GLUTPOSTWINDOWREDISPLAY(3)

💖 GLUTPOSTWINDOWREDISPLAY(3) 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about glutPostWindowRedisplay — a lil function from the OpenGLUT - window library that's about to become your new fave 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

glutPostWindowRedisplay — the way it marks a specific window you point at as needing a redisplay. not the current one. that one over there. 👑 lowkey iconic behavior.

📚 LIBRARY 📚

OpenGLUT - window 🌸 that's the house this function lives in, no cap.

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutPostWindowRedisplay(int windowID);

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. three lines of pure power 💅

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• windowID — the OpenGLUT window id you're trying to affect. that's the one and only argument, bestie, she works alone 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, fr fr: this is similar to glutPostRedisplay(), except — and this is the important part, don't skip it 🙈 — instead of affecting the current window, this function affects an arbitrary window, indicated by the windowID parameter.

that's it. that's the whole difference. you're not posting a redisplay for "wherever we are right now," you're posting it for "that specific window id right there." main character energy, but make it targeted ✨

ngl the vibe check here is simple: glutPostRedisplay() = current window, glutPostWindowRedisplay(windowID) = the window you name. periodt. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• glutPostRedisplay(3)
• glutPostOverlayRedisplay(3)
• glutPostWindowOverlayRedisplay(3)
• glutSwapBuffers(3)
• glutDisplayFunc(3)
• glutCreateWindow(3)
• glutCreateSubWindow(3)

go read those too, bestie, iykyk 💜

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 this one's from the OpenGLUT source, and the original footer said UNDATED and UNTITLED() — so yeah, no date, no fancy title, just vibes and a very good little function 🌸 mwah, go redisplay something 💖✨