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+<refentry id="glStencilMask">
+ <refmeta>
+ <refmetainfo>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>1991-2006</year>
+ <holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </refmetainfo>
+ <refentrytitle>glStencilMask</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>glStencilMask</refname>
+ <refpurpose>control the front and back writing of individual bits in the stencil planes</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>glStencilMask</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>GLuint <parameter>mask</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+ <!-- eqn: ignoring delim $$ -->
+ <refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>mask</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies a bit mask to enable and disable writing of individual bits
+ in the stencil planes.
+ Initially, the mask is all 1's.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <function>glStencilMask</function> controls the writing of individual bits in the stencil planes.
+ The least significant
+ <inlineequation><mml:math><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
+ bits of <parameter>mask</parameter>,
+ where
+ <inlineequation><mml:math><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
+ is the number of bits in the stencil buffer,
+ specify a mask.
+ Where a 1 appears in the mask,
+ it's possible to write to the corresponding bit in the stencil buffer.
+ Where a 0 appears,
+ the corresponding bit is write-protected.
+ Initially, all bits are enabled for writing.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ There can be two separate <parameter>mask</parameter> writemasks; one affects back-facing polygons, and the other
+ affects front-facing polygons as well as other non-polygon primitives.
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilMask</refentrytitle></citerefentry> sets both front
+ and back stencil writemasks to the same values. Use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilMaskSeparate</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
+ to set front and back stencil writemasks to different values.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilMask</refentrytitle></citerefentry> is the same as
+ calling <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilMaskSeparate</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
+ with <parameter>face</parameter> set to <constant>GL_FRONT_AND_BACK</constant>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="associatedgets"><title>Associated Gets</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument
+ <constant>GL_STENCIL_WRITEMASK</constant>, <constant>GL_STENCIL_BACK_WRITEMASK</constant>,
+ or <constant>GL_STENCIL_BITS</constant>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glColorMask</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDepthMask</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilFunc</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilFuncSeparate</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilMaskSeparate</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilOp</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilOpSeparate</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
+ <para>
+ Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 1991-2006
+ Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
+ Free Software B License. For details, see
+ <ulink url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>