RE: Cocoa and future
RE: Cocoa and future
- Subject: RE: Cocoa and future
- From: john smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:31:11 +0100
- Importance: Normal
Thanks for the reply.
I think that's the answer to the problem... OpenGL... That should work.
Would be neat if I could turn my NSView into a WindowRef for OpenGL though... (yes, I know, I can subclass and do it in cocoa, but I prefer to do it the other way).
Thanks,
Michael Olsen
> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:41:23 -0800
> Subject: Re: Cocoa and future
> From: email@hidden
> To: email@hidden
> CC: email@hidden
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:44 AM, john smith <email@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > I'm officially confused....
> > Is there any way to draw onto a window on 64-bit os versions from C++, not
> > using obj-c?
>
> OK lets all stop for a second... ...and stop talking about Carbon (far
> too loose of term).
>
> 1) Quartz2D is the main 2D drawing API on Mac OS X (aka Core
> Graphics). It an C API which of course you can use from C, C++,
> Objective-C/C++, etc.. It exists in the 32b and 64b runtime. Many of
> the higher-level frameworks use the Quartz2D API and sibling APIs.
>
> 2) Cocoa (AppKit) has higher level equivalents to much of what you can
> find in Quartz2D.
>
> 3) OpenGL is the other major drawing API on Mac OS X. It an C API
> which of course you can use from C, C++, Objective-C/C++, etc.. It
> exists in the 32b and 64b runtime. Many of the higher-level frameworks
> use the OpenGL API and sibling APIs.
>
> 4) Regardless of the drawing API you use, you must use AppKit to
> create the windows and/or view contexts that you draw in (at least
> ones that will be visible on screen). Note HIView can be used as well
> but aspects of that do not and will likely never exist in the 64b
> realm.
>
> -Shawn
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