GLUTSPECIALFUNC(3)

💖 GLUTSPECIALFUNC(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the GLUTSPECIALFUNC(3) page, aka the manual for glutSpecialFunc 💅

✨ NAME ✨

glutSpecialFunc — Sets the Special callback for the current window 🎀

📚 LIBRARY 📚

OpenGLUT - input

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutSpecialFunc(void( *callback )( int key, int x, int y ));

🦋 PARAMETERS 🦋

• callback — the client function that gets called on a keyboard event. yes queen, that's your glow-up function 💖

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so basically, this registers a callback that OpenGLUT is gonna call whenever the user hits one of the "special" keys on their keyboard. no cap. 🎹✨

The special callback handles a bunch of extra keys that are not covered by plain "keyboard" events. The key that gets passed into your callback is one of an enumerated set — and honestly the mapping to the actual keys on your keyboard is pretty obvious, it's giving common sense 🧠💅. Their GLUT symbol names are:

• GLUT_KEY_F1
• GLUT_KEY_F2
• GLUT_KEY_F3
• GLUT_KEY_F4
• GLUT_KEY_F5
• GLUT_KEY_F6
• GLUT_KEY_F7
• GLUT_KEY_F8
• GLUT_KEY_F9
• GLUT_KEY_F10
• GLUT_KEY_F11
• GLUT_KEY_F12
• GLUT_KEY_LEFT
• GLUT_KEY_UP
• GLUT_KEY_RIGHT
• GLUT_KEY_DOWN
• GLUT_KEY_PAGE_UP
• GLUT_KEY_PAGE_DOWN
• GLUT_KEY_HOME
• GLUT_KEY_END
• GLUT_KEY_INSERT

want the other keys too? that's a whole different vibe, go see glutKeyboardFunc() 🫶

This callback is bound to the current window ⭐

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💀 CAVEATS 💀

lowkey important, so listen up fr fr:

• So many keys are just not included here. like, they simply didn't make the list 😭
• and it is not possible to apply qualifiers such as the Shift or Ctrl key to these keys. nope, no modifier glow-up for these ones 🙈

also, windows created via glutCreateMenuWindow() always cascade keyboard and mouse events to their parent. always. periodt. 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• glutSpecialUpFunc(3)
• glutKeyboardFunc(3)

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