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The intent of enforcing GLFW_EGL_CONTEXT_API for EGL native access functions was to ensure that the application had requested the same context creation API at window creation time that it then attempted native access for. With the 3.4 ABI this both isn't true anymore, as a single binary may have multiple meanings of GLFW_NATIVE_CONTEXT_API, and is no longer necessary, since glfwGetPlatform provides enough information to disambiguate even without knowing what GLFW_PLATFORM was set to. This all leaves the requirement that the context creation API be GLFW_EGL_CONTEXT_API as just an unnecessary annoyance. Fixes #2518
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# GLFW
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/elmindreda/glfw)
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## Introduction
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GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan
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application development. It provides a simple, platform-independent API for
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creating windows, contexts and surfaces, reading input, handling events, etc.
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GLFW natively supports Windows, macOS and Linux and other Unix-like systems. On
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Linux both Wayland and X11 are supported.
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GLFW is licensed under the [zlib/libpng
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license](https://www.glfw.org/license.html).
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You can [download](https://www.glfw.org/download.html) the latest stable release
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as source or Windows binaries. Each release starting with 3.0 also has
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a corresponding [annotated tag](https://github.com/glfw/glfw/releases) with
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source and binary archives.
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The [documentation](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/) is available online and is
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included in all source and binary archives. See the [release
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notes](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/news.html) for new features, caveats and
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deprecations in the latest release. For more details see the [version
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history](https://www.glfw.org/changelog.html).
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The `master` branch is the stable integration branch and _should_ always compile
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and run on all supported platforms, although details of newly added features may
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change until they have been included in a release. New features and many bug
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fixes live in [other branches](https://github.com/glfw/glfw/branches/all) until
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they are stable enough to merge.
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If you are new to GLFW, you may find the
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[tutorial](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/quick.html) for GLFW 3 useful. If
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you have used GLFW 2 in the past, there is a [transition
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guide](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/moving.html) for moving to the GLFW
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3 API.
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GLFW exists because of the contributions of [many people](CONTRIBUTORS.md)
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around the world, whether by reporting bugs, providing community support, adding
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features, reviewing or testing code, debugging, proofreading docs, suggesting
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features or fixing bugs.
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## Compiling GLFW
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GLFW is written primarily in C99, with parts of macOS support being written in
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Objective-C. GLFW itself requires only the headers and libraries for your OS
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and window system. It does not need any additional headers for context creation
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APIs (WGL, GLX, EGL, NSGL, OSMesa) or rendering APIs (OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan)
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to enable support for them.
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GLFW supports compilation on Windows with Visual C++ 2013 and later, MinGW and
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MinGW-w64, on macOS with Clang and on Linux and other Unix-like systems with GCC
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and Clang. It will likely compile in other environments as well, but this is
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not regularly tested.
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There are [pre-compiled binaries](https://www.glfw.org/download.html) available
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for all supported compilers on Windows and macOS.
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See the [compilation guide](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/compile.html) for
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more information about how to compile GLFW yourself.
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## Using GLFW
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See the [documentation](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/) for tutorials, guides
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and the API reference.
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## Contributing to GLFW
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See the [contribution
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guide](https://github.com/glfw/glfw/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) for
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more information.
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## System requirements
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GLFW supports Windows XP and later and macOS 10.8 and later. Linux and other
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Unix-like systems running the X Window System are supported even without
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a desktop environment or modern extensions, although some features require
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a running window or clipboard manager. The OSMesa backend requires Mesa 6.3.
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See the [compatibility guide](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/compat.html)
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in the documentation for more information.
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## Dependencies
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GLFW itself needs only CMake 3.4 or later and the headers and libraries for your
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OS and window system.
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The examples and test programs depend on a number of tiny libraries. These are
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located in the `deps/` directory.
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- [getopt\_port](https://github.com/kimgr/getopt_port/) for examples
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with command-line options
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- [TinyCThread](https://github.com/tinycthread/tinycthread) for threaded
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examples
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- [glad2](https://github.com/Dav1dde/glad) for loading OpenGL and Vulkan
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functions
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- [linmath.h](https://github.com/datenwolf/linmath.h) for linear algebra in
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examples
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- [Nuklear](https://github.com/Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear) for test and example UI
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- [stb\_image\_write](https://github.com/nothings/stb) for writing images to disk
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The documentation is generated with [Doxygen](https://doxygen.org/) if CMake can
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find that tool.
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## Reporting bugs
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Bugs are reported to our [issue tracker](https://github.com/glfw/glfw/issues).
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Please check the [contribution
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guide](https://github.com/glfw/glfw/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) for
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information on what to include when reporting a bug.
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## Changelog since 3.4
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- Added `GLFW_UNLIMITED_MOUSE_BUTTONS` input mode that allows mouse buttons beyond
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the limit of the mouse button tokens to be reported (#2423)
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- [Wayland] Bugfix: The fractional scaling related objects were not destroyed
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- [Wayland] Bugfix: `glfwInit` would segfault on compositor with no seat (#2517)
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- [Null] Added Vulkan 'window' surface creation via `VK_EXT_headless_surface`
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- [Null] Added EGL context creation on Mesa via `EGL_MESA_platform_surfaceless`
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- [EGL] Allowed native access on Wayland with `GLFW_CONTEXT_CREATION_API` set to
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`GLFW_NATIVE_CONTEXT_API` (#2518)
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## Contact
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On [glfw.org](https://www.glfw.org/) you can find the latest version of GLFW, as
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well as news, documentation and other information about the project.
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If you have questions related to the use of GLFW, we have a
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[forum](https://discourse.glfw.org/).
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If you have a bug to report, a patch to submit or a feature you'd like to
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request, please file it in the
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[issue tracker](https://github.com/glfw/glfw/issues) on GitHub.
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Finally, if you're interested in helping out with the development of GLFW or
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porting it to your favorite platform, join us on the forum or GitHub.
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