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4 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="mathml.xsl"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:pref="http://www.w3.org/2002/Math/preference" pref:renderer="mathplayer-dl"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="opengl-man.css" /><title>glViewport</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="refentry" title="glViewport"><a id="glViewport"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glViewport — set the viewport</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="C Specification"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">glViewport</b>(</code></td><td>GLint <var class="pdparam">x</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLint <var class="pdparam">y</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLsizei <var class="pdparam">width</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLsizei <var class="pdparam">height</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Parameters"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>x</code></em>, </span><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>y</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
5 Specify the lower left corner of the viewport rectangle,
6 in pixels. The initial value is (0,0).
7 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>width</code></em>, </span><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>height</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8 Specify the width and height
9 of the viewport.
10 When a GL context is first attached to a window,
11 <em class="parameter"><code>width</code></em> and <em class="parameter"><code>height</code></em> are set to the dimensions of that
12 window.
13 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
14 <code class="function">glViewport</code> specifies the affine transformation of
15 <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">x</mml:mi></mml:math>
16 and
17 <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">y</mml:mi></mml:math>
18 from
19 normalized device coordinates to window coordinates.
20 Let
21 <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
22
23 <mml:mfenced open="(" close=")">
24 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">x</mml:mi>
25 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">nd</mml:mi>
26 </mml:msub>
27 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">y</mml:mi>
28 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">nd</mml:mi>
29 </mml:msub>
30 </mml:mfenced>
31 </mml:math>
32 be normalized device coordinates.
33 Then the window coordinates
34 <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
35
36 <mml:mfenced open="(" close=")">
37 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">x</mml:mi>
38 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">w</mml:mi>
39 </mml:msub>
40 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">y</mml:mi>
41 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">w</mml:mi>
42 </mml:msub>
43 </mml:mfenced>
44 </mml:math>
45 are computed as follows:
46 </p><p>
47 </p><div class="informalequation"><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
48
49 <mml:mrow>
50 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">x</mml:mi>
51 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">w</mml:mi>
52 </mml:msub>
53 <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
54 <mml:mrow>
55 <mml:mfenced open="(" close=")">
56 <mml:mrow>
57 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">x</mml:mi>
58 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">nd</mml:mi>
59 </mml:msub>
60 <mml:mo>+</mml:mo>
61 <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
62 </mml:mrow>
63 </mml:mfenced>
64 <mml:mo></mml:mo>
65 <mml:mfenced open="(" close=")">
66 <mml:mfrac>
67 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">width</mml:mi>
68 <mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
69 </mml:mfrac>
70 </mml:mfenced>
71 <mml:mo>+</mml:mo>
72 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">x</mml:mi>
73 </mml:mrow>
74 </mml:mrow>
75 </mml:math></div><p>
76 </p><p>
77 </p><div class="informalequation"><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
78
79 <mml:mrow>
80 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">y</mml:mi>
81 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">w</mml:mi>
82 </mml:msub>
83 <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
84 <mml:mrow>
85 <mml:mfenced open="(" close=")">
86 <mml:mrow>
87 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">y</mml:mi>
88 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">nd</mml:mi>
89 </mml:msub>
90 <mml:mo>+</mml:mo>
91 <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
92 </mml:mrow>
93 </mml:mfenced>
94 <mml:mo></mml:mo>
95 <mml:mfenced open="(" close=")">
96 <mml:mfrac>
97 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">height</mml:mi>
98 <mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
99 </mml:mfrac>
100 </mml:mfenced>
101 <mml:mo>+</mml:mo>
102 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">y</mml:mi>
103 </mml:mrow>
104 </mml:mrow>
105 </mml:math></div><p>
106 </p><p>
107 Viewport width and height are silently clamped
108 to a range that depends on the implementation.
109 To query this range, call <a class="citerefentry" href="glGet.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a> with argument
110 <code class="constant">GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS</code>.
111 </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Errors"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p>
112 <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if either <em class="parameter"><code>width</code></em> or <em class="parameter"><code>height</code></em> is negative.
113 </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Associated Gets"><a id="associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets</h2><p>
114 <a class="citerefentry" href="glGet.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_VIEWPORT</code>
115 </p><p>
116 <a class="citerefentry" href="glGet.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS</code>
117 </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="See Also"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
118 <a class="citerefentry" href="glDepthRange.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDepthRange</span></span></a>
119 </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Copyright"><a id="Copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
120 Copyright <span class="trademark"></span>© 1991-2006
121 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
122 Free Software B License. For details, see
123 <a class="ulink" href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.
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