Re: [pygame] Alternate to graphics modules

[Richard Jones <r1chardj0n3s@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7 February 2013 10:29, Ian Mallett <geometrian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Richard Jones <r1chardj0n3s@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> You'd better start writing then :-)
>
> At some level, you need to interface with the graphics drivers. Since Python
> is an abstraction layer over C, this means either writing in C (not Python),
> or using a package that does that for you. You must use some package in
> Python to do low-level graphics--whether you write it yourself or no.
>
> For a package that gives you low-level access, my recommendation is
> PyOpenGL. It's lower-level than PyGlet and much cleaner, I think.

That's not quite right. PyOpenGL and pyglet exist at about the same
level architecturally. PyOpenGL does not provide an OpenGL context -
you need another library (like pyglet or pygame) to provide that.


    Richard