NAME

glGenLists − generate a contiguous set of empty display lists
 

C SPECIFICATION

GLuint glGenLists( GLsizei range )

PARAMETERS

range Specifies the number of contiguous empty display lists to be generated. 

DESCRIPTION

glGenLists has one argument, range.  It returns an integer n such that range contiguous empty display lists, named n, n+1, ..., n+range −1, are created.  If range is 0, if there is no group of range contiguous names available, or if any error is generated, no display lists are generated, and 0 is returned. 

ERRORS

GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if range is negative. 

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glGenLists is executed between the execution of glBegin and the corresponding execution of glEnd. 

ASSOCIATED GETS

glIsList

SEE ALSO

glCallList, glCallLists, glDeleteLists, glNewList