Re: JOGL tutorial is extraordinarily confusing. Here's why.
Posted by Sven Gothel on Jan 11, 2014; 1:01am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/JOGL-tutorial-is-extraordinarily-confusing-Here-s-why-tp4031149p4031150.html
On 01/11/2014 01:45 AM, andreasdr [via jogamp] wrote:
> I am new to JOGL and was trying out the triangle applet example in
> https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Using_JOGL_in_Java_Web_Start . At first I
> couldn't get it to work and was very confused. After searching these forums
> for a while, however, I found the problem.
>
> It turns out the tutorials contain errors that can be very confusing for a
> beginner. I'll list them below:
>
>>In
> http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_a_JogAmp_project_in_your_favorite_IDE ,
> under "Eclipse IDE project", jogl.all.jar is alternatively referred to as
> "jogl.all.jar" (in the screenshots), "jogl.jar" (in the bullet point saying
> "Add gluegen-rt.jar and jogl.jar to the project.") and "jogl-all.jar" (in the
> bullet point saying "Expand the jogl-all and gluegen-rt JARs...").http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_a_JogAmp_project_in_your_favorite_IDE
jogl.jar -> jogl-all.jar
No jogl.all.jar in any of above Wiki pages ..
Thank you for finding the issues.
>>Even worse: "jogl.all.jar" isn't included in the file mentioned in
> http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Downloading_and_installing_JOGL (URL:
> http://jogamp.org/deployment/jogamp-current/archive/jogamp-all-platforms.7z).
> I instead downloaded my version from
> http://jogamp.org/deployment/archive/rc/v2.0-rc5/jar/
jogamp-all-platforms.7z is actually correct,
since it includes all jar files referenced.
the page very well lists all jar files included
sorry for your inconveniences,
however such tiny typos shall not to be too confusion.
(sure .. not for me sitting in the woods :)
>
> To those responsible for the site, please look into this!
Oh dear ..
> /Andreas
~Sven
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/JOGL-tutorial-is-extraordinarily-confusing-Here-s-why-tp4031149p4031150.html
On 01/11/2014 01:45 AM, andreasdr [via jogamp] wrote:
> I am new to JOGL and was trying out the triangle applet example in
> https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Using_JOGL_in_Java_Web_Start . At first I
> couldn't get it to work and was very confused. After searching these forums
> for a while, however, I found the problem.
>
> It turns out the tutorials contain errors that can be very confusing for a
> beginner. I'll list them below:
>
>>In
> http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_a_JogAmp_project_in_your_favorite_IDE ,
> under "Eclipse IDE project", jogl.all.jar is alternatively referred to as
> "jogl.all.jar" (in the screenshots), "jogl.jar" (in the bullet point saying
> "Add gluegen-rt.jar and jogl.jar to the project.") and "jogl-all.jar" (in the
> bullet point saying "Expand the jogl-all and gluegen-rt JARs...").
jogl.jar -> jogl-all.jar
No jogl.all.jar in any of above Wiki pages ..
Thank you for finding the issues.
>>Even worse: "jogl.all.jar" isn't included in the file mentioned in
> http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Downloading_and_installing_JOGL (URL:
> http://jogamp.org/deployment/jogamp-current/archive/jogamp-all-platforms.7z).
> I instead downloaded my version from
> http://jogamp.org/deployment/archive/rc/v2.0-rc5/jar/
jogamp-all-platforms.7z is actually correct,
since it includes all jar files referenced.
the page very well lists all jar files included
sorry for your inconveniences,
however such tiny typos shall not to be too confusion.
(sure .. not for me sitting in the woods :)
>
> To those responsible for the site, please look into this!
Oh dear ..
> /Andreas
~Sven
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