upstream-doc/man2/xhtml/glGenLists.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>glGenLists</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /></head><body><div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="glGenLists"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glGenLists — generate a contiguous set of empty display lists</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">GLuint <b class="fsfunc">glGenLists</b>(</code></td><td>GLsizei  </td><td><var class="pdparam">range</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>range</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
   4                     Specifies the number of contiguous empty display lists
   5                     to be generated.
   6                 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
   7             <code class="function">glGenLists</code> has one argument, <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em>.
   8             It returns an integer <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> such that <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> contiguous
   9             empty display lists,
  10             named
  11             <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math>,
  12             <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
  13
  14                 <mml:mrow>
  15                     <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
  16                     <mml:mo>+</mml:mo>
  17                     <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
  18                 </mml:mrow>
  19             </mml:math>,
  20             <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
  21
  22                 <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">...</mml:mi>
  23             </mml:math>,
  24             <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
  25
  26                 <mml:mrow>
  27                     <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
  28                     <mml:mo>+</mml:mo>
  29                     <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">range</mml:mi>
  30                     <mml:mo>-</mml:mo>
  31                     <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
  32                 </mml:mrow>
  33             </mml:math>,
  34             are created.
  35             If <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> is 0,
  36             if there is no group of <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> contiguous names available,
  37             or if any error is generated,
  38             no display lists are generated,
  39             and 0 is returned.
  40         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p>
  41             <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>range</code></em> is negative.
  42         </p><p>
  43             <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_OPERATION</code> is generated if <code class="function">glGenLists</code>
  44             is executed between the execution of <a class="citerefentry" href="glBegin.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glBegin</span></span></a>
  45             and the corresponding execution of <a class="citerefentry" href="glEnd.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glEnd</span></span></a>.
  46         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets</h2><p>
  47             <a class="citerefentry" href="glIsList.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsList</span></span></a>
  48         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
  49             <a class="citerefentry" href="glCallList.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glCallList</span></span></a>,
  50             <a class="citerefentry" href="glCallLists.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glCallLists</span></span></a>,
  51             <a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteLists.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteLists</span></span></a>,
  52             <a class="citerefentry" href="glNewList.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glNewList</span></span></a>
  53         </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="Copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
  54             Copyright <span class="trademark"></span>© 1991-2006
  55             Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
  56             Free Software B License. For details, see
  57             <a class="ulink" href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.
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