Cool :) If/when you get around to implement something, I'm happy to help with testing!
-Floh Am Dienstag, 22. Juli 2014 16:19:02 UTC+2 schrieb jj: > > This has been discussed before in different scenarios. I am very much in > favor, I'll see about adding that in html5.h when I have a moment. Marked > down https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/issues/2559. > > > 2014-07-22 16:35 GMT+03:00 Floh <[email protected] <javascript:>>: > >> Hi, >> >> this is not really a feature request, more a thought in progress. I think >> the current way to initialize a WebGL context via glut, EGL or SDL is the >> right way for most code bases since it allows easy porting of existing >> code. BUT both glutCreateWindow and EGL do little more then calling >> Browser.createContext (haven't looked at the SDL wrapper yet), but each >> wrapper comes with overhead (for instance, EGL has code which emulates the >> EGL setup calls, even though most of this stuff isn't even used/needed, and >> GLUT also initializes input event listening code). >> >> I was wondering whether it would make sense to have a minimalistic C >> interface to Browser.createContext which would only allow to configure the >> webGLContextAttributes (maybe emscripten_canvas_create_context()?). >> >> Also, the html5.h functionality goes a little bit into that direction to >> offer emscripten-specific functionality with as little overhead as possible. >> >> My "usage scenario" is this: I want to create an absolutely minimalistic >> 3D engine which really tries reduce client size as much as possible, for >> input handling I will use the new html5.h functions, but for display >> setup/management I still need to use either glut or EGL, both solutions >> have drawbacks (glut has its own input handling, EGL doesn't allow yet to >> configure some WebGL context attributes, and has some JS size overhead for >> EGL functionality that isn't really needed in a WebGL environment). >> >> So... thoughts? As I said, the current solutions work just fine, but each >> has some drawbacks/overhead, and I always found the emscripten_xxx API >> functions very enjoyable to work with. >> >> Cheers, >> -Floh. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "emscripten-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "emscripten-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
