Re: [platform-swt-dev] Confusion about OpenGL and SWT

[Grant Gayed <Grant_Gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Martin,

You should use the org.eclipse.swt.opengl.GLCanvas
that is included in swt, and use an external OpenGL binding to draw on
it.  This approach keeps swt out of the business of maintaining a
one-to-one cake for api that is evolving over time.  The experimental
OpenGL plug-in was a first kick at providing OpenGL support, but is not
being maintained and is stuck on OpenGL 1.1.

Snippets that demonstrate using org.eclipse.swt.opengl.GLCanvas:
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet195.java?view=co
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet209.java?view=co

Grant