[Haskell-beginners] OpenGLRaw Tutorial

[Ertugrul Söylemez]

Michael Baker <michaeltbaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> However, I'm struggling a bit because I haven't used Haskell's foreign
> interface before. Here is an attempt which is expected to draw a
> triangle, but instead draws nothing: http://hpaste.org/83837

The first thing I notice is that you never set a vertex color, which is
black by default in all cases I've encountered.  So it may be drawing,
but you may simply not see it. =)

Before you begin drawing put this somewhere:

    glColor3f 1 0 0

That should draw a red shape.  Another option is to set a different
clear color:

    glClearColor 1 0 0 1

That sets a red background.


> Does anyone know of a tutorial for OpenGLRaw or the foreign interface
> that might help me understand how to marshall data around? It seems
> like many people turn to OpenGLRaw when they're learning OpenGL so
> that they can follow the tutorials. I imagine it would be useful to
> have a guide out there that covers how to actually use it.

My recommendation is to go with the higher level OpenGL library.  The
main difference is that the `gl` prefix is dropped and the numerous
similar functions (`color2f`, `color3f`, `color4f`, etc.) are collapsed
into a single polymorphic function `color`:

    import qualified Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL as GL

    GL.color (GL.Color3 1 0 (0 :: GL.GLfloat))

This looks more complicated, but it makes other things a lot easier, so
in the end you win.


Greets,
Ertugrul

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