glutCreateWindow(3GLUT) GLUT glutCreateWindow(3GLUT)
NAME
glutCreateWindow - creates a top-level window.
SYNTAX
int glutCreateWindow(char *name);
ARGUMENTS
name ASCII character string for use as window name.
DESCRIPTION
glutCreateWindow creates a top-level window. The name will be provided
to the window system as the window's name. The intent is that the win-
dow system will label the window with the name.
Implicitly, the current window is set to the newly created window.
Each created window has a unique associated OpenGL context. State
changes to a window's associated OpenGL context can be done immediately
after the window is created.
The display state of a window is initially for the window to be shown.
But the window's display state is not actually acted upon until glut-
MainLoop is entered. This means until glutMainLoop is called, rendering
to a created window is ineffective because the window can not yet be
displayed.
The value returned is a unique small integer identifier for the window.
The range of allocated identifiers starts at one. This window identi-
fier can be used when calling glutSetWindow.
X IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The proper X Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM) top-
level properties are established. The WM_COMMAND property that lists
the command line used to invoke the GLUT program is only established
for the first window created.
SEE ALSO
glutCreateSubWindow(3), glutCreateMenu(3), glutDestroyWindow(3)
AUTHOR
Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)
GLUT 3.7 glutCreateWindow(3GLUT)
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