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-Project history
-===============
-
-The [original ruby-opengl](http://www2.giganet.net/~yoshi/) was written
-by Yoshi.
-
-James A. desperately wanted to get the OpenGL Ruby bindings working on his Mac,
-but they wouldn't even compile on OSX. After a little bit of tweaking, he made
-his patched bindings available to the ruby community in a very informal manner.
-
-John G. then wanted to clean it up and add some docs to it, and so started
-tweaking and put up a new site and made his changes available.
-
-Then Peter M. came along and decided to try updating ruby-opengl using SWIG,
-as it seemed easier than doing everything by hand. Peter wrote the new code,
-John started the actual RubyForge project, put up a new site, and Peter
-committed the code.
-
-Thu M. V. joined the project with a lot of energy, and the mailing list
-was showing a good bit of activity.
-
-After some experience, we began to question whether SWIG was necessary/helpful
-for a project of this nature.  The leaning was that people want to abandon
-SWIG and go back to maintaining the binding files by hand. Thu even provided
-a script to help with the manual coding that would be required without using
-SWIG.
-
-The reasoning at the time was:
-
-Pro-SWIG:
-
-* Could use the .i files for another project, perhaps (OTOH, we couldn't
-  use previous .i files on this project...)
-
-* It's supposed to require less manual coding.
-
-Con-SWIG:
-
-* yet another tool to learn
-
-* OpenGL isn't really all that big
-
-* OpenGL doesn't change a lot
-
-* A lot of boilerplate and overhead in the generated files because SWIG is
-  a general tool.
-
-
-In September 2006, we stopped using SWIG. Thu and Peter began fine tuning
-Thu's original `utils/mkwrap.rb` script.
-
-Development stalled in October 2006.
-
-Development picked up again towards the end of 2006. After a long hiatus 
-and getting a new release of mkrf out the door, version 0.33 (following the
-numbering of original Yoshi's bindings which stalled at 0.32) was released.
-
-During first half of 2007, we added large portion of code, as well as number
-of unit tests, creating near-complete support for OpenGL 2.1.
-Support for MS Windows was also added during this time.
-
-Version 0.40 was released in July 2007.
-
-Version 0.50 was released in October 2007.
-
-Version 0.60 was released in December 2007.

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-Design
-======
-
-This document records the requirements, high-level design, and the
-specifications for the ruby-opengl project.
-
-The content of this document was gleaned from the postings on the
-ruby-opengl-dev list and internal notes from John G., Peter M., Vo Minh Thu,
-and Robert K.
-
-
-Requirements
-------------
-
-* ruby-opengl is a Ruby extension library which wraps the OpenGL, GLU,
-  and GLUT libraries.
-
-* ruby-opengl shall provide three base modules: *BaseGL*, *BaseGLU*, and
-  *BaseGLUT* (the "Base Modules").
-
-  Note: "BaseGL" etc. are not the names that appear in the code -- they are
-  just handles so we can write about them in documents like this one.
-
-* The Base Modules shall be separately loadable.
-
-* BaseGL shall not depend on any of the other Ruby modules.
-
-* BaseGLU shall depend on, at most, BaseGL.
-
-* BaseGLUT shall depend on, at most, BaseGLU and BaseGL.
-
-* Base Module syntax shall closely follow the standard C-syntax.
-
-  The syntax for a Ruby program that uses the base modules, shall closely
-  follow the standard C-like syntax that OpenGL programmers are used to,
-  and that most OpenGL examples are published in:
-
-        {{ruby}}
-        require 'gl'
-        Gl.glBegin( Gl::GL_POLYGON )
-          Gl.glVertex2d( 0, 0 )
-          Gl.glVertex2d( 0, 1 )
-          Gl.glVertex2d( 1, 1 )
-          Gl.glVertex2d( 1, 0 )
-        Gl.glEnd
-
-  Or:
-
-        {{ruby}}
-        require 'gl'
-        include Gl
-        glBegin( GL_POLYGON )
-          glVertex2d( 0, 0 )
-          glVertex2d( 0, 1 )
-          glVertex2d( 1, 1 )
-          glVertex2d( 1, 0 )
-        glEnd
-
-  The rationale for adopting the C-like syntax is:
-    * Makes it familiar to OpenGL programmers.
-    * Removes the burden of learning OpenGL plus some Ruby-isms, just to
-      get started.
