Changes between Version 56 and Version 57 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

Dec 31, 2012, 3:25:41 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

Ben Lippmeier

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 A: Because the Haskell Platform (HP) doesn't use the latest version of GHC. The [http://hackage.haskell.org/package/gloss-examples gloss-examples] package depends on [http://hackage.haskell.org/package/repa repa] via the [http://hackage.haskell.org/package/gloss-raster gloss-raster] package. Repa itself is tightly coupled to a particular version of GHC because it depends on properties of the GHC simplifier for good performance. When the HP does not use the latest GHC we provide a specific Gloss package for it, whose API should be identical to the most recent version. For the Haskell Platform 2012.04 you should use [http://hackage.haskell.org/package/gloss-1.7.7.201204.1 gloss-1.7.7.201204.1].
 
+'''Q: Gloss crashes at startup'''[[br]]
+A0: On Windows there is a known issue with the version of freeglut that comes with the Haskell Platform 2012.2.0.0. Upgrade your Haskell Platform or install freeglut >= 2.8.0.[[br]]
+A1: On other systems, you can also try upgrading freeglut to the latest version. If doing this solves a crash-bug on a non-Windows machine then please email me about it `gloss [wibble] ouroborus.net`and I'll update this wiki.
 
 '''Q: Gloss freezes in `ghci`. It tries to draw the window but I don't get a picture and must kill the process.'''[[br]]
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 We're also interested in cool examples you come up with. Contributed examples can be added to the gloss-examples package and posted on this page.
 
-To get an account on the trac, send email to `trac@ouroborus.net`
+To get an account on the trac, send email to `gloss [wibble] ouroborus.net`
 
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