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authorPhilippe Houdoin <phoudoin@freedesktop.org>2004-08-24 08:31:57 +0000
committerPhilippe Houdoin <phoudoin@freedesktop.org>2004-08-24 08:31:57 +0000
commit0f539de57e715d00cdd7f8fc34e56491cae59a5f (patch)
treea0d3b7aa1da023b3d97b3e4727773c07ac66c255
parentb227e908373580c98e624a5a6d077201fb3d6064 (diff)
Todo list updated. Build instructions detailed.
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@@ -32,12 +32,22 @@ Requirements:
- gcc version 2.95.3 for BeOS
You can find it here: http://www.bebits.com/app/2157
-To build Mesa-powered BeOS libGL.so version, type this at root folder:
+To build Mesa-powered BeOS libGL.so version, open an Terminal window,
+move to Mesa root folder and type this command:
$ make beos
+Note that the "beos" argument is only needed the first time to setup build config.
+Next times, typing "make" will be enough.
+
When it finishes the Mesa based libGL.so library for
-BeOS will be in the lib/ directory.
+BeOS will be in the lib/ directory, along libglut.so library.
+Several demo/test programs should have been build too under progs/* folders.
+If it stop when building one of the progs/* programs, you may want to ignore it
+and force make to move on next target by adding the -k make option:
+
+$ cd progs
+$ make -k
To install it as Be's default libGL.so replacement, put it in your
/boot/home/config/lib/ directory. All your GL/GLUT apps will use
@@ -50,26 +60,27 @@ yet.
To build a DEBUG version, type instead this :
-$ DEBUG=1 make beos
+$ DEBUG=1 make
* Example Programs
-Look in the progs/beos/ directory for one or two BGLView demo
-programs. They should have been compiled along with the Mesa
-library.
+Look under progs/beos/ for some BGLView-based programs.
+You should find under progs/samples and progs/redbook directories GLUT-based programs too.
+They all should have been compiled along with the Mesa library.
* GLUT
-A beta version of GLUT 3.7 port for BeOS can be found at
+A beta version of GLUT 3.7 port for BeOS, made by Jake Hamby, can be found at
http://anobject.com/jehamby/Code/Glut-3.7-x86.zip.
+This is the version currently included in Mesa source code, and
+build in lib/libglut.so.
-There's is a 3.5 version in src/glut/beos/, too.
-The original distribution can be obtained from
-http://home.beoscentral.com/jehamby/Glut-3.5-x86.zip
+A previous 3.5 version of this GLUT BeOS port used to be available at
+http://home.beoscentral.com/jehamby/Glut-3.5-x86.zip.
-They are special version of GLUT adapted for the BeOS. I don't
+They're special versions of GLUT for the BeOS platform. I don't
believe Mark Kilgard's normal GLUT distribution includes BeOS
support.
@@ -87,8 +98,6 @@ cause a fatal error when running with Be's OpenGL.
* Work Left To Do
-- Switch to SGI GLU implementation..
-- Add to build the BeOS GLUT port. Update it to latest known (3.7 ?)
- BDirectWindow single buffering support is not implemented yet.
- Color index mode is not implemented yet.
- Reading pixels from the front buffer not implemented yet.
@@ -99,7 +108,8 @@ cause a fatal error when running with Be's OpenGL.
* Other contributors to this BeOS port
-Marcin Konicki ahwayakchih <at> neoni <dot> net
+Jake Hamby jhamby <at> anobject <dot> com
+Marcin Konicki ahwayakchih <at> neoni <dot> net
Francois Revol revol <at> free <dot> fr
@@ -121,4 +131,4 @@ as of February, 1999.
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-$Id: README.BEOS,v 1.10 2004/08/14 15:23:51 brianp Exp $
+$Id: README.BEOS,v 1.11 2004/08/24 08:31:57 phoudoin Exp $