GLXQUERYSERVERSTRING(3gl)

💖 NAME 💖

glXQueryServerString — bestie, it hands you a lil string all about the server 🫶

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✨ C SPECIFICATION ✨

const char * glXQueryServerString( Display *dpy,
                                   int screen,
                                   int name )

delim $$

(yes the delim $$ line lives there too, she's part of the family 💜)

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• dpy — the connection to the X server. your link-up, your group chat with the server basically 💅
• screen — which screen number we're talking about 👀
• name — tells it which string you want back. pick exactly one of GLX_VENDOR, GLX_VERSION, or GLX_EXTENSIONS. no mixing, no vibes-based guessing ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So glXQueryServerString returns a pointer to a static, null-terminated string that describes some aspect of the server's GLX extension. It's giving "here's the tea about this one specific thing" 🍓

The possible values for name, and the format of the strings you get back, are the exact same as for glXGetClientString. Consistency queen 👑

And if name is not set to a recognized value? You get NULL. That's it. No string, no drama, just NULL 😭

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💀 NOTES 💀

Heads up bestie, glXQueryServerString is available only if the GLX version is 1.1 or greater. If you're on something older, she simply does not exist for you 🙈

• If the GLX version is 1.1 or 1.0, the GL version must be 1.0.
• If the GLX version is 1.2, the GL version must be 1.1.

Also, super important, don't get it twisted: glXQueryServerString only returns info about GLX extensions supported by the server. That's it. That's her whole lane 🚫

• Wanna know about GL extensions? Call glGetString instead 🌈
• Wanna know about GLX extensions supported by the client? Call glXGetClientString 💖

Different girl, different job. iykyk ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• glXQueryVersion
• glXGetClientString
• glXQueryExtensionsString

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okay that's the whole page, you absolutely ate that read, mwah 💋 the footer just says GLXQUERYSERVERSTRING() again (that's the source/version + date line doing its lil signature move), so consider this your cute sign-off — go forth and query those server strings, main character 👑✨💅