How do I write something to the screen

[CyBBe]

How do I output something to the screen using GLUT???

output what??

[paolom]

Minimal steps:
Create the display callback

- glutInit
- glutInitWindowSize
- glutInitDisplayMode
- glutCreateWindow
- glutDisplayFunc to set the callback

Now you have an active GL rendering context and can call any GL command.

- glutMainLoop

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Paolo

[CyBBe]

Sorry, I meant text, like a fps counter or a simple text...

[Hude]

http://nate.scuzzy.net/

[Marc]

Setup:
- paint pictures with single letters or one large picture with all (or a subset of) ASCII-characters
- load that picture(s)
- make every single character a texture
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- build a string you want to write (e.g. sprintf(...)
- switch to orthogonal-projection
- for each character in the string paint a square with the appropriate texture (perhaps translucent with glBlend...).
- be happy