[Theverse-developer] GLUT and threading

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Thought I'd post this as it was discovered by experimentation rather
than finding the solution online.

Ok, so GLUT is _not_ thread safe.  Basically, I was calling GLUT
functions from the two running threads; can't do that.

So, my solution was:

thread render:
  - all GLUT function *must* be here.
  - set GLUT timer function to check a re-draw var


thread sim:
  - run the simulation.
  - upon each completion, set the re-draw var

Not sure /exactly/ how to work mouse and keyboard input.  But, it will
probably be very similar to the above.  But, in the other direction.

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best regards,
Reid Nichol

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