GLUTSPECIALUPFUNC(3)

💖 GLUTSPECIALUPFUNC(3) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about glutSpecialUpFunc from the OpenGLUT library (that's the input corner of the OpenGLUT universe, for the record) 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

glutSpecialUpFunc — sets the special key release callback for the current window. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

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🌸 LIBRARY 🌸

OpenGLUT — input 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <openglut.h>

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

like, look at her. iconic signature. no notes. 👑

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🍓 PARAMETERS 🍓

• callback — your lil client hook for special key releases 💜 this is the function that gets called when a special key goes up, bestie.

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so here's the vibe: this function gives you a way to detect the release of a keyboard key 🔥 (yes, the release — the up moment, the letting-go, the goodbye kiss 😭).

the keys get reported exactly as with glutSpecialFunc(), save that the callback registered via this function is the one used to report the event. same energy, different moment in time, yk? ✨

and important: this callback is bound to the current window. not some other window. the current one. she's loyal like that 🫶

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💀 CAVEATS 💀

windows created via glutCreateMenuWindow() always cascade keyboard and mouse events to their parent. no cap. that's just how it is, so plan accordingly 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• glutSpecialFunc(3)
• glutKeyboardUpFunc(3)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! mwah 💖

signing off: this one's marked UNDATED, and the source stamp is UNTITLED() — a mystery, a legend, a document that simply refuses to tell us when it was born 🌟 slay, honestly. 💜