[Xcb] using glX with xcb

Barton C Massey bart at cs.pdx.edu
Wed Feb 28 12:44:07 PST 2007


Jamey has written an ICCCM library on top of XCB that should
be really helpful in building little window managers; he
used it to build the one Jeremy is talking about.  I think
it's distributed in the XCB utils.  It may need some work.

	Bart

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0702281312330.20893-100000 at groucho.unet.brandeis.edu> you wrote:
> Hi Amand,
> 
> Do you mean glx instead of xgl?
> 
> You can use xcb just like the tutorial.  For glx calls we have a bunch of 
> xcb_glx_* functions that you can use.  There was an xcb window manager 
> floating around but I don't remember what it was called.  Maybe someone 
> can point you in that direction, it might give you an idea of what is 
> needed.
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 amand at frozenkiwi.net wrote:
> 
> > Hi !
> > I am working on a little wm with composite and opengl capabilities,  
> > and I think that I need to use xcb instead of xlib...
> > However, xcb is not very well documented yet (the tutorial is good,  
> > but too short...), and I have not found anything for xgl - apart the  
> > doxygen doc.
> > Is there some examples anywhere ?
> > Do I have to stuck in the use of xcb, or it is better to use the old,  
> > but well documented xlib ?
> > 
> > amand.
> > 
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