NAME

swapbuffers − exchanges the front and back buffers in double buffer mode

SPECIFICATION

C
swapbuffers()

FORTRAN
subroutine swapbu

Pascal
procedure swapbuffers;

DESCRIPTION

swapbuffers exchanges the front and back buffers in double buffer mode during the next vertical retrace.  Once an image is drawn in the back buffer, swapbuffers displays it.  swapbuffers is ignored in single buffer or RGB mode. 

SEE ALSO

backbuffer, doublebuffer, frontbuffer, swapinterval, gsync IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 6.1, Display Modes

Version 2.5  —  April 22, 1987