Chapter 2. GL Example Programs

Functional List of GL Example Programs

Select an example program from the following list:

Example programs for drawing curves and surfaces

curve1.c Example C Language program draws three curve segments

curve2.c Example C Language program draws joined curve segments

curve3.c Example C Language program draws a Bezier curve segment

curved.c Example C Language program is a simple curve editor

patch1.c Example C Language program draws three surface patches

Example programs demonstrating hidden surface removal

backface.c Example C Language program draws a cube

octahedron.c Example C Language program draws meshes

Example Lighting Programs

cylinder1.c Example C Language program demonstrates simple lighting

cylinder2.c Example C Language program illustrates multiple surface materials and multiple lights

localatten.c Example C Language program illustrates the effect of light attenuation

platelocal.c Example C Language program illustrates the use of local lights.

Example programs for fonts

font3.c Example C Language program defines a font with three characters

xfonts.c Example C Language program demonstrates how to use Enhanced X-Windows fonts in a GL application.

Example programs demonstrating antialiasing

alias_back.c Example C Language program illustrates antialiased lines of multiple foreground colors on a monochrome background

alias_fore.c Example C Language program illustrates antialiased lines a single foreground color on a multicolored background

alias.c Example C Language program illustrates antialiased lines

Other Example Programs

boxcirc.c Example C Language program draws a 2D box and circle

circuit.c Example C Language program draws power circuitry using writemasks.

colored.c Example C Language program edits a color map

doublebuff.c Example C Language program illustrates double-buffered animation

depthcue.c Example C Language program draws a depth-cued 3D wire frame cube

doily.c Example C Language program draws a doily based on given point count

draw.c Example C Language program is a minimal line drawing program

gamma.c Example C Language program shows the use of gamma ramps to correct the appearance of photographs and antialiased lines and to implement color-map tricks

iobounce.c Example C Language program draws a ball bouncing on a 2D surface

overlay.c Example C Language program demonstrates overlay bitplanes

paint.c Example C Language program demonstrates minimal object space painting

pick1.c Example C Language program demonstrates picking

popup.c Example C Language program demonstrates writing pop-up menu routines

prompt.c Example C Language program demonstrates standard and user-defined prompts

scrn_rotate.c Example C Language program illustrates object rotation

select1.c Example C Language program demonstrates selecting

setshade.c Example C Language program moves a smooth-shaded polygon in and out of the graphics port

sunflower.c Example C Language program draws a sunflower pattern from circles

text.c Example C Language program demonstrates text drawing

tpbig.c Example C Language program illustrates arcs, polygons, character strings, and textport

vlsi.c Example C Language program shows a simple vlsi graphical editor

worms.c Example C Language program

zbuffer1.c Example C Language program draws two intersecting planes and requires the z-buffer option

zbuffer2.c Example C Language program draws three tumbling cubical objects.

zoing.c Example C Language program draws a spiral from circles