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GLFW.jl
Julia interface to GLFW 3, a multi-platform library for creating windows with OpenGL or OpenGL ES contexts and receiving many kinds of input. GLFW has native support for Windows, OS X and many Unix-like systems using the X Window System, such as Linux and FreeBSD.
Example
using GLFW
# Create a window and its OpenGL context
window = GLFW.CreateWindow(640, 480, "GLFW.jl")
# Make the window's context current
GLFW.MakeContextCurrent(window)
# Loop until the user closes the window
while !GLFW.WindowShouldClose(window)
# Render here
# Swap front and back buffers
GLFW.SwapBuffers(window)
# Poll for and process events
GLFW.PollEvents()
end
GLFW.DestroyWindow(window)
Interface
Read the GLFW documentation for detailed instructions on how to use the library. The Julia interface is almost identical to the underlying C interface, with a few notable differences:
- Clipboard (
glfwGetClipboard
,glfwSetClipboard
) and time (glfwGetTime
,glfwSetTime
) functions have been omitted because Julia's standard library already supports similar functionality. glfwInit
andglfwTerminate
are called automatically using the__init__
andatexit
functions. While it is okay to still call them explicitly, it is redundant and not required.
Footnotes
- Special thanks to @afterwise for writing an early implementation of GLFW 3 support.