On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 17:49, Sven Panne wrote:
Sven Moritz Hallberg wrote:
GHC 5.04 builds the incomplete port of HOpenGL to the new hierarchical library structure. Why not the old but working hslibs version?
I know this is a bit messy, but sometimes APIs, compilers and languages evolve faster than one can track... So the story is:
* The "official" HOpenGL version is the one from my web site, currently 1.03. This is the most complete and tested one, although it is not actively developed anymore, apart from small bug fixes and installation issues.
* The hslibs stuff is a partial Green-Card-free conversion of the stuff above. It's old and rather incomplete, and I think I'll remove it from the hslibs tree soon to avoid further confusion.
* While I was working on the hslibs version of HOpenGL, the FFI evolved quite a bit and the hierarchical library structure emerged. OpenGL itself changed a bit, too, Haddock came into life, I discovered the OpenGL .spec files etc. So I decided to make a fresh start in the hierarchical libraries. Currently GLUT is almost finished, but GL/GLU is almost non-existent.
Alright, thanks for the clarification. How much work will it be to finish the new incarnation? Maybe I could lend you a hand, too... I've not used the FFI yet, but read the docs already, just haven't come around to putting it to use so far. Regards, Sven Moritz