First version of glsl file reader is in

src/Error.cpp

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 Error::Error(std::string location) { object = location; }
 void Error::crash(std::string msg) {
   log("Error: " + msg);
-  throw object + ": \n" + msg;
+  throw std::string(object + ": \n" + msg);
 }
 void Error::crash(std::string reason, std::string msg) {
   log("Error: " + reason + ": \n" + msg);
-  throw object + ": \n" + reason + ": \n" + msg;
+  throw std::string(object + ": \n" + reason + ": \n" + msg);
 }
 void Error::warn(std::string msg) {
   log("Warining: " + msg);

src/fragment.glsl

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#version 330 core
+out vec4 FragColor;
+void main()
+{
+   FragColor = vec4(1.0f, 0.5f, 0.2f, 1.0f);
+}

src/main.cpp

@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-// TODO: Stop this fuckery
-const char *vertexShaderSource =
-    "#version 330 core\n"
-    "layout (location = 0) in vec3 aPos;\n"
-    "void main()\n"
-    "{\n"
-    "   gl_Position = vec4(aPos.x, aPos.y, aPos.z, 1.0);\n"
-    "}\0";
-const char *fragmentShaderSource =
-    "#version 330 core\n"
-    "out vec4 FragColor;\n"
-    "void main()\n"
-    "{\n"
-    "   FragColor = vec4(1.0f, 0.5f, 0.2f, 1.0f);\n"
-    "}\0";
-
 // Include Config header generated by GNU autotools
 #include "../config.h"
 #include <GL/glew.h>
@@ -21,11 +5,34 @@ const char *fragmentShaderSource =
 #include <GL/gl.h>
 #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
 #include <SDL2/SDL_opengl.h>
+// File reader
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
 
 // Include error class
 #include "Error.h"
 Error error("main");
 
+// Create method of retrieving GLSL shaders from file
+std::string readFile(const char *filepath) {
+  std::string content;
+  std::ifstream fileStream(filepath, std::ios::in);
+
+  if (!fileStream.is_open()) {
+    error.log("Error could not read file: " +
+              std::string(filepath, sizeof(filepath)));
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  std::string line = "";
+  while (!fileStream.eof()) {
+    std::getline(fileStream, line);
+    content.append(line + "\n");
+  }
+
+  fileStream.close();
+  return content;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   // Initialise SDL2
   if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) != 0) {
@@ -110,11 +117,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(indices), indices,
                GL_STATIC_DRAW);
 
+  // Get Vertex shader src
+  // https://badvertex.com/2012/11/20/how-to-load-a-glsl-shader-in-opengl-using-c.html
+  std::string vertShaderStr = readFile("vertex.glsl");
+  const char *vertShaderSrc = vertShaderStr.c_str();
+  std::string fragShaderStr = readFile("fragment.glsl");
+  const char *fragShaderSrc = fragShaderStr.c_str();
+
   // create vertex shader
   unsigned int vertexShader;
   vertexShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
   // compile vertex shader
-  glShaderSource(vertexShader, 1, &vertexShaderSource, NULL);
+  glShaderSource(vertexShader, 1, &vertShaderSrc, NULL);
   glCompileShader(vertexShader);
   // TODO: test the shader was compiled
   // https://learnopengl.com/Getting-started/Hello-Triangle
@@ -130,13 +144,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   unsigned int fragmentShader;
   fragmentShader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
   // compile fragment shader
-  glShaderSource(fragmentShader, 1, &fragmentShaderSource, NULL);
+  glShaderSource(fragmentShader, 1, &fragShaderSrc, NULL);
   glCompileShader(fragmentShader);
   // TODO: test the shader was compiled
   // https://learnopengl.com/Getting-started/Hello-Triangle
   glGetShaderiv(fragmentShader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
   if (!success) {
-    glGetShaderInfoLog(vertexShader, 512, NULL, infoLog);
+    glGetShaderInfoLog(fragmentShader, 512, NULL, infoLog);
     error.crash("fragment shader compilation failed", infoLog);
   }
 

src/vertex.glsl

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#version 330 core
+layout (location = 0) in vec3 aPos;
+void main()
+{
+   gl_Position = vec4(aPos.x, aPos.y, aPos.z, 1.0);
+};