-    * Makes it easier to port OpenGL programs to/from ruby-opengl.
-    * The current OpenGL documentation more naturally fits ruby-opengl.
-    * Putting "gl", "glu" and "glut" in front of all the names (i.e.,
-      following the C-like syntax) leaves common variable names open for
-      the programmers (e.g., "vertex", "color" etc. are popular topics in
-      3D programming, so not robbing the ruby namespace of such valuable
-      real-estate seems nice).
-
-
-* It shall be possible to check out the project from svn, compile and test
-  on the following platforms: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux. MS Windows operating
-  systems may also be supported in the future.
-
-* The project will make a number of pre-compiled extensions available as gems.
-
-* The project will supply source code and build scripts (via svn checkout)
-  conducive to straightforward porting to other platforms.
-
-* There shall be a test suite that exercises each call in each of the Base
-  modules.
-
-* All project documentation will be in Markdown format in files that end in
-  `.txt`.
-
-* The project will make some efforts to track versions of OpenGL.
-
-
-### Things in the future
-
-Once the base modules are implemented, there are several ideas on things to
-do next.  This list is not really requirements, but a list of nice ideas to
-try:
-
-* Provide wrappers for glBegin/glEnd, eg: polygon()...translates to
-  glBegin(GL_POLYGON)....glEnd
-
-* Untyped versions of the multi-typed gl functions:  e.g., a single
-  glVertex that examines its arguments and calls the appropriate
-  glVertex{234}{fisdv} call in BaseGL.
-
-
-
-Implementation
---------------
-
-Our plan is to continue on with Yoshi's original code, modified
-to use standard OpenGL-style constant and function names.
-
-
-### Build environment ###
-
-The build environment will use:
-
-* use rake and mkrf. 
-* minimize the number of additional tools required

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-Roadmap
-=======
-
-* Write comprehensive API documentation
-* Create more example code
-* Add RMagick(ImageMagick) integration for easy image handling (textures,screenshots)
-* Support all pixelstore modes (currently forced to default values by
-  any function getting/setting data affected by it)
-
-Possible Features
-========
-* Add **all** OpenGL extensions (some are obsolete or not really used or useful at all)
-* Add direct mapping on ruby types for vertex arrays, buffers and image data to allow high performance data operations from within ruby
-	- this should be modeled after Perl's OpenGL::Array
-	- Update: preliminary tests shows that performance-wise there is no need for it, as the Ruby interpreter overhead is currently larger than immediate-mode calls overhead, so any potential speed gains are in domain of 1-5%. It still may be good idea from usability perspective, although that would require more comprehensive design, not just simple wrapper.
-* Support for r/w VBO buffer mapping - gl(Un)MapBuffer (is it needed?)
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-Scientific Use
---------------
-
-Though not directly related to ruby-opengl, this page contains a
-few tidbits of general info that might possibly be of interest to
-a number of users.
-
-There are currently two bindings to the [GNU Scientific Library][1] (GSL):
-
-* Yoshiki's Ruby/GSL (<http://rb-gsl.rubyforge.org/>) --
-  Comes with an API reference. Also, I've been told that the API has been
-  worked a bit to be more comfortable for Ruby programmers.
-* Arno's ruby-gsl (<http://ruby-gsl.sourceforge.net/>) --
-  more of a straight wrapper around the C API.
-
-[1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
-
-<a href="http://rubyforge.org/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=97">Browse Rubyforge</a>
-for more.
-
-
-Links
------
-
-* <http://sciruby.codeforpeople.com/sr.cgi/FrontPage> -- SciRuby wiki.
-* <http://narray.rubyforge.org/> -- Numerical n-dimensional Array class.
-* <http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/~paxton/tioga.html> -- Tioga. Create plots using
-  Ruby and TeX.
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-		<li><a href="./tutorial.html">Tutorial</a></li>
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-		<li><a href="./roadmap.html">Roadmap</a></li>
-		<li><a href="./requirements_and_design.html">Req's doc</a></li>
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-			<li><a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-opengl">Project page</a></li>
-		</ul>
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-		<ul>
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-			<li><a href="http://www.opengl.org/">OpenGL</a></li>
-			<li><a href="http://www.mesa3d.org/">Mesa</a></li>
-			<li><a href="http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/">freeglut</a></li>
-			<li><a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-ftgl/">ruby-ftgl</a></li>
-			<li><a href="http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?OpenGL">Ruby wiki GL page</a></li>
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-Thank you
----------
-
-Aside from big thank-you's to the core devs, special thanks also goes to:
-
-* Bill Kelly -- provided some pilot code changing how users can call method and constant names.
