graphics in c

**asahin11** · 05-29-2005

Hi everybody,

I want to learn drawing a line, circle e.t. and writing a text anywhere on screen. Can you help me, please?

My compiler is M.Visual C++.

thanks in advance,

**Salem** · 05-30-2005

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=65810
Still the same answer - so stop asking the same questions already.

**Krak** · 05-30-2005

Try OpenGL. It's portable and very nice. Learn how to use it from here. In my opinion, this is the best book there is to learn OpenGL with...of course, I want to be a game programmer, so of course I think that.

OpenGL has become the standard for graphics, and a good portion of video game developers (probably) use it for graphics routines since it can accomplish more (graphics wise) than DirectX...and it's more portable too.

**joecaveman** · 05-30-2005

krak, those are some good references, but i have a question..

all the tutorials i have seen #include glaux.h, which doesn't seem to come with devcpp, also, my google searches always return results about 'downloading' source code that uses 'glaux.h', where can i download this library?

**Devil Panther** · 05-30-2005

joecaveman, you should leave DevC++ and move on to something alittle more professional, like Visual C++ and Borland C++ 5.5 (my love

)
they have what you're looking for.

**sand_man** · 05-30-2005

There is nothing unprofessional about a good strong freeware compiler like Dev-C++(gcc). I prefer to use it over my copy of VC++6 and BCB6.
joecaveman: Go to tools -> Check for Updates/Packages
You will find glaux in there. However I recomend using OpenIL to load images instead.

**Krak** · 05-30-2005

I like Dev-C++...It's much more light-weight than the enormous Visual-C++...and it does its job just as well. You can have it downloaded, installed, and running within one minute, but downloading and installing MSVC++ takes ages.

**asahin11** · 05-30-2005

Thanks evrybody for your advice.
Best wishes,

**Devil Panther** · 05-31-2005

I agree DevC++ is nice, but as you said it yourself, it's light weighted.
for example, goodluck finding glaux.h there.

**dwks** · 05-31-2005

I think you can download glaux.h for Dev-C++. Don't ask me where, I saw it somewhere on the game programming board.

**Devil Panther** · 05-31-2005

what i'm trying to say is why bother? I mean I like DevC++, it was one of my first compilers, and I still prefer to use their old IDE, but I compile with Borland, which is also free!

**dwks** · 05-31-2005

That's a good idea. Can you set up Dev-C++ to use Borland? I know you can use Cygwin instead of Mingw.

**Devil Panther** · 05-31-2005

That's not what i meant.

I use the DevC++'s old IDE because it's one of the only IDEs left that don't put tabs instead of spaces, so i can edit the code later on with any other IDE and it will look ok, and the code won't shift left and right!

So what I do is write the code in DevC++'s IDE, and then compile it with Borland C++ 5.5 command line, using the makefile!

But if you want the IDE to compile with borland by a click of a button, you can reverse engeneer DevC++ to make it run borland's make command-line program on a local makefile.

**dwks** · 05-31-2005

Yes, I use the old version too. I think it's version 4.

Just wondering how you did it. That's how I program in Perl.

**Devil Panther** · 05-31-2005

i didn't actually reverse eng. DevC++, i'm pretty much sure it could be done, i just don't see the need to work hard to make it compile by a press of a button...

That's how I program in Perl

what? that you compile the perl code with the command line?!
Well, you have to! Perl is a script language, you need to "re-compile" it every time you run it.

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