[Edu-sig] minimal pyopengl

[Arthur]

having wanted to get a bit into pygame

having converted to Python23

having some background with and continuing interest in PyOpenGL

knowing that pygame supported PyOpenGL

there not being a Python23 PyOpenGL distribution as of yet

there being a problem building PyOpenGL with Python23, the process bombing
out when dealing with togl, the OpenGL context for tkinter which has been a
rather temperamental component of PyOpenGL from its beginnings.

Needing to prune togl out of the build.

And having kept pruning, to get to the more fundamental components of what
has become a large, rather complex distribution.

I end up with a Minimal PyOpenGL distribution.

It has been tested only under Windows, where it succesfully runs the
wxPython PyOpenGL demo, the pygame PyOpenGL demo, and the nehe tutorial code
available for pygame.

The self-installing Windows executable is 175k, versus approx 2.5m for the
full Python22 distro.

There is also a slightly larger source distro, which should work under
Linux - but having done it yet, and probably won't get around to testing it
for a few weeks.

What there is is avaiable at http://home.ix.netcom.com/~ajs/download/

For anyone who might find it useful.

ARt