help. We don't bite. Much.</p>
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<p>Send FreeGLUT related questions to the appropriate FreeGLUT mailing list:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="mailto:freeglut-developer@lists.sourceforge.net">freeglut-developer</a> [<a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freeglut-developer">Subscribe</a>],</li>
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<li><a href="mailto:freeglut-announce@lists.sourceforge.net">freeglut-announce</a> [<a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freeglut-announce">Subscribe</a>], and</li>
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<li><a href="mailto:freeglut-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net">freeglut-bugs</a> [<a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freeglut-bugs">Subscribe</a>]</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Please note that <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/freeglut/mailman/?source=navbar">you must subscribe before you can post</a> to our mailing lists. Sorry for the inconvenience.</p>
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