glGetString â return a string describing the current GL connection
C Specificationconst GLubyte* glGetString(
GLenum name)
;
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const GLubyte* glGetStringi(
GLenum name, Â GLuint index)
;
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Parametersname
Specifies a symbolic constant, one of GL_EXTENSIONS
, GL_RENDERER
, GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION
, GL_VENDOR
, or GL_VERSION
. glGetStringi
accepts only the GL_EXTENSIONS
token.
index
For glGetStringi
, specifies the index of the string to return.
glGetString
returns a pointer to a static string describing some aspect of the current GL connection. name
can be one of the following:
GL_EXTENSIONS
Returns the extension string supported by the implementation.
GL_VENDOR
Returns the company responsible for this GL implementation. This name does not change from release to release.
GL_RENDERER
Returns the name of the renderer. This name is typically specific to a particular configuration of a hardware platform. It does not change from release to release.
GL_VERSION
Returns a version or release number.
GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION
Returns a version or release number for the shading language.
glGetStringi
returns a pointer to a static string indexed by index
. name
can be one of the following:
GL_EXTENSIONS
Returns the extension string supported by the implementation at index
.
Strings GL_VENDOR
and GL_RENDERER
together uniquely specify a platform. They do not change from release to release and should be used by platform-recognition algorithms.
The GL_VERSION
and GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION
strings begin with a version number. The version number uses one of these forms:
major_number.minor_number major_number.minor_number.release_number
Vendor-specific information may follow the version number. Its format depends on the implementation, but a space always separates the version number and the vendor-specific information.
All strings are null-terminated.
NotesIf an error is generated, glGetString
returns 0.
The client and server may support different versions. glGetString
always returns a compatible version number. The release number always describes the server.
There is no defined relationship between the order in which extension names appear in the non-indexed string and the order in which they appear in the indexed query.
There is no defined relationship between any particular extension name and the index values; an extension name may correspond to a different index in different GL contexts and/or implementations.
ErrorsGL_INVALID_ENUM
is generated if name
is not an accepted value.
GL_INVALID_VALUE
is generated by glGetStringi
if index
is outside the valid range for indexed state name
.
GetString
â â GetStringi
- â
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