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110 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook MathML Module V1.1b1//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/mathml/1.1CR1/dbmathml.dtd">
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<refentry id="glXSwapBuffers">
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<refmeta>
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<refmetainfo>
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<copyright>
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<year>1991-2006</year>
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<holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
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</copyright>
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</refmetainfo>
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<refentrytitle>glXSwapBuffers</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>glXSwapBuffers</refname>
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<refpurpose>exchange front and back buffers</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcprototype>
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<funcdef>void <function>glXSwapBuffers</function></funcdef>
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<paramdef>Display * <parameter>dpy</parameter></paramdef>
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<paramdef>GLXDrawable <parameter>drawable</parameter></paramdef>
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</funcprototype>
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</funcsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<!-- eqn: ignoring delim $$ -->
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<refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>dpy</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the connection to the X server.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>drawable</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the drawable whose buffers are to be swapped.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
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<para>
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<function>glXSwapBuffers</function> promotes the contents of the back buffer of <parameter>drawable</parameter> to become
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the contents of the front buffer of <parameter>drawable</parameter>.
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The contents of the back buffer then become undefined.
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The update typically takes place during the vertical retrace of
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the monitor,
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rather than immediately after <function>glXSwapBuffers</function> is called.
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</para>
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<para>
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<function>glXSwapBuffers</function> performs an implicit <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glFlush</refentrytitle></citerefentry> before it returns.
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Subsequent OpenGL commands may be issued immediately after calling <function>glXSwapBuffers</function>,
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but are not executed until the buffer exchange is completed.
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</para>
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<para>
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If <parameter>drawable</parameter> was not created with respect to a double-buffered visual,
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<function>glXSwapBuffers</function> has no effect,
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and no error is generated.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
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<para>
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The contents of the back buffer become undefined after
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a swap. Note that this applies to pixel buffers as well as windows.
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</para>
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<para>
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All GLX rendering contexts share the same notion of which are front buffers
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and which are back buffers.
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One consequence is that when multiple clients are rendering to the same
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double-buffered window,
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all of them should finish rendering before one of them issues the command
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to swap buffers.
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The clients are responsible for implementing this synchronization.
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Typically this is accomplished by executing <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glFinish</refentrytitle></citerefentry> and then
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using a semaphore in shared memory to rendezvous before swapping.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
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<para>
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<constant>GLXBadDrawable</constant> is generated if <parameter>drawable</parameter> is not a valid GLX drawable.
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</para>
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<para>
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<constant>GLXBadCurrentWindow</constant> is generated if <parameter>dpy</parameter> and <parameter>drawable</parameter> are
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respectively the display and drawable associated with the current
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context of the calling thread, and <parameter>drawable</parameter> identifies a window that
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is no longer valid.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glFlush</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
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<para>
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Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 1991-2006
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Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
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Free Software B License. For details, see
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<ulink url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</ulink>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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