Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: meinrad.recheis / aon.at [mailto:meinrad.recheis / aon.at]
> Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2003 2:57 AM
> To: ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org
> Subject: loading (bmp) textures to OpenGL
> 
> 
> hi, 
> 
> i dont want to write a reader for bmp files in ruby, so
> i have googled through comp.lang.ruby and found only one thread about
> "loading textures to opengl", which contains a link to the imlib2-ruby
> library.
> 
> the problem is, that i have no idea how to install this lib on
> windows.
> 
> does anyone have an idea how to load *.bmp s?
> 


I converted some of the NeHe OpenGL tutorials to Ruby using the RUDL
library. There are some examples of loading bmps and using them as textures
in OpenGL.

http://froukepc.dhs.org/rudl/download/applications/opengl-tutorial-%28nehe%2
9.zip

> i think it should be possible with FX/Ruby, but again i have no clue
> how to do it in an easy way.
> 
> please help, Meinrad Recheis
> 

enjoy,

Martin