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example/main.cpp

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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <GL/glew.h>
+#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    // Initialise GLFW
+    glewExperimental = true; // Needed for core profile
+    if (!glfwInit()) {
+        fprintf( stderr, "Failed to initialize GLFW\n" );
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_SAMPLES, 4); // 4x antialiasing
+    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3); // We want OpenGL 3.3
+    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
+    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE); // To make MacOS happy; should not be needed
+    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE); // We don't want the old OpenGL 
+
+    // Open a window and create its OpenGL context
+    GLFWwindow* window; // (In the accompanying source code, this variable is global for simplicity)
+    window = glfwCreateWindow( 1024, 768, "Tutorial 01", NULL, NULL);
+    if (window == NULL) {
+        fprintf( stderr, "Failed to open GLFW window. If you have an Intel GPU, they are not 3.3 compatible. Try the 2.1 version of the tutorials.\n" );
+        glfwTerminate();
+        return -1;
+    }
+    glfwMakeContextCurrent(window); // Initialize GLEW
+    glewExperimental=true; // Needed in core profile
+    if (glewInit() != GLEW_OK) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize GLEW\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    // Ensure we can capture the escape key being pressed below
+    glfwSetInputMode(window, GLFW_STICKY_KEYS, GL_TRUE);
+
+    do {
+        // Clear the screen. It's not mentioned before Tutorial 02, but it can cause flickering, so it's there nonetheless.
+        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+
+        // Draw nothing, see you in tutorial 2 !
+
+        // Swap buffers
+        glfwSwapBuffers(window);
+        glfwPollEvents();
+    } while (
+        // Check if the ESC key was pressed or the window was closed
+        glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE ) != GLFW_PRESS
+        && glfwWindowShouldClose(window) == 0
+    );
+}