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GLFW 4.0 sketchbook

Camilla Löwy edited this page 2020-07-03 18:29:37 +02:00

This is not a design document.

• Add APIENTRY to GLFWproc
• Add return value error indication where possible
• Add enumerable controller objects
• Add context objects
• Replace character callbacks with text callback
• Replace glfwGetWindowAttrib with accessors for run-time attributes
• Replace empty events with custom events that carry a pointer
• Put major version number in shared/dynamic library name
• Possible adaption to positioning-less Wayland
• Cleanup of float vs. double
• Cleanup of signed vs. unsigned
• Change default to compatibility profile
• Possibly move to built-in config selection
• Handle mouse button swapping
• Rename joystick to controller
• Rename GLFW_CLIENT_API to GLFW_CONTEXT_TYPE
• Rename glfwGetVersion to glfwGetLibraryVersion
• Rename GLFW_VERSION_* to GLFW_HEADER_VERSION_*
• Change macOS prefix to MACOS
• Separate video mode from window
• Revert to map monitors to CRTCs unless major legacy Oculus clones appear
• Make GLFW_DONT_CARE default for context version hints
• Set GLFW_DONT_CARE to INT_MIN instead of -1
• Sort video modes by width and then height instead of by area
• Unify GLFW*proc to GLFWproc
• Sane function pointer typedefs
• Move to enums for tokens
• Move error callback pointer to per-thread error struct
• Sort out SRGB_CAPABLE vs. COLORSPACE
• Make space between last key and GLFW_KEY_LAST
• Remove focus behavior from glfwShowWindow
• Remove glfwSetTime (rationale)
• Remove window parameter of clipboard functions
• Remove auto-iconification
• Remove GLFW_CURSOR_HIDDEN
• Return (English, l10n-able) known names for all known keys

GLFW 3.3.7

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