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| GMTL
| Generic Math Template Library
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| What is GMTL?
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The Generic Math Template Library (GMTL) is a high-performance, extensible,
and generic math library. The design is based upon discussion with many
experts in the field of computer graphics and virtual reality, culminating the
efforts of many previous math library efforts. GMTL gives the graphics
programmer several core math types and a rich library of graphics/math
operations on those types.
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| Requirements
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There are several requirements necessary to compile and use GMTL. Here is a
list of the minimum requirements.
* A standards comformant C++ compiler with good template support
* SCons 0.96
If you wish to compile and use the tests in GMTL, you will also need CppUnit.
GMTL uses a patched version of CppUnit, the most recent version of which is
available from teh VR Juggler Subversion respository:
http://vrjuggler.googlecode.com/svn/cppunit/trunk/
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| Installation
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Much like the Standard Template Library, GMTL is completely comprised of
header files. Thus there is no compilation step needed to build any libraries.
In order to install GMTL to /usr/local, use the following command. This will
install gmtl-config to /usr/local/bin and the associated header files to
/usr/local/include.
# cd <GMTL_HOME>
# scons install
If you wish to install GMTL to an alternate location, such as your home
directory, use the prefix option.
$ cd <GMTL_HOME>
$ scons install prefix=$HOME
This will install GMTL to the appropriate locations relative to $HOME -- that
is, the gmtl-config script will be installed to $HOME/bin and the associated
header files to $HOME/include.
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| Documentation
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A FAQ, API reference, and programmer's guide are available on GMTL's web site.
http://ggt.sourceforge.net
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| License
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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| Questions
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Please feel free to email comments, questions, suggestions, etc to
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