Overview

The Pugl API revolves around two main objects: the world and the view. An application creates a world to manage top-level state, then creates one or more views to display.

The core API (excluding backend-specific components) is declared in pugl.h:

#include <pugl/pugl.h>

• Creating a World
  • Construction
  • Setting Application Data
• Creating a View
  • Configuring the Frame
  • Embedding
  • Setting an Event Handler
  • Setting View Data
  • Setting a Backend
    • Using Cairo
    • Using OpenGL
    • Using Vulkan
      • Loading Vulkan
      • Linking with Vulkan
      • Creating a Surface
  • Showing the View
• Handling Events
  • Using the Graphics Context
    • Drawing
    • Cairo Context
    • OpenGL Context
    • Vulkan Context
• Driving the Event Loop
  • Redrawing
  • Event Dispatching
    • MacOS
    • Windows
    • X11
  • Recursive Event Loops
• Using Clipboards
  • Drag and Drop
  • Copy and Paste
• Shutting Down