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authorManolo Gouy <Manolo>2018-08-20 15:56:39 +0000
committerManolo Gouy <Manolo>2018-08-20 15:56:39 +0000
commita3529e7c3fcb7b2a5e6cbec4c77c3585230da51b (patch)
treea884f82d2cffb046645161d24e0190e3f5b995f5 /documentation/src/opengl.dox
parentc0e04da27f29a989b65958de4deb7566d172bdbe (diff)
Improved documentation related to access to OpenGL 3 under X11 platform.
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@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ showing how to use OpenGL 3.0 (or higher versions) with FLTK in a cross-platform
It contains also OpenGL3-glut-test.cxx which shows how to use FLTK's GLUT compatibility
and OpenGL 3.
+To access OpenGL 3.0 (or higher versions), use the <tt>FL_OPENGL3</tt> flag
+when calling Fl_Gl_Window::mode(int a) or glutInitDisplayMode().
+
<b>On the Windows and Unix/Linux platforms</b>, FLTK creates contexts
implementing the highest OpenGL version supported by the hardware,
which are also compatible with lower OpenGL versions. Thus, FLTK allows
@@ -463,9 +466,7 @@ source code targeting any version of OpenGL. Access to functions from OpenGL
versions above 1.1 requires to load function pointers at runtime on these platforms.
FLTK recommends to use the GLEW library to perform this. It is therefore
necessary to install the GLEW library (see below). <b>On the macOS platform</b>,
-FLTK creates by default contexts implementing OpenGL versions 1 or 2.
-To access OpenGL 3.0 (or higher versions), use the <tt>FL_OPENGL3</tt> flag (see below).
-Mac OS 10.7 or above is required; GLEW is possible but not necessary.
+MacOS 10.7 or above is required; GLEW is possible but not necessary.
\par GLEW installation (Unix/Linux and Windows platforms)
GLEW is available as a package for most Linux distributions and in source