docs/MESA_copy_sub_buffer.spec

   1 Name
   2
   3     MESA_copy_sub_buffer
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   5 Name Strings
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   7     GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
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   9 Contact
  10
  11     Brian Paul (brian.paul 'at' tungstengraphics.com)
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  13 Status
  14
  15     Shipping since Mesa 2.6 in February, 1998.
  16
  17 Version
  18
  19     Last Modified Date:  12 January 2009
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  21 Number
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  23     215
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  25 Dependencies
  26
  27     OpenGL 1.0 or later is required.
  28     GLX 1.0 or later is required.
  29
  30 Overview
  31
  32     The glxCopySubBufferMESA() function copies a rectangular region
  33     of the back color buffer to the front color buffer.  This can be
  34     used to quickly repaint 3D windows in response to expose events
  35     when the back color buffer cannot be damaged by other windows.
  36
  37 IP Status
  38
  39     Open-source; freely implementable.
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  41 Issues
  42
  43     None.
  44
  45 New Procedures and Functions
  46
  47     void glXCopySubBufferMESA( Display *dpy, GLXDrawable drawable,
  48                                int x, int y, int width, int height );
  49
  50 New Tokens
  51
  52     None.
  53
  54 Additions to Chapter 3 of the GLX 1.3 Specification (Functions and Errors)
  55
  56     Add to section 3.3.10 Double Buffering:
  57
  58     The function
  59
  60          void glXCopySubBufferMESA( Display *dpy, GLXDrawable drawable,
  61                                     int x, int y, int width, int height );
  62
  63     may be used to copy a rectangular region of the back color buffer to
  64     the front color buffer.  This can be used to quickly repaint 3D windows
  65     in response to expose events when the back color buffer cannot be
  66     damaged by other windows.
  67
  68     <x> and <y> indicates the lower-left corner of the region to copy and
  69     <width> and <height> indicate the size in pixels.  Coordinate (0,0)
  70     corresponds to the lower-left pixel of the window, like glReadPixels.
  71
  72     If dpy and drawable are the display and drawable for the calling
  73     thread's current context, glXCopySubBufferMESA performs an
  74     implicit glFlush before it returns.  Subsequent OpenGL commands
  75     may be issued immediately after calling glXCopySubBufferMESA, but
  76     are not executed until the copy is completed.
  77
  78 GLX Protocol
  79
  80     None at this time.  The extension is implemented in terms of ordinary
  81     Xlib protocol inside of Mesa.
  82
  83 Errors
  84
  85     None.
  86
  87 New State
  88
  89     None.
  90
  91 Revision History
  92
  93     12 January 2009 Ian Romanick - Added language about implicit flush
  94                                    and command completion.
  95     8 June 2000     Brian Paul   - initial specification
  96