-* Ilmari Heikkinen -- provided code for changing how users can call method and constant names.
-* James Adam -- Mac OS X fixes
-* Tony Hursh -- Mac OS X glut build tweak
-* Sean Long -- More Mac OS X fixes
-* John Gabriele -- Numerous fixes, documentation, and project support
-* Ronald Pijnacker -- Windows support and bugfixes
-* **Yoshi** -- providing ruby-opengl-0.32g from which to work off of.
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-Usage Tutorial
-==============
-This page should serve as tutorial and also as reference to Ruby bindings for OpenGL
-language. It is assumed that you have basic understanding of both OpenGL and Ruby.
-
-If you are new to OpenGL, you can start by visiting [OpenGL homepage](http://www.opengl.org)
-, reading the [OpenGL Programming Guide](http://opengl.org/documentation/books/#the_opengl_programming_guide_the_official_guide_to_learning_opengl_version) (also known as Red Book) or going to [NeHe's tutorials page](http://nehe.gamedev.net/).
-
-If you are new to Ruby, [the ruby-lang website](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/) contains lots of
-documentation and manuals for Ruby.
-
-Table of Contents
-==============
-Basics:
-* [Naming Conventions](#naming_conventions)<br/>
-* [Function parameters](#function_parameters)<br/>
-* [Return values](#return_values)<br/>
-* [Matrices](#matrices)<br/>
-* [Textures and other raw data](#textures)<br/>
-* [Error Checking](#error_checking)<br/>
-* [Examples](#examples)<br/>
-
-Advanced stuff:
-* [OpenGL version and Extensions](#extensions)<br/>
-* [Selection and Feedback queries](#selection_feedback)<br/>
-* [Vertex Arrays](#vertex_arrays)<br/>
-* [Buffer Objects](#buffer_objects)<br/>
-* [GLUT, SDL, GLFW..](#glut_sdl)<br/>
-* [GLUT callbacks](#glut_callbacks)<br/>
-* [Internals](#internals)<br/>
-
-API reference:
-* TODO
-
-<a name="naming_conventions"></a>
-Naming conventions
-------------------
-
-The bindings contains three modules:
-* 'Gl' - OpenGL functions itself
-* 'Glu' - OpenGL Utility Library API - higher-level drawing routines, NURBS etc.
-* 'Glut' - OpenGL Utility Toolkit - low level functions such as creating OpenGL
-  context, opening window or handling user input
-
-You can import all three modules by calling
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	require 'opengl'
-
-You can also load the modules separately by using:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	require 'gl'
-	require 'glu'
-	require 'glut'
-
-The functions and constants are named the same as their C counterparts:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	require 'opengl'
-	...
-	Gl.glFooBar( Gl::GL_FOO_BAR )
-	Glu.gluFooBar( Glu::GLU_FOO_BAR )
-	Glut.glutFooBar( Glut::GLUT_FOO_BAR )
-
-This is the 'full' syntax, usefull when you are expecting name clashes
-with other modules, or just want to be formal ;) More often, you will
-want to use the 'C-style' syntax, which you can accomplish by using 'include'
-to export the module functions and constants to global namespace:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	require 'opengl'
-	include Gl,Glu,Glut
-	...
-	glFooBar( GL_FOO_BAR )
-	gluFooBar( GLU_FOO_BAR )
-	glutFooBar( GLUT_FOO_BAR )
-
-Finally, you can use the 'old' syntax:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	require 'opengl'
-	...
-	# Note the missing prefixes in functions and constants
-	# and also capitalization of module names
-	GL.FooBar( GL::FOO_BAR )
-	GLU.FooBar( GLU::FOO_BAR )
-	GLUT.FooBar( GLUT::FOO_BAR )
-
-This syntax was used by previous ruby-opengl versions; some people also
-consider it as being more in the spirit of OO programming. It has one
-downside though - due to Ruby's naming scheme, you cannot use constants
-which begins with number, e.g. GL_2D would under this syntax be (GL::)2D
-which is illegal.
-
-All three variants of syntax will continue to be supported in future,
-so it's up to you which one you choose to use.
