GLUTINITDISPLAYSTRING(3)

💖 GLUTINITDISPLAYSTRING — glutInitDisplayString(3) 💖

okay bestie, sit down, we're doing glutInitDisplayString from the OpenGLUT - window library. it's the glow-up version of setting your window's display mode, and honestly? it's giving ✨ options ✨.

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✨ NAME ✨

glutInitDisplayString — set the window creation display mode. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it beautifully. 🎀

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🌸 LIBRARY 🌸

OpenGLUT - window — yeah, we're in the windowing corner of OpenGLUT. iykyk. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutInitDisplayString(const char *displayMode);

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🍓 PARAMETERS 🍓

• displayMode — the requested display mode string. that's your little wishlist, written out as text. 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

glutInitDisplayString() lets you define a display mode for subsequent windows that you open. and like, in most regards, the control you get is at least as fine as what you'd get with glutInitDisplayMode(). no cap. 🔥

heads up queen: the displayMode parameter is case-sensitive, and tokens get separated by ASCII TABs (\t) and SPACEs. so yes, the whitespace matters, don't be sloppy with it. 😭

now here's the full token menu, and yes we're listing every single one:

• index — enables GLUT_INDEX. 💜
• luminance — enables GLUT_LUMINANCE. enables GLUT_STENCIL.
• red — number of red channel bits.
• green — number of green channel bits.
• blue — number of blue channel bits.
• alpha — number of alpha channel bits. enables GLUT_ALPHA.
• rgb — number of RGB channel bits, no aplha bits. enables GLUT_RGB.
• rgba — number of RGBA channel bits. enables GLUT_RGBA.
• depth — number of depth buffer bits.
• stencil — number of stencil buffer bits.
• double — enables GLUT_DOUBLE.
• single — enables GLUT_SINGLE.
• stereo — enables GLUT_STERO. (yes, spelled exactly like that, don't @ me, i'm just the messenger 💀)
• acca — number of RGBA accumulation bits. enables GLUT_ACCUM.
• acc — number of RGB accumulation bits. enables GLUT_ACCUM.
• samples — number of samples for GLX's SGIS_Multisample. enables GLUT_MULTISAMPLE.
• buffer — [TODO] sets bits in index mode?
• conformant — [TODO] conformant with what? enables GLUT_DEPTH.
• slow — [TODO] indicates if a frame-buffer is slow.
• num — [TODO] appears to select a frame-buffer configuration by number from an unspecified list. probably very non-portable. 🙈

a special capability name indicating where the value represents the Nth frame buffer configuration matching the description string:

• win32pdf — Win32 specific: pixel format descriptor
• win32pfd — Win32 specific: pixel format descriptor
• xvisual — X11 specific: X Visual
• xstaticgray — X11 specific: "staticgray" mode.
• xgrayscale — X11 specific: "grayscale" mode.
• xstaticcolor — X11 specific: "staticcolor" mode.
• xpseudocolor — X11 specific: "pseudocolor" mode.
• xtruecolor — X11 specific: "trueolor" mode. (yep, "trueolor", that's literally what it says ✨)
• xdirectcolor — X11 specific: "directcolor" mode.

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💀 CAVEATS 💀

conflicting modes — like single and double — have the same interaction as for glutInitDisplayMode(). so like, don't be surprised when they beef, it's the same beef as always. 😭

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🧚 TODO 🧚

• GLUT_BORDERLESS and GLUT_OFFSCREEN are not represented.
• not all features appear to be implemented. in particular, numeric parameters and comparator specifications are lacking. see GLUT 3.7 sources for example.
• PyOpenGL glutInitDisplayString documentation lives at http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/documentation/manual/glutInitDisplayString.3GLUT.html

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

glutInit(3) · glutInitWindowPosition(3) · glutInitWindowSize(3) · glutInitDisplayMode(3)

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and that's the whole page, bestie. this one is dated <strong>UNDATED</strong> and comes from <strong>UNTITLED()</strong> — iconic in an unfinished-manuscript kinda way. go forth and set your display mode, you absolute main character. 💅💖✨