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glGetString(3)

gluGetString()

NAME

gluGetString − return a string describing the GLU version or GLU extensions

SYNOPSIS

const GLubyte ∗ gluGetString(
        GLenum name );

PARAMETERS

name
Specifies a symbolic constant, one of GLU_VERSION, or GLU_EXTENSIONS. 

DESCRIPTION

gluGetString() returns a pointer to a static string describing the GLU version or the GLU extensions that are supported. 

The version number is one of the following forms:

major_number.minor_number
major_number.minor_number.release_number

The version string is of the following form:

version number<space>vendor-specific information

Vendor-specific information is optional. Its format and contents depend on the implementation. 

The standard GLU contains a basic set of features and capabilities.  If a company or group of companies wish to support other features, these may be included as extensions to the GLU. If name is GLU_EXTENSIONS, then gluGetString() returns a space-separated list of names of supported GLU extensions. (Extension names never contain spaces.) 

All strings are null-terminated. 

NOTES

gluGetString() only returns information about GLU extensions. Call glGetString() to get a list of GL extensions. 

gluGetString() is an initialization routine. Calling it after a glNewList() results in undefined behavior. 

ERRORS

NULL is returned if name is not GLU_VERSION or GLU_EXTENSIONS. 

SEE ALSO

glGetString(3)

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