On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 05:41:51PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
> As Daryll said, the GL redbook is a good choice. I figured I'd comment
> specifically because I'm a firm believer that Amazon should DIE DIE DIE.
> *ahem* Here's the book from fatbrain (owned by Barnes and Noble, but a
> nicer format than bn.com):
>
> http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0201604582&vm=
Fat Brain is another good choice. It was also pointed out that my link
is a bit old since it points to the 2nd edition and there is now a 3rd,
but since he is in Germany it doesn't help.
> Another one that looks interesting:
>
> http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0761532552&vm=
>
> I don't have this one yet (it's in the mail though!) I know it covers
> OpenGL at least a little. It also covers SVGALib, Simple Directmedia
> Layer, OpenAL. I don't know if it covers X11 or GTK or anything else in
> that category since one book really can't cover EVERYTHING but from what
> I've heard it's at least a good book to have.
>
>
> After awhile working with OpenGL, you'll probably want this:
>
> http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0201657651&vm=
>
> That's the good ol' blue book. There are also white (wgl) and green (glX)
> books, but you probably won't need them. The blue book documents glX
> calls and who cares what's in the white book? ;)
I'm not that big a fan of the blue book since it is just the same as the
man pages. I prefer to look them up on line.
> Last but not least,
>
> http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0201619210&vm=
>
> This is probably going to be the hardest to directly apply to whatever
> you're doing, but is probably going to help more in the long run than even
> the venerable Foley book. It's worth checking out, but it's spendy and as
> I said, it might not be directly applicable to anything you're doing. If
> you're interested in indirect applications, it's chock full of them.
These are also good suggestions. Thanks for the additions.
- |Daryll
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