[Haskell] GLUT gears speed

[Sebastian Sylvan]

On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Jeltsch <wolfgang at jeltsch.net> wrote:
> Am Montag, 16. Januar 2006 22:12 schrieb Sebastian Sylvan:
> > On 1/16/06, Wolfgang Jeltsch <wolfgang at jeltsch.net> wrote:
> > > Am Montag, 16. Januar 2006 15:16 schrieb Sebastian Sylvan:
> > > > [...]
> > >
> > > Hello Sebastian,
> > >
> > > thank you for your answer.
> > >
> > > > As long as you don't do it naively there should be no problems. I.e.
> > > > do not draw the terrain using the vertex-calls, but rather use
> > > > vertex-arrays,
> > >
> > > Hmm, this will make it rather complex for my students since they have not
> > > much experience with Haskell programming.  In addition, where can I find
> > > documentation about Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.GL.VertexArrays?
> >
> > I suppose here:
> > http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/OpenGL/
> > Graphics-Rendering-OpenGL-GL-VertexArrays.html
>
> Hmm, this is not much of a documentation.  No explanation of the types,
> functions, etc.
>
> > But it should correspond fairly well to any general documentation on
> > vertex arrays (www.opengl.org will surely have reference documentation
> > somwhere).
>
> Yes, the only explanation on the above page is a pointer to the corresponding
> section in the OpenGL specs.  I hope that the correspondence between the
> Haskell module and the chapter of the specs is rather tight.  After all, the
> Haskell module uses Haskell classes, Ptr values, etc.
>
> > > > or (better) vertex buffer objects.
> > >
> > > What's this?
> >
> > It's a fairly recent addition meant to be used instead of vertex
> > arrays in most cases. I'm not sure if HOpenGL supports them, but I
> > believe it does.
>
> At least from skimming the HOpenGL module list, I couldn't find anything which
> has to do something with "buffers".
>

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/OpenGL/Graphics-Rendering-OpenGL-GL-BufferObjects.html


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