swapbuffers(3G) swapbuffers(3G)
NAME
swapbuffers - exchanges the front and back buffers in double
buffer mode
SPECIFICATION
C swapbuffers()
FORTRAN subroutine swapbu
DESCRIPTION
swapbuffers exchanges the front and back buffers in double
buffer mode during the next vertical retrace. Once an image
is fully drawn in the back buffer, swapbuffers displays it.
swapbuffers is ignored in single buffer mode.
SEE ALSO
backbuffer, doublebuffer, frontbuffer, swapinterval, gsync
Programming Guide, Section 6.3, Double Buffer Mode
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