How to compile GLUT source files in windows

I'm a beginner when it comes to programming. I know my way around c enough to do this and that and I use MinGW and make to use makefiles for compiling.

Now I'm working with OpenGL but I discovered that glutTimerFunc in windows doesn't work properly with time values less than 1000 mseconds because the functions is defined with floats instead of doubles. The solution is to adjust a few lines in the source code of GLUT (which I've found) and recompile but that is where i get stuck!

I'm used to working with a simple makefile and no more than 10 source files. The source for glut found at GLUT - The OpenGL Utility Toolkit contains loads of files and about 10 makefiles. I can't find my way around them. I've tried using them with make and nmake without success.

Can someone explain to me how I'm supposed to do this? I have visual studio 2008 installed (though I don't use it) along with MinGW and GNU make.

Isn't it more possible that you are using the function in a wrong way or that you think it is problematic when it isn't?
Is it more possible that a whole team of programmers made that function wrong, after testing it hundreds of times?

Don't mess with such big projects unless you really know what you're doing. You may end up with a much less efficient library, if it is working...

Sipher, I'm certain something is wrong with the file bacause it works perfectly on unix machines.
I've found a more recent version in which the bug has been corrected at Nate Robins - OpenGL - GLUT for Win32

Do the instructions on how to compile the GLUT for Win32 using MinGW located here work for you:

HOWTO Compile the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) for Win32 with MinGW | MinGW

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If not, what part needs clarification or correction?

Hope This Helps,
Joshus Burkholder

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Originally Posted by Sipher

Isn't it more possible that you are using the function in a wrong way or that you think it is problematic when it isn't?
Is it more possible that a whole team of programmers made that function wrong, after testing it hundreds of times?

Don't mess with such big projects unless you really know what you're doing. You may end up with a much less efficient library, if it is working...

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Actually... that's not the first time I've heard of the timer bug in GLUT... there are patches for it and it does need to be recompiled.

But, I was of the understanding the makefile was on their homepage... but I'm not 100% sure.

Dammit, bugs are everywhere!! Its an invasion from the very beginning of computers' era!!! :)