-
-The rest of this tutorial will use the C syntax.
-
-Calling syntax
---------------
-<a name="function_parameters"></a>
-Function parameters
---------------
-For most types the ruby syntax follows the C API. If needed, ruby will do
-automatic parameter conversion to required type if possible. Example:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	glVertex3f( 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 )  # matches C syntax
-	glVertex3f( 1, 1, 1 )        # equivalent to the above
-	glVertex3f( "string", 1, 1 ) # raises TypeError exception
-		
-Arrays are passed/received as Ruby arrays:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	vertex = [ 1, 1, 1 ]
-	glVertex3fv( vertex )
-
-For functions with multiple parameter-number variations (glVertex,glColor,...)
-we define 'overloaded' functions, as in:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	glVertexf( 1, 1 )       # will call glVertex2f()
-	glVertexf( 1, 1, 1 )    # will call glVertex3f()
-	glVertexf( 1, 1, 1, 1 ) # will call glVertex4f()
-	glVertexi( 1, 1 )       # will call glVertex2i()
-	...
-	# and so on
-
-<a name="return_values"></a>
-Return values
--------------
-In C, OpenGL functions rarely return values directly, instead you pass in pointer to
-preallocated buffer and they will fill it with values; sometimes you have to even query
-how big buffer you'll need to allocate. Ruby does this all for you, returning either single
-value or array:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	glColor4f( 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 )
-	...
-	color =	glGetDoublev(GL_CURRENT_COLOR)
-	p color # will be [1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0]
-
-<a name="matrices"></a>
-Matrices
--------------
-Matrices are passed and received as ruby array, or as ruby Matrix objects:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	matrix_a = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
-	matrix_b = [ [  0, 1, 2, 3 ],
-	             [  4, 5, 6, 7 ],
-	             [  8, 9,10,11 ],
-	             [ 12,13,14,15 ] ]
-	matrix_c = Matrix.rows( [ [  0, 1, 2, 3 ],
-	                          [  4, 5, 6, 7 ],
-	                          [  8, 9,10,11 ],
-	                          [ 12,13,14,15 ] ] )
-	...
-	glLoadMatrixf(matrix_a)
-	glLoadMatrixf(matrix_b) 
-	glLoadMatrixf(matrix_c) # same result
-
-You may also create your own matrix class and pass it this way, provided that it
-is convertible to array (has 'to_a' method).
-
-Note that as OpenGL uses column-major
-notation for matrices, you may need to call transpose() when working with
-row-major matrices or arrays in ruby.
-
-<a name="textures"></a>
-Textures and other raw data
--------------
-Data for textures, arrays, buffers etc. can be specified either as ruby arrays or directly as raw packed strings -
-strings that contains their direct memory representation (just like C arrays). If you need to convert between
-ruby arrays and these strings, use ruby Array#pack() and String#unpack() functions.
-Example:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	# create texture, 2x2 pixels,
-	# 3 components (R,G,B) for each pixel as floats
-	texture = [
-	           1.0, 0.0, 0.0, # 1st pixel, red
-	           0.0, 1.0, 0.0, # 2nd pixel, green
-	           0.0, 0.0, 1.0, # 3rd pixel, blue
-	           1.0, 1.0, 1.0  # 4th pixel, white
-	          ]
-	# convert it to string
-	# f = native float representation
-	# * = convert all values in the array the same way
-	data = texture.pack("f*")
-	...
-	glTexImage2D(
-	  GL_TEXTURE_2D, # target
-	  0,             # mipmap level,
-	  GL_RGB8,       # internal format
-	  2, 2,          # width, height
-	  0,             # border = no
-	  GL_RGB,        # components per each pixel
-	  GL_FLOAT,      # component type - floats
-	  data           # the packed data
-	)
-
-Reverse works just the same:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	...
-	data = glGetTexImage( # returns the packed data as string
-	  GL_TEXTURE_2D, # target
-	  0,             # mipmap level
-	  GL_RGB,        # components per pixel
-	  GL_FLOAT       # component type
-	)
-	# now convert it to ruby array
-	texture = data.unpack("f*")
-	...
-
-For storage, packed strings are more memory efficient than ruby arrays, but
-cannot be easily changed or manipulated.
-
-<a name="error_checking"></a>
-Error Checking
---------------
-Starting with version 0.60.0, ruby-opengl performs automatic checking of OpenGL and GLU errors.
