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StephanTLavavej / mingw-distro

MinGW distro build scripts.
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Add GLFW as a lightweight alternative to SDL #14

Closed sol-prog closed 4 years ago

sol-prog commented 8 years ago

GLFW could be used as a lightweight alternative to SDL is one is interested only in creating an OpenGL context and 3D graphics.

StephanTLavavej commented 8 years ago

My policy is to build only what I use, and I use SDL2. I've looked at GLFW, and I like its minimalism (I use SDL2 only for setting up a window and an OpenGL context) - except that I also use SDL2_mixer for audio and have not found a superior solution yet.

Previously, SDL1's LGPL was obnoxious, but SDL2 permits static linking, so that concern has been resolved.

StephanTLavavej commented 4 years ago

I'm going to add this as an experiment in the next distro (I've successfully built it, but haven't tried to use it).