SDL vs Win32 vs MFC vs GLUT

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1 comment, last by TonyFish 22 years, 1 month ago
Hi, I''m looking for information about how the SDL,Win32,MFC and GLUT windowing systems compare (when used to render OGL of course). Pros and Cons or direct comparisons would be appreciated. So I''d be really grateful if you guys could point me to any such sites or indeed if you could supply this information yourselves. Many Thanks Fish
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MFC and Qt (http://www.trolltech.com/developer/download/qt-win-noncomm.html) both allow you to use OpenGL in a GUI, which is especially useful for map/model editors.

GLUT is in my opinion not very good for serious use. It''s very easy and it''s portable, but it lacks big time in what it can do.

SDL is also portable, just a bit harder to use, but is a lot more powerful. And it''s still much easier than Win32.

Win32 is the hardest and least portable, but it is probably the fastest and most feature-rich.
Dirk =[Scarab]= Gerrits
from you :

Hi,

I''m looking for information about how the SDL,Win32,MFC and GLUT windowing systems compare (when used to render OGL of course). Pros and Cons or direct comparisons would be appreciated. So I''d be really grateful if you guys could point me to any such sites or indeed if you could supply this information yourselves.

Many Thanks

Fish

from me

1. pros

le mieux c''est d''utiliser les applis win32, de faire une fenêtre et de mettre un contexte opengl dedans; tu sais winproc...

2. cons

le mieux c''est d''utiliser glut. glut c''est pour les cons, c''est pour ça que je l''utilise.

3. comparaisons directes.

la prog wgl te fournit le strict nécessaire pour avoir une fenêtre opengl et de gérer les évènements (raffraichissement)...

la prog sous glut te file tout: 2 lignes de codes à taper pour avoir une fenêtre, qui dis mieux ? en plus, le clavier, la sourirs, quelques routines de primitives... de quoi bien débuter en forc e!

sdl, c''est plutot une librairie pour faire des jeux: en plus d''opengl, de la gestion du clavier, de la souris, du joystick, des accès mémoires... elle te fournit des routines de réseau, de son... bref, l''idylle quoi !

con comme un pro, ou pro comme un con, c''est maintenant à toi de choisir,

a plus man !

Fratt

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