From: Ciph3rzer0 <ciph3rzer0@...>
Date: 2009-04-22T07:10:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Problems using ruby and opengl

On Apr 21, 2:05 am, Bill Kelly <bi...@cts.com> wrote:
> From: "Ciph3rzer0" <ciph3rz...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > I don't really know how to use anything else...
>
> You would still be using OpenGL... Unless you are doing
> anything fancy with the window itself (menus, etc.) then
> SDL or GLFW can be regarded as merely alternate ways to
> obtain a window for rendering with OpenGL.
>
> > Does it seem like a problem with ruby-opengl?  Or freeglut?
> > are there other "glut"s I can use?
>
> I'm not sure how to guess where the problem lies.  I would
> tend to suspect the ruby bindings, however I did find it
> curious that the error message came from freeglut and
> described itself as an "internal error".
>
> Coincidentally, a relese candidate for freeglut version
> 2.6.0 was just put online today:
>
> http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/index.php#download
>
> So you might try compiling that new version of freeglut
> and see if you can get any of its C-based demos to work.
> If the C-based demos work, but the ruby bindings still
> produce the error, then we may have narrowed it down a
> little.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Bill

well, I have tried using C with freeglut, and I can created windows
and such.  So I guess that already means it's a problem with the
bindings?

I *am* in the process of compiling ruby 1.9.  I figured since it said
the bindings have been updated for 1.9, then that might be the problem.