docs/MESA_resize_buffers.spec

   1 Name
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   3     MESA_resize_buffers
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   5 Name Strings
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   7     GL_MESA_resize_buffers
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   9 Contact
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  11     Brian Paul (brian.paul 'at' tungstengraphics.com)
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  13 Status
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  15     Shipping (since Mesa version 2.2)
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  17 Version
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  20 Number
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  22     196
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  24 Dependencies
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  26     Mesa 2.2 or later is required.
  27
  28 Overview
  29
  30     Mesa is often used as a client library with no integration with
  31     the computer's window system (an X server, for example).  And since
  32     Mesa does not have an event loop nor window system callbacks, it
  33     cannot properly respond to window system events.  In particular,
  34     Mesa cannot automatically detect when a window has been resized.
  35
  36     Mesa's glViewport command queries the current window size and updates
  37     its internal data structors accordingly.  This normally works fine
  38     since most applications call glViewport in responce to window size
  39     changes.
  40
  41     In some situations, however, the application may not call glViewport
  42     when a window size changes but would still like Mesa to adjust to
  43     the new window size.  This extension exports a new function to solve
  44     this problem.
  45
  46 New Procedures and Functions
  47
  48     void glResizeBuffersMESA( void )
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  50 New Tokens
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  52     none
  53
  54 Additions to the OpenGL Specification (no particular section)
  55
  56     The glResizeBuffersMESA command may be called when the client
  57     determines that a window has been resized.  Calling
  58     glResizeBuffersMESA causes Mesa to query the current window size
  59     and adjust its internal data structures.  This may include
  60     reallocating depth, stencil, alpha and accumulation buffers.
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  62 Additions to the AGL/GLX/WGL Specifications
  63
  64     None
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  66 Errors
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  68     INVALID_OPERATION is generated if ResizeBuffersMESA is called betweeen
  69     Begin and End.
  70
  71 New State
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  73     None.
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  75 New Implementation Dependent State
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  77     None.
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  79 Revision History
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  81   * Revision 1.0 - Initial specification