Minimal template to run GLUT from Python

glut-minimal.py

from OpenGL.GLUT import *
from OpenGL.GLU import *
from OpenGL.GL import *


rotationX = 0.0
rotationY = 0.0
last_x = 0
last_y = 0


def draw():
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
    glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST)

    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
    glLoadIdentity()
    glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -8.0)
    glRotatef(rotationX, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    glRotatef(rotationY, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)

    glColor3f(1.0, 1.0, 0.0)
    glBegin(GL_POLYGON)
    glVertex3f(-1.0, -1.0, 0.0)
    glVertex3f(-1.0, +1.0, 0.0)
    glVertex3f(+1.0, +1.0, 0.0)
    glVertex3f(+1.0, -1.0, 0.0)
    glVertex3f(-1.0, -1.0, 0.0)
    glEnd()

    glutSwapBuffers()


def motion(x, y):
    global rotationX, rotationY, last_x, last_y
    rotationX += y - last_y
    rotationY += x - last_x
    last_x = x
    last_y = y
    glutPostRedisplay() 


def keyboard(c, x, y):
    if c == chr(27):
        exit()


def reshape(x, y):
    xy_aspect = float(x) / y
    glViewport(0, 0, x, y)
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION)
    glLoadIdentity()
    gluPerspective(60, xy_aspect, 1.0, 100.0)
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    glutInit()
    glutInitWindowPosition(112, 84)
    glutInitWindowSize(800, 800)

    glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGB | GLUT_DEPTH | GLUT_MULTISAMPLE)
    glutCreateWindow("minimal")
    glutDisplayFunc(draw)
    glutReshapeFunc(reshape)
    glutMotionFunc(motion)
    glutKeyboardFunc(keyboard)

    glClearDepth(1.0)
    glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    glutMainLoop()