From: Javier Sancho <jsf@jsancho.org>
To: Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
Cc: guile-user <guile-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Guile OpenGL bindings
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:02:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPH5TQHJgK7RLVwfLH0rrnZoQTx9DkToYEcj5krjJ=q3m51B9g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871ud0p6u0.fsf@pobox.com>
Andy Wingo wrote:
> Hi Javier,
Hi.
> Have you had time to think about GL bindings for Guile?
Not much. I've been a little busy with my first child :-)
Just this week I'm back to thinking about it.
> The idea is to use the FFI to make a low-level, complete interface, and
> then as needed to make higher-level more Scheme-like wrappers. I also
> really wanted documentation, so I munged the upstream docbook into
> texinfo and wrote that out into docstrings and .texi files. The binding
> isn't working yet, but maybe soon. I'd like to avoid C if I can.
Aleix Conchillo is also working with OpenGL and encountered a problem
with glutInit and char**. You can see it at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2012-07/msg00074.html
Someone mentioned performance issues when using FFI, too.
> Daniel has an FFI-based GLUT wrapper that he is merging in that repo as
> well. Are you interested in joining efforts? I can add you to the
> gitorious project if you like.
Well, I can't promise anything, but yes, I'm very interested in this project.
This weekend I'll try to hack a little.
Cheers.
--
Javier Sancho Fernández - http://www.jsancho.org/
Associate Member of the Free Software Foundation - http://www.fsf.org/
Contra el DRM - http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-01 13:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-01 12:16 Guile OpenGL bindings Andy Wingo
2013-02-01 13:02 ` Javier Sancho [this message]
2013-02-01 13:29 ` Daniel Hartwig
2013-02-01 15:10 ` Mark H Weaver
2013-02-01 20:56 ` vimml
2013-02-01 23:54 ` Daniel Hartwig
2013-02-02 7:10 ` Aleix Conchillo Flaqué
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