-Functions:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	Gl.enable_error_checking
-	Gl.disable_error_checking
-	Gl.is_error_checking_enabled? # true/false
-
-When the checking is enabled (default), glGetError() is executed after each OpenGL call, and should error
-occur, Gl::Error exception is raised:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	Gl.enable_error_checking
-	...
-	begin 
-	  ...
-	  glEnable(GL_TRUE) # will raise exception
-	  ...
-	rescue Gl::Error => err
-		# err.id contains the OpenGL error ID
-		if (err.id == GL_INVALID_ENUM)
-			puts "Oh noes! You used invalid enum!"
-			...
-		end
-		...
-	end
-
-Some GLU functions may also throw Glu::Error - the handling is the same as above.
-
-It is usually good idea to leave error checking on for all your code, as OpenGL errors have habit to pop-up in
-unexpected places. For now there is no measurable performance hit for error checking, although this may depend
-on your graphic drivers implementation.
-
-<a name="examples"></a>
-The Examples
------------
-
-Various examples are in 'examples' directory of the bindings. To run them, manually pass them to `ruby` like:
-
-    ruby some_sample.rb
-
-On windows, you may want to use 'rubyw' instead, which displays the standard output window
-as some examples use the console for usage info etc.
-
-If you get 'opengl not found' error, and you installed ruby-opengl from gems, your
-shell or ruby installation is probably not configured to use the gems; in that case type:
-
-    ruby -rubygems some_sample.rb
-
-The `README` file in the `examples` directory contains some notes on the examples.
-
-<a name="extensions"></a>
-OpenGL Version and Extensions 
------------
-To query for available OpenGL version or OpenGL extension, use Gl.is_available? function:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	# true if OpenGL version is 2.0 or later is available
-	Gl.is_available?(2.0)
-	...
-	# returns true if GL_ARB_shadow is available on this system
-	Gl.is_available?("GL_ARB_shadow")
-	
-For list of what extensions are supported in ruby-opengl see this [page](extensions.html)
-
-The extensions' function names once again follows the C API. Some extensions were over time
-promoted to ARB or even to OpenGL core, retaining their function names just with suffix changed
-or removed. However sometimes the functions semantics was changed in the process, so to avoid
-confusion, ruby-opengl bindings will strictly adhere to the C naming, e.g. :
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	# will call the function from GL_ARB_transpose_matrix extension
-	glLoadTransposeMatrixfARB(matrix)
-	...
-	# will call the function from OpenGL 1.3
-	glLoadTransposeMatrixf(matrix)
-
-<b>Note:</b> ruby-opengl is compiled against OpenGL 1.1, and all functions and enums from later
-versions of OpenGL and from extensions are loaded dynamically at runtime. That means that all
-of OpenGL 2.1 and supported extensions are available even if the ruby-opengl bindings are
-compiled on platform which lacks proper libraries or headers (like for example Windows without
-installed graphic drivers). This should ease binary-only distribution and application packaging.
-
-
-<a name="selection_feedback"></a>
-Selection/Feedback queries
------------
-Querying selection and feedback is different from C. Example:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	# this will create selection buffer 512*sizeof(GLuint) long
-	buf = glselectbuffer(512)
-	# enter feedback mode
-	glRenderMode(GL_SELECT) 
-	... # draw something here	
-	# return to render mode
-	count = glRenderMode(GL_RENDER)
-	# at this point the buf string is freezed and contains
-	# the selection data, which you can recover with unpack
-	# function
-	data = buf.unpack("I*") # I for unsigned integer
-	# also, next call to glRenderMode(GL_SELECT) will overwrite
-	# the 'buf' buffer with new data
-
-The feedback query follows the same pattern, only the data are stored
-as floats.
-
-<a name="vertex_arrays"></a>
-Vertex Arrays
------------
-In current state, vertex arrays are not very efficient in ruby-opengl, as it is not possible to change
-the array content once it is specified, and there is overhead for converting between ruby and C representation
-of numbers. Using display lists for static and immediate mode for dynamic objects is recommended instead.
-
-You can specify the data the same way as [texture data](#textures). Example:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	normals = [0,1,0, 1,0,0, 1,1,1]
-	glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT,0,normals)
-	...
-	glEnable(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY)
-	glDrawArrays(...)
-	...
-
-This applies to all *pointer functions. glGetPointerv will return reference to the frozen string
-previously specified.
