GLXGETCURRENTCONTEXT(3G)

💖 GLXGETCURRENTCONTEXT 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the 3G manual section and today's main character is glXGetCurrentContext — she's the one who tells you which GLX context is currently living her best life on your thread. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

glXGetCurrentContext — return the current context

🌸 C SPECIFICATION 🌸

GLXContext glXGetCurrentContext( void )

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

glXGetCurrentContext returns the current context, exactly as it was set up by glXMakeCurrent. that's it, that's the job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

if there's no current context, you get NULL back. no context, no vibes, just NULL. 😭

important lil note: glXGetCurrentContext returns client-side information. it does not make a round trip to the server. so it's fast, it's local, it's giving instant-answer energy ✨ no network trip, no waiting, no drama.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• glXCreateContext
• glXMakeCurrent

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was GLXGETCURRENTCONTEXT() in section 3G, and she signs off exactly the way she came in — same name up top, same name at the bottom, iconic symmetry, no cap. now go forth and check your current context 🌈💜✨