GtkGLArea is an OpenGL context provider for GTK+. It can be used in several ways:
- using the GtkGLArea widget, a simple OpenGL rendering canvas similar in use to GtkDrawingArea.
- using a GdkGLContext to add an OpenGL context to almost any existing drawable widget.
- using a GdkGLPixmap for off-screen rendering to pixmap objects.
Development
GtkGLArea was originally developed in 1999 by J. Löf. Xavier Ordoquy became maintainer of the package until 2003. In 2006, C.J. Adams-Collier took over the role, joined by Sam Hocevar in 2007.
Development takes place in the GNOME Git repository:
- Web interface: http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gtkglarea/
- Git URL: git://git.gnome.org/gtkglarea
Roadmap
Version 2.1 plans to provide OS X support.
The use of Cairo (http://cairographics.org/introduction) and Glitz (http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/glitz) drawing surface is being considered as an OS-agnostic alternative to the GLX, WGL, AGL mess that has been used until now.