The Code So Far

Here is the complete code for the previous example:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>

#ifdef __APPLE__
#include <GLUT/glut.h>
#else
#include <GL/glut.h>
#endif

// angle of rotation for the camera direction
float angle = 0.0f;
// actual vector representing the camera's direction
float lx=0.0f,lz=-1.0f;
// XZ position of the camera
float x=0.0f, z=5.0f;
// the key states. These variables will be zero
//when no key is being presses
float deltaAngle = 0.0f;
float deltaMove = 0;

void changeSize(int w, int h) {

	// Prevent a divide by zero, when window is too short
	// (you cant make a window of zero width).
	if (h == 0)
		h = 1;
	float ratio =  w * 1.0 / h;

	// Use the Projection Matrix
	glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);

	// Reset Matrix
	glLoadIdentity();

	// Set the viewport to be the entire window
	glViewport(0, 0, w, h);

	// Set the correct perspective.
	gluPerspective(45.0f, ratio, 0.1f, 100.0f);

	// Get Back to the Modelview
	glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
}

void drawSnowMan() {

	glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

// Draw Body

	glTranslatef(0.0f ,0.75f, 0.0f);
	glutSolidSphere(0.75f,20,20);

// Draw Head
	glTranslatef(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
	glutSolidSphere(0.25f,20,20);

// Draw Eyes
	glPushMatrix();
	glColor3f(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f);
	glTranslatef(0.05f, 0.10f, 0.18f);
	glutSolidSphere(0.05f,10,10);
	glTranslatef(-0.1f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
	glutSolidSphere(0.05f,10,10);
	glPopMatrix();

// Draw Nose
	glColor3f(1.0f, 0.5f , 0.5f);
	glRotatef(0.0f,1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
	glutSolidCone(0.08f,0.5f,10,2);
}

void computePos(float deltaMove) {

	x += deltaMove * lx * 0.1f;
	z += deltaMove * lz * 0.1f;
}

void computeDir(float deltaAngle) {

	angle += deltaAngle;
	lx = sin(angle);
	lz = -cos(angle);
}

void renderScene(void) {

	if (deltaMove)
		computePos(deltaMove);
	if (deltaAngle)
		computeDir(deltaAngle);

	// Clear Color and Depth Buffers
	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

	// Reset transformations
	glLoadIdentity();
	// Set the camera
	gluLookAt(	x, 1.0f, z,
				x+lx, 1.0f,  z+lz,
				0.0f, 1.0f,  0.0f);

// Draw ground

	glColor3f(0.9f, 0.9f, 0.9f);
	glBegin(GL_QUADS);
		glVertex3f(-100.0f, 0.0f, -100.0f);
		glVertex3f(-100.0f, 0.0f,  100.0f);
		glVertex3f( 100.0f, 0.0f,  100.0f);
		glVertex3f( 100.0f, 0.0f, -100.0f);
	glEnd();

// Draw 36 SnowMen

	for(int i = -3; i < 3; i++)
		for(int j=-3; j < 3; j++) {
			glPushMatrix();
			glTranslatef(i*10.0,0,j * 10.0);
			drawSnowMan();
			glPopMatrix();
		}

	glutSwapBuffers();
}


void pressKey(int key, int xx, int yy) {

	switch (key) {
		case GLUT_KEY_LEFT : deltaAngle = -0.01f; break;
		case GLUT_KEY_RIGHT : deltaAngle = 0.01f; break;
		case GLUT_KEY_UP : deltaMove = 0.5f; break;
		case GLUT_KEY_DOWN : deltaMove = -0.5f; break;
	}
}

void releaseKey(int key, int x, int y) {

	switch (key) {
		case GLUT_KEY_LEFT :
		case GLUT_KEY_RIGHT : deltaAngle = 0.0f;break;
		case GLUT_KEY_UP :
		case GLUT_KEY_DOWN : deltaMove = 0;break;
	}
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {

	// init GLUT and create window
	glutInit(&argc, argv);
	glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DEPTH | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGBA);
	glutInitWindowPosition(100,100);
	glutInitWindowSize(320,320);
	glutCreateWindow("Lighthouse3D - GLUT Tutorial");

	// register callbacks
	glutDisplayFunc(renderScene);
	glutReshapeFunc(changeSize);
	glutIdleFunc(renderScene);

	glutSpecialFunc(pressKey);

	// here are the new entries
	glutIgnoreKeyRepeat(1);
	glutSpecialUpFunc(releaseKey);

	// OpenGL init
	glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);

	// enter GLUT event processing cycle
	glutMainLoop();

	return 1;
}

Check out the source code at GitHub.