NAME

swapbuffers − exchanges the front and back buffers

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 fully drawn in the back buffer, swapbuffers displays it.  swapbuffers is ignored in single buffer mode or RGB mode. 

SEE ALSO

backbuffer, doublebuffer, frontbuffer, gsync, swapinterval Programming Guide, Section 6.1, Display Modes

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987