Make text stand still

[MACnus]

I've use this code to write text in OpenGLView

glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
glPushMatrix();

glLoadIdentity(); //

glOrtho( 0, 10, 0, 10, -1.0, 1.0);
glMatrixMode( GL_MODELVIEW );
glPushMatrix();

glLoadIdentity();//

glColor4f(0,1,1, 0.7);
glPrint( font, 0.0, 0.0, "Score");
glPopMatrix();
glMatrixMode( GL_PROJECTION );
glPopMatrix();

glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);


but the problems is that the text doesnt show up

if i delete both glLoadIdentity();, it shows up.

The problem then is that the text move around the camera.

What should I do?

[Josh]

What's glPrint?

Do you need to glTranslate before you print?

What are the two arguments you pass as 0.0 to glPrint?

[MACnus]

I use two files for glPrint, NSGLFont.h and NSGLFont.m
this is an exerpt from NSGLFont.m

void glPrint( NSGLFont *f, float x, float y, const char *fmt, ... )
{
char text[256];
va_list ap;
NSString *s;
GLboolean tex2d, light;


if( fmt == NULL ) return;
// format the string into (char *) text
va_start( ap, fmt );
vsprintf( text, fmt, ap );
va_end(ap);

if( [f textured] ) { s = [NSString stringWithCString: text]; [f writeString: s ]; }
else
{
// I always get a SIGSEGV 11 when glRasterPos* is called with textures off and lighting on
// so here I turn them off.
glGetBooleanv( GL_TEXTURE_2D, &tex2d ); glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
glGetBooleanv( GL_LIGHTING, &light ); glDisable(GL_LIGHTING);

// RasterPos to the correct location
glRasterPos2f(x, y);

// create an NSString
s = [NSString stringWithCString: text];

// write the string
[f writeString: s ];

// enable as required
if( tex2d ) glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
if( light ) glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
}
}

[Josh]

Have you tried putting a sensible value in for the x and y arguments in glPrint?