# \[ANN\] ffi-opengl 0.1.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ffi-opengl-0-1-0/162320>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 8, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ffi-opengl-0-1-0/162320 "2009-03-08T17:07:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![gendag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@gendag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gendag)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ffi-opengl-0-1-0/162320/1 "2009-03-08T17:07:15Z")

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ffi-opengl version 0.1.0  
by Andrea F.  
[GitHub - remogatto/ffi-opengl: A ruby-ffi binding to OpenGL libraries](http://github.com/remogatto/ffi-opengl)

== DESCRIPTION

ffi-opengl is an autogenerated[1] ruby FFI interface towards OpenGL  
libraries (GL, GLU, GLUT).

ffi-opengl API aims to be a 1:1 translation of the OpenGL C API: don’t  
expect idiomatic ruby inside!

== CHANGES

- 1 major enhancement
  - Birthday!

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS

- Full [auto-generated] wrap of the OpenGL libraries.
- No compilation needed.
- Not yet tested on windows/macosx platforms

== SYNOPSIS

See the example in ‘examples/’ folder. For the API documentation  
please refer to OpenGL reference pages.

== REQUIREMENTS

- ffi \>= 0.3.0 (development version)
- OpenGL libraries \>= 1.2

== DOWNLOAD/INSTALL

git clone [GitHub - remogatto/ffi-opengl: A ruby-ffi binding to OpenGL libraries](http://github.com/remogatto/ffi-opengl/tree/master)

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**Author:** ![gendag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@gendag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gendag)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ffi-opengl-0-1-0/162320/2 "2009-03-08T17:08:48Z")

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> ffi-opengl is an autogenerated[1]

[1] - [http://kenai.com/projects/ruby-ffi/sources/swig-generator/show](http://kenai.com/projects/ruby-ffi/sources/swig-generator/show)

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**Author:** ![gendag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@gendag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gendag)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ffi-opengl-0-1-0/162320/3 "2009-03-08T18:58:19Z")

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Andrea F. wrote:

> expect idiomatic ruby inside!  
> Cool! This is exactly the sort of library I hoped to start seeing. And  
> your swig-based generator will make a lot more of these possible.  
> Excellent work!

- Charlie