xcb_glx_create_new_context(3)

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✨ xcb_glx_create_new_context(3) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the XCB Requests corner of the manual, where we vibe with xcb_glx_create_new_context. it's giving very "make me a new GLX context" energy, and honestly? iconic. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

xcb_glx_create_new_context — (the original page leaves this blank, so like… it's a mystery wrapped in a syscall, no cap 💀)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

first things first, you gotta let the compiler know you're in:

#include <xcb/glx.h>

✨ Request function ✨

xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_glx_create_new_context(xcb_connection_t *conn,
       xcb_glx_context_t context, xcb_glx_fbconfig_t fbconfig,
       uint32_t screen, uint32_t render_type,
       xcb_glx_context_t share_list, uint8_t is_direct);

look at that signature. she's long. she's lowercase. she's perfect. 💅

👑 REQUEST ARGUMENTS 👑

one bullet per arg, and yes we're going in order, because we are nothing if not organized:

  • conn — the XCB connection to X11. your lil hotline to the X server, fr fr. 🫶
  • context — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. (bestie the docs really said "🙈")
  • fbconfig — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
  • screen — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
  • render_type — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
  • share_list — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
  • is_direct — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
okay so half of these are literally TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. and i need you to know that i am NOT making that up, that is genuinely what the page says, i would never do you like that 😭

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

…it's empty. the DESCRIPTION section is empty. we have no description. we are describing the void. main character energy but make it mysterious ✨💀

💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

she returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. and because it's a void cookie, any errors (if any show up at all) have to be handled over in the event loop, not right here. so don't be out here waiting for a return value, she has none to give. 🙈

if you'd rather deal with errors directly using xcb_request_check instead, then use:

xcb_glx_create_new_context_checked

and peek at xcb-requests(3) for the details, iykyk. 📚

💀 ERRORS 💀

This request does never generate any errors.

yes bestie, that is the actual wording, "does never," and honestly? she ate. zero errors, zero drama, zero problems. slay. 🌿

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

(nothing listed here on the original page — it's just vibes and an empty section, no cap 🌸)

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Generated from glx.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for corrections and improvements. 🫶

and that's the whole page!! this was xcb_glx_create_new_context(3) from X Version 11, brought to you by libxcb 1.17.0, and the manual page footer also waves the title xcb_glx_create_new_context(3) around again like a little encore. thanks for reading bestie, go create a context, i believe in you 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

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