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diff --git a/docs/README.BEOS b/docs/README.BEOS index 8c9434db49d..0a10b005f24 100644 --- a/docs/README.BEOS +++ b/docs/README.BEOS @@ -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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -$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 $ |