upstream-doc/man2/xhtml/glActiveTexture.xml

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   3 <?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" /><title>glActiveTexture</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /></head><body><div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="glActiveTexture"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glActiveTexture — select active texture unit</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">glActiveTexture</b>(</code></td><td>GLenum  </td><td><var class="pdparam">texture</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>texture</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
   4                     Specifies which texture unit to make active. The number
   5                     of texture units is implementation dependent, but must be at least
   6                     two. <em class="parameter"><code>texture</code></em> must be one of
   7                     <code class="constant">GL_TEXTURE</code><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">i</mml:mi></mml:math>,
   8                     where
   9                     i ranges from 0 to the larger of (<code class="constant">GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS</code> - 1)
  10                     and (<code class="constant">GL_MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS</code> - 1).
  11                     The initial value is <code class="constant">GL_TEXTURE0</code>.
  12                 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
  13             <code class="function">glActiveTexture</code> selects which texture unit subsequent texture state calls will
  14             affect.  The number of texture units an implementation supports is
  15             implementation dependent, but must be at least 2.
  16         </p><p>
  17             Vertex arrays are client-side GL resources, which are selected by the
  18             <a class="citerefentry" href="glClientActiveTexture.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glClientActiveTexture</span></span></a> routine.
  19         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="notes"></a><h2>Notes</h2><p>
  20             <code class="function">glActiveTexture</code> is only supported if the GL version is 1.3 or greater, or if
  21             <code class="code">ARB_multitexture</code> is included in the string returned by
  22             <a class="citerefentry" href="glGetString.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGetString</span></span></a> when called with the argument <code class="constant">GL_EXTENSIONS</code>.
  23         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p>
  24             <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_ENUM</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>texture</code></em> is not one of
  25             <code class="constant">GL_TEXTURE</code><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">i</mml:mi></mml:math>,
  26             where i ranges from 0 to the larger of (<code class="constant">GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS</code> - 1)
  27             and (<code class="constant">GL_MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS</code> - 1).
  28         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets</h2><p>
  29             <a class="citerefentry" href="glGet.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_ACTIVE_TEXTURE</code>, <code class="constant">GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS</code>, or <code class="constant">GL_MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS</code>
  30         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
  31             <a class="citerefentry" href="glClientActiveTexture.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glClientActiveTexture</span></span></a>,
  32             <a class="citerefentry" href="glMultiTexCoord.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glMultiTexCoord</span></span></a>,
  33             <a class="citerefentry" href="glTexParameter.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glTexParameter</span></span></a>
  34         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="Copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
  35             Copyright <span class="trademark"></span>© 1991-2006
  36             Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
  37             Free Software B License. For details, see
  38             <a class="ulink" href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.
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