WGL (API)
WGL or Wiggle is an API between OpenGL and the windowing system interface of Microsoft Windows. WGL is analogous to EGL, which is an interface to OpenGL ES and OpenVG, as well as to CGL, which is the Mac OS X interface to OpenGL.
See also
- CGL – the equivalent Mac OS X interface to OpenGL
- GLX – the equivalent X11 interface to OpenGL
- EGL – a similar interface between to OpenGL ES and OpenVG and a windowing system; used by Wayland
- GLUT – a higher level interface that hides the differences between WGL, GLX, etc.