From 4cc1fa2111848a78536e54ea34d9720d4f995dac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: julia <me@juliapaci.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:13:09 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] render consecutive shaders to the fbo

not that big. see comments
---
 src/renderer/OpenGL.zig        | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig |  1 -
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
index e5dec6b2b..8b6552bb9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
@@ -2350,11 +2350,9 @@ pub fn drawFrame(self: *OpenGL, surface: *apprt.Surface) !void {
 }
 
 /// Draw the custom shaders.
-fn drawCustomPrograms(
-    self: *OpenGL,
-    custom_state: *custom.State,
-) !void {
+fn drawCustomPrograms(self: *OpenGL, custom_state: *custom.State) !void {
     _ = self;
+    assert(custom_state.programs.len > 0);
 
     // Bind our state that is global to all custom shaders
     const custom_bind = try custom_state.bind();
@@ -2363,8 +2361,22 @@ fn drawCustomPrograms(
     // Setup the new frame
     try custom_state.newFrame();
 
+    // To allow programs to retrieve each other via a texture
+    // then we must render the next shaders to the screen fbo.
+    // However, the first shader must be run while the default fbo
+    // is attached
+    {
+        const bind = try custom_state.programs[0].bind();
+        defer bind.unbind();
+        try bind.draw();
+        if (custom_state.programs.len == 1) return;
+    }
+
+    const fbobind = try custom_state.fbo.bind(.framebuffer);
+    defer fbobind.unbind();
+
     // Go through each custom shader and draw it.
-    for (custom_state.programs) |program| {
+    for (custom_state.programs[1..]) |program| {
         // Bind our cell program state, buffers
         const bind = try program.bind();
         defer bind.unbind();
diff --git a/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig b/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig
index 2cab0940c..3806921df 100644
--- a/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ pub const Program = struct {
         const program = try gl.Program.createVF(
             @embedFile("../shaders/custom.v.glsl"),
             src,
-            //@embedFile("../shaders/temp.f.glsl"),
         );
         errdefer program.destroy();