moderngl_window

General helper functions aiding in the boostrapping of this library.

moderngl_window.setup_basic_logging(level: int)

Set up basic logging

Parameters:level (int) – The log level

moderngl_window.activate_context(window: moderngl_window.context.base.window.BaseWindow = None, ctx: moderngl.context.Context = None)

Register the active window and context. If only a window is supplied the context is taken from the window.

Keyword Arguments:  

• window (window) – The currenty active window
• ctx (moderngl.Context) – The active moderngl context

moderngl_window.window()

Obtain the active window

moderngl_window.ctx()

Obtain the active context

moderngl_window.get_window_cls(window: str = None) → Type[moderngl_window.context.base.window.BaseWindow]

Attept to obtain a window class using the full dotted python path. This can be used to import custom or modified window classes.

Parameters:window (str) – Name of the window Returns:A reference to the requested window class. Raises exception if not found.

moderngl_window.get_local_window_cls(window: str = None) → Type[moderngl_window.context.base.window.BaseWindow]

Attept to obtain a window class in the moderngl_window package using short window names such as pyglet or glfw.

Parameters:window (str) – Name of the window Returns:A reference to the requested window class. Raises exception if not found.

moderngl_window.find_window_classes() → List[str]

Find available window packages

Returns:A list of avaialble window packages

moderngl_window.create_window_from_settings() → moderngl_window.context.base.window.BaseWindow

Creates a window using configured values in moderngl_window.conf.Settings.WINDOW. This will also activate the window/context.

Returns:The Window instance

moderngl_window.run_window_config(config_cls: moderngl_window.context.base.window.WindowConfig, timer=None, args=None) → None

Run an WindowConfig entering a blocking main loop

Parameters:

• config_cls – The WindowConfig class to render
• args – Override sys.args

moderngl_window.parse_args(args=None)

Parse arguments from sys.argv