OpenGL Programming for the X Window System (OpenGL)

By Mark J. Kilgard

Book Overview

OpenGL is the fastest and most widely available software standard for producing high-quality color images of 3D scenes. This practical guide shows X programmers how to construct working 3D applications using OpenGL and how to tightly integrate OpenGL applications with the X Window System.Written by a Silicon Graphics X Window System and OpenGL expert, OpenGL Programming for the X Window System uses the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) to show how OpenGL programs can be constructed quickly and explores OpenGL features using examples written with GLUT. This book also: explains the GLX model for integrating OpenGL and Xlib shows how to use OpenGL with Motif and other widget sets discusses the latest OpenGL standards: OpenGL 1.1, GLX 1.2, and GLU 1.2 covers advanced topics such as alternative input devices and overlays includes valuable information for ensuring OpenGL portability and interoperability provides pointers for performance tuning Each chapter contains source code demonstrating the techniques described. Source code for all the examples provided, and for the GLUT library itself, are available for downloading via the Internet.Intended for C programmers familiar with the Xlib and/or Motif programming interfaces. No previous OpenGL knowledge is required. 0201483599B04062001 This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201483599
• ISBN13: 9780201483598
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

My first openGL book

This was the first book I purchased on openGL. This book is a very good introduction to openGL. If I might add one peice of advice to the up and coming linux Graphics programmers. DO NOT shy away from windows openGL programming books. Once you understand the concepts you will easily apply them to your linux or unix work. I think that every unix/linux openGL programmer should have this book, as well as the RED and BLUE...

Definitive for 1996

Back when I was learning GL, this book was the best. It covered the basics at a good level of detail. Almost as if Mark could read our product requirements, it also has appendecies on off-topic-to-GL-but-not-to-us topics, such as the X input extension and graphics overlays. I believe GLX has gone through a few revisions since this book last had a new edition. Therefore some of its data may end up referencing deprecated...

Overall a very good supplement to the Red Book

Mark has a very good way of describing how things work. I have been using OpenGL for while but not using XWindows extensions that much. This book helped a lot and I used it to make sense of some the convoluted text in other books for the wgl functions.

I enjoyed the book.

I think that it was a good book. This was my first OpenGL book, and I'm now purchasing more. It's good to see that there are some X Window System specific books out there. The book explains in detail GLUT, but not some other complex areas of OpenGL (Why I'm buying more OpenGL books...). I'd recommend the book for beginners of OpenGL that are frusterated with Windows-specific texts.