n beta available for linux
http://www.jsoftware.com/download/j601nbeta_linux.exe
This version has latest changes and fixes as discussed in the forum.
The default install configuration (and the eventual final release) is that
x. y. u. v. m. n. are spelling errors. Use Edit|Configure|Parameters to
allow x. y. etc. if required (or do 9!:49[1).
Linux OpenGL still uses an offscreen buffer for rendering and probably does
not get hardware accelleration. However, copying pixels from the memory
buffer to the screen is much faster and overall performance is much better
than in the previus beta. In theory the groundwork is all in place for an
ambitious user to redefine rc_jzopengl_ to create a hidden window with
normal glx/agl/cgl/X11 services and do the rendering there with hardware
accelleration. The overhead of copying the pixels to the screen is probably
not so high as to justify the additional work required in Java and C to more
directly link the Java screen with the rendering context.
Ctrl+f in an OpenGL demo animates 100 frames and reports frames/second.
There are many changes in the lower level OpenGL support and we recommend
study of the reworked OpenGL Introduction lab for details.
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