-
-<a name="buffer_objects"></a>
-Buffer Objects
------------
-Once again, in current state buffer objects (VBOs in particular) are not very efficient in ruby-opengl.
-Unlike textures and vertex arrays, the data for buffers *must* be prepacked by using .pack() function,
-as buffers does not retain information about the storage type. Mapping of the buffer afterwards is read-only. 
-
-Like in C, buffer binding affects some functions in way that if particular buffer is bound, the related
-functions (for example glTexImage) take integer offset in place of data string argument. This is also true
-for getter functions (e.g. glGetTexImage) - instead of returning the data string, they take offset as they're
-last argument (so in ruby they take one extra argument), and will write the data in the bound buffer as expected.
-
-VBO example:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	# specify 3 vertices, 2*float each
-	data = [0,0, 0,1, 1,1].pack("f*")
-	...
-	# generate buffer name
-	buffers = glGenBuffers(1)
-	# bind to the name to ARRAY buffer for vertex array
-	glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,buffers[0])
-	# here the data is specified, size is n*sizeof(float)
-	# note that you don't get to specify type, as buffers
-	# operate on byte level
-	glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,6*4,data,GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW)
-	...
-	# here instead of specyfing the data, you pass '0' (or
-	# positive integer) as offset to the bound buffer
-	glVertexPointer(2,GL_FLOAT,0,0)
-	...
-	glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY)
-	...
-
-<a name="glut_sdl"></a>
-GLUT, SDL, GLFW..
----------
-When it comes to low-level task like GL window creation, input and event handling, the first choice is GLUT,
-as it is readilly available alongside OpenGL. However both GLUT itself and its implementations
-have their drawbacks, and for that and other reasons there are number of replacement libraries.
-You can use any of them with ruby-opengl (as long as there are ruby bindings for them).
-
-Here is example for [SDL](http://www.kmc.gr.jp/~ohai/index.en.html):
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	require 'opengl'
-	require 'sdl'
-	# init
-	SDL.init(SDL::INIT_VIDEO)
-	SDL.setGLAttr(SDL::GL_DOUBLEBUFFER,1)
-	SDL.setVideoMode(512,512,32,SDL::OPENGL)
-	...
-	Gl.glVertex3f(1.0,0.0,0.0)
-	...
-	SDL.GLSwapBuffers()
-	...
-
-and another example for [GLFW](http://ruby-glfw.rubyforge.org/):
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	require 'opengl'
-	require 'glfw'
-	# init
-	Glfw.glfwOpenWindow( 500,500, 0,0,0,0, 32,0, Glfw::GLFW_WINDOW )
-	...
-	Gl.glVertex3f(1.0,0.0,0.0)
-	...
-	Glfw.glfwSwapBuffers()
-	...
-
-<a name="glut_callbacks"></a>
-GLUT callbacks
---------------
-
-The GLUT callback functions are specified as Proc objects, which you can
-either create with lambda as:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	reshape = lambda do |w, h|
-	  ...
-	end
-	...
-	glutReshapeFunc( reshape )
-
-or by conversion from normal functions:
-
-	{{ruby}}
-	def reshape(w,h)
-	  ...
-	end
-	...
-	glutReshapeFunc( method("reshape").to_proc )
-    
-Note: An older notation you'll see instead of `lambda` is `proc`. The
-PickAxe v2 notes that `proc` is "mildly deprecated" in favor of `lambda`.
-You'll also sometimes see `Proc.new` used in place of either. Pages 359-360 of
-PickAxe v2 describe the differences between using `lambda` and `Proc.new`,
-but for our purposes either will be fine.
-
-<a name="internals"></a>
-Internals
----------
-
-The directory structure follows current Ruby standards, with a few
-extra directories added.
-
-* `doc/` -- Contains documentation for the project (from which this
-  website is generated).
-* `examples/` -- Example programs.
-* `ext/` -- Contains subdirectories, one for each of the three extension
-  modules (gl, glu, glut). Herein are the files needed to compile the extension
-  modules.
-* `lib/` -- Files that the user is meant to `require` in their own code.
-* `test/` -- Contains automatic testsuite for the bindings
-* `utils` -- Some utility scripts used to help generate code, documentation
-  and website.
-* `website` -- After running `rake gen_website` this directory will contain
-  the ruby-opengl website.