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@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ Epoxy is a library for handling OpenGL function pointer management for you. -It hides the complexity of dlopen(), dlsym(), glXGetProcAddress(), -eglGetProcAddress(), etc. from the app developer, with very little -knowledge needed on their part. They get to read GL specs and write -code using undecorated function names like glCompileShader(). +It hides the complexity of ```dlopen()```, ```dlsym()```, +```glXGetProcAddress()```, ```eglGetProcAddress()```, etc. from the +app developer, with very little knowledge needed on their part. They +get to read GL specs and write code using undecorated function names +like ```glCompileShader()```. Don't forget to check for your extensions or versions being present before you use them, just like before! We'll tell you what you forgot @@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ Features * Automatically initializes as new GL functions are used. * GL 4.4 core and compatibility context support. * GLES 1/2/3 context support. -* Knows about function aliases so (e.g.) glBufferData() can be used with - GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object implementations, along with GL 1.5+ - implementations. +* Knows about function aliases so (e.g.) ```glBufferData()``` can be + used with ```GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object``` implementations, along + with GL 1.5+ implementations. * EGL and GLX support. * Can be mixed with non-epoxy GL usage. @@ -40,14 +41,14 @@ As long as epoxy's headers appear first, you should be ready to go. Additionally, some new helpers become available, so you don't have to write them: -int epoxy_gl_version() returns the GL version: +```int epoxy_gl_version()``` returns the GL version: * 12 for GL 1.2 * 20 for GL 2.0 * 44 for GL 4.4 -bool epoxy_has_gl_extension() returns whether a GL extension is -available ("GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object", for example). +```bool epoxy_has_gl_extension()``` returns whether a GL extension is +available (```GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object```, for example). Note that this is not terribly fast, so keep it out of your hot paths, ok? @@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ GLEW has several issues: * Doesn't support EGL. * Has a hard-to-maintain parser of extension specification text instead of using the old .spec file or the new .xml. -* Has significant startup time overhead when glewInit() autodetects - the world. +* Has significant startup time overhead when ```glewInit()``` + autodetects the world. * User-visible multithreading support choice for win32. The motivation for this project came out of previous use of libGLEW in |