I believe they do it on purpose. Depending on the OS, libraries could have different extensions. Plus, the default syntax on gcc to link to a...

There is OGLPlus. I don't know if this is still relevant (never used it). You might also be interested in bgfx. This is not just an abstraction over...

No. Such a thing wouldn't be much use for learning. The main issue is that performance usually matters, which means that you need to manage your data...

Correct. Matrix constructor arguments are in column-major order. Correct. GLSL terminology is backwards; matMxN has M columns and N rows, whereas...

That typically won't work, because if glut.h needs to include any other headers which are in your non-system header directory, the compiler won't...

a "graphics engine" can help you drawing, if you dont understand how to load / what to do with textures / meshes / etc, a low-level API (that is...

Low-Level and Object-Oriented is kind of a contradiction with OpenGL. In java there is LWJGL (the Light Weight Java Gaming Library) which is a...

Do you see where it says "libraries" on top of the list?

I also suffer from this case and then I give up

I'm also a newbie and unaware of any abstractions of OpenGL. I would recommend that you take a crack at this tutorial before giving up. ...

Ok, got the GLUT all version done without the freeglut. Had to be done, even though will still go with freeglut. I set compiler settings to library:...

Absolutely right! Yes, and I use these in-IDE all the time. Problem is what if I for example I have GLUT ( a lot on that lately, have working...

Ah! That makes sense to me now :-)

Sorry! I meant a tutorial site that bases all of its teaching points and examples on GLUT.

I don't know much about MinGW, but it uses GCC, right? If so, this may be relevant: * 2.3 Search Path (GNU CPP docs) So the simple solution is...

What do you mean by a "site". Web site? "GLUT" with "site" didn't make any sense to me, so I assumed you meant "GLUT app" and chalked it up to...

There is no minimum, you can create a 1x1 texture if you wish.

But will it work with a GLUT site. I'll give it a shot.

A guess: Could be that the glut.h is incompatible with including <windows.h> first. Try getting rid of that, or moving <windows.h> after <glut.h> ...

Just cannot get the macro to work. Seems like by internet results this works for many people. Buried iin the yellow pragma I do have a red error....

I wouldn't use point sprites because they have odd scaling issues that might not exactly match with your perspective projection used for other...

Your problem is actually that your zNear is 0.myGluPerspective(60,800.0f/600.0f,0,180);This is always illegal in any API for a perspective projection...

Why not use GL_POINTS with GL_POINT_SPRITE enabled? They're fast. Use gl_PointSize in the vertex shader to size the textured point (enable...

Problem solved: The z-axis directions are reversed. zFar = zNear and zNear = zFar.