Derelict Does the Tango With Penguins

February 14th, 2007 | by Aldacron |

I recently updated Derelict to be compilable with Tango. I committed the changes and waited for some feedback before posting here. Now that a few bugs have been ironed out and someone has successfully compiled and executed a Tango-ized DerelictGL app, I think the time has come to let the wider world in on it.

There are a couple of caveats, though:

  • I encountered a few errors with Tango on Windows that are beyond my control. I’m waiting for them to be resolved, but until they are you can only use Tango-ized Derelict on Linux.
  • If you like to build Derelict’s libraries, you currently can’t with Tango. The build script does not have 100% Tango support just yet. So you’ll need to use a build tool, like Bud, Rebuild, or DSSS to compile Derelict packages along with your app (unless you enjoy creating Makefiles).

Unless you are a Linux user and anxious to experiment with Tango in a Derelict app, I suggest you do not update your local copy just yet. You can read more detail (along with what I’ve posted here) in the announcement I made in the Derelict forums. Please do read that post, because I also modified the build script again and haven’t yet updated the docs.

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