std::graphics::opengl

Source: std/graphics/opengl.slk

This is the exact canonical documentation page for std::graphics::opengl.

Role#

std::graphics::opengl is a shipped nested module in the Silk standard library. This exact-name page exists so the module can be discovered and referenced directly by its canonical name.

Use this module when Silk code needs to issue OpenGL calls into a context that a host application has already created and made current. The module is generated from the pinned Khronos OpenGL registry and exposes raw type aliases, constants, and ext declarations; it is not a windowing toolkit or a GL object lifetime manager.

Practical Workflow#

• Create the window and OpenGL context in the host application.
• Compile Silk rendering code as an object with silk build --kind object.
• Link the object into the host executable with the platform OpenGL loader (libGL.so.1 on the hosted Linux baseline, or the platform equivalent).
• Call exported Silk frame functions only while the OpenGL context is current.
• Pass framebuffer dimensions, time, and input state as plain scalar parameters; keep swap/present in the host.

Guide queries that route to concrete examples:

silk guide "draw an opengl triangle"
silk guide "animated opengl cube"
silk guide "opengl mouse reactive"

Canonical Context#

Use the following owning docs for the substantive API/design context for this module:

• graphics

Notes#

• The shipped source for this module is std/graphics/opengl.slk.
• The canonical module name is std::graphics::opengl.
• Family-wide semantics, examples, and cross-module relationships live in the owning docs listed above.