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# mach/glfw - Ziggified GLFW bindings [](https://github.com/hexops/mach-glfw/actions) <a href="https://hexops.com"><img align="right" alt="Hexops logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hexops/media/main/readme.svg"></img></a>
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Ziggified GLFW bindings that [Mach engine](https://github.com/hexops/mach) uses, with 100% API coverage, zero-fuss installation, cross compilation, and more.
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This repository is a separate copy of the same library in the [main Mach repository](https://github.com/hexops/mach), and is automatically kept in sync, so that anyone can use this library in their own project / engine if they like!
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## Zero fuss installation, cross compilation, and more
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[Just as with Mach](https://github.com/hexops/mach#zero-fuss-installation--cross-compilation), you get zero fuss installation & cross compilation using these GLFW bindings. **only `zig` and `git` are needed to build from any OS and produce binaries for every OS.** No system dependencies at all.
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## 100% API coverage, 130+ tests, etc.
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These bindings have 100% API coverage of GLFW v3.3.4. Every function, type, constant, etc. has been wrapped in a ziggified API.
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There are 130+ tests, and CI tests on all major platforms as well as cross-compilation between platforms:
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[platform support table](https://github.com/hexops/mach#supported-platforms)
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## What does a ziggified GLFW API offer?
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Why create a ziggified GLFW wrapper, instead of just using `@cImport` and interfacing with GLFW directly? You get:
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* Errors as [zig errors](https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#Errors) instead of via a callback function.
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* `true` and `false` instead of `c.GLFW_TRUE` and `c.GLFW_FALSE` constants.
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* Generics, so you can just use `window.hint` instead of `glfwWindowHint`, `glfwWindowHintString`, etc.
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* **Enums**, always know what value a GLFW function can accept as everything is strictly typed. And use the nice Zig syntax to access enums, like `window.getKey(.escape)` instead of `c.glfwGetKey(window, c.GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE)`
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* Slices instead of C pointers and lengths.
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* [packed structs](https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#packed-struct) represent bit masks, so you can use `if (joystick.down and joystick.right)` instead of `if (joystick & c.GLFW_HAT_DOWN and joystick & c.GLFW_HAT_RIGHT)`, etc.
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* Methods, e.g. `my_window.hint(...)` instead of `glfwWindowHint(my_window, ...)`
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## How do I use OpenGL, Vulkan, WebGPU, etc. with this?
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You'll need to bring your own library for this. Some are:
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* (Vulkan) https://github.com/Snektron/vulkan-zig (also see https://github.com/Avokadoen/zig_vulkan)
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* (OpenGL) https://github.com/ziglibs/zgl
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## Examples
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A minimal Vulkan example can be found in the [mach-glfw-vulkan-example](https://github.com/hexops/mach-glfw-vulkan-example) repository:
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<img width="912" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3173176/139573985-d862f35a-e78e-40c2-bc0c-9c4fb68d6ecd.png">
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## Getting started
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In a `libs` subdirectory of the root of your project:
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```sg
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git clone https://github.com/hexops/mach-glfw
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```
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Then in your `build.zig` add:
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```zig
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const glfw = @import("libs/mach-glfw/build.zig");
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pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
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...
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exe.addPackagePath("glfw", "libs/mach-glfw/src/main.zig");
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glfw.link(b, exe, .{});
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}
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```
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Now in your code you may import and use GLFW:
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```zig
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const glfw = @import("glfw");
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pub fn main() !void {
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try glfw.init(.{});
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defer glfw.terminate();
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// Create our window
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const window = try glfw.Window.create(640, 480, "Hello, mach-glfw!", null, null);
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defer window.destroy();
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// Wait for the user to close the window.
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while (!window.shouldClose()) {
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try glfw.pollEvents();
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}
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}
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```
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## A warning about error handling
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Unless the action you're performing is truly critical to your application continuing further, you should avoid using `try`.
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This is because GLFW unfortunately must return errors for _a large portion_ of its functionality on some platforms, but especially for Wayland - so ideally your application is resiliant to such errors and merely e.g. logs failures that are not critical.
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Instead of `try window.getPos()` for example, you may use:
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```zig
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const pos = window.getPos() catch |err| {
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std.log.err("failed to get window position: error={}\n", .{err});
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return;
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};
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```
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Here is a rough list of functionality Wayland does not support:
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* `Window.setIcon`
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* `Window.setPos`, `Window.getPos`
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* `Window.iconify`, `Window.focus`
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* `Monitor.setGamma`
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* `Monitor.getGammaRamp`, `Monitor.setGammaRamp`
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## Issues
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Issues are tracked in the [main Mach repository](https://github.com/hexops/mach/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aglfw).
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## Contributing
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Contributions are very welcome, but pull requests must be sent to [the main repository](https://github.com/hexops/mach/tree/main/glfw) to avoid some complex merge conflicts we'd get by accepting contributions in both repositories. Once the changes are merged there, they'll get sync'd to this repository automatically.
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We track the latest stable release of GLFW, if you need a newer version we can start a development branch / figure that out - just open an issue.
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