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glHint
: specify implementation-specific hints.
C Specification
void glHint(
GLenum target,
GLenum mode)
Parameters
target
Specifies a symbolic constant indicating the behavior to be controlled.
GL_FOG_HINT, GL_LINE_SMOOTH_HINT,
GL_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION_HINT,
GL_POINT_SMOOTH_HINT, and GL_POLYGON_SMOOTH_HINT
are accepted.
mode
Specifies a symbolic constant indicating the desired behavior.
GL_FASTEST, GL_NICEST, and GL_DONT_CARE are accepted.
Description
Certain aspects of GL behavior, when there is room for interpretation, can be controlled
with hints. A hint is specified with two arguments. target is a symbolic constant
indicating the behavior to be controlled, and mode is another symbolic constant
indicating the desired behavior. The initial value for each target is GL_DONT_CARE.
mode can be one of the following:
GL_FASTEST
The most efficient option should be chosen.
GL_NICEST
The most correct, or highest quality, option should be chosen.
GL_DONT_CARE
No preference.
Though the implementation aspects that can be hinted are well defined, the
interpretation of the hints depends on the implementation. The hint aspects that can be
specified with target, along with suggested semantics, are as follows:
GL_FOG_HINT
Indicates the accuracy of fog calculation. If per-pixel fog calculation is not efficiently
supported by the GL implementation, hinting GL_DONT_CARE or GL_FASTEST can
result in per-vertex calculation of fog effects.
GL_LINE_SMOOTH_HINT
Indicates the sampling quality of anti-aliased lines. If a larger filter function is applied,
hinting GL_NICEST can result in more pixel fragments being generated during
rasterization,
Summary of Contents for c3700 - Workstation
Page 9: ...Chapter 1 9 1 A ...
Page 18: ...A glArrayElement Chapter 1 18 glNormalPointer glTexCoordPointer glVertexPointer ...
Page 19: ...Chapter 2 19 2 B ...
Page 40: ...B gluBuild2DMipmaps Chapter 2 40 ...
Page 41: ...Chapter 3 41 3 C ...
Page 49: ...C glXChooseVisual Chapter 3 49 See Also glXCreateContext glXGetConfig ...
Page 73: ...C glCopyPixels Chapter 3 73 glReadBuffer glReadPixels glStencilFunc ...
Page 84: ...C glCopyTexSubImage2D Chapter 3 84 glTexParameter glTexSubImage1D glTexSubImage2D ...
Page 93: ...Chapter 4 93 4 D ...
Page 99: ...D glDeleteTextures Chapter 4 99 glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 127: ...Chapter 5 127 5 E ...
Page 148: ...E glEvalPoint Chapter 5 148 ...
Page 149: ...Chapter 6 149 6 F ...
Page 161: ...Chapter 7 161 7 G ...
Page 164: ...G glGenTextures Chapter 7 164 glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 207: ...G glGetPointer Chapter 7 207 glSelectBuffer glTexCoordPointer glVertexPointer ...
Page 225: ...Chapter 8 225 8 H ...
Page 228: ...H glHint Chapter 8 228 ...
Page 229: ...Chapter 9 229 9 I ...
Page 248: ...I glIsTexture Chapter 9 248 ...
Page 249: ...Chapter 10 249 10 L ...
Page 256: ...L glLightModel Chapter 10 256 See Also glLight glMaterial ...
Page 271: ...Chapter 11 271 11 M ...
Page 291: ...Chapter 12 291 12 N ...
Page 312: ...N gluNurbsSurface Chapter 12 312 ...
Page 313: ...Chapter 13 313 13 O ...
Page 317: ...Chapter 14 317 14 P ...
Page 360: ...P glPushName Chapter 14 360 See Also glInitNames glLoadName glRenderMode glSelectBuffer ...
Page 362: ...P gluPwlCurve Chapter 14 362 ...
Page 363: ...Chapter 15 363 15 Q ...
Page 372: ...Q glXQueryVersion Chapter 15 372 glXQueryVersion ...
Page 373: ...Chapter 16 373 16 R ...
Page 390: ...R glRotate Chapter 16 390 ...
Page 391: ...Chapter 17 391 17 S ...
Page 397: ...S glScissor Chapter 17 397 See Also glEnable glViewport ...
Page 409: ...Chapter 18 409 18 T ...
Page 448: ...T glTexImage3DEXT Chapter 18 448 glTexGen glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 457: ...T glTexSubImage1D Chapter 18 457 glTexImage2D glTexParameter glTexSubImage2D ...
Page 465: ...T glTranslate Chapter 18 465 See Also glMatrixMode glMultMatrix glPushMatrix glScale ...
Page 466: ...T glTranslate Chapter 18 466 ...
Page 467: ...Chapter 19 467 19 U ...
Page 469: ...U gluUnProject Chapter 19 469 See Also glGet gluProject ...
Page 471: ...U glXUseXFont Chapter 19 471 See Also glBitmap glXMakeCurrent ...
Page 472: ...U glXUseXFont Chapter 19 472 ...
Page 473: ...Chapter 20 473 20 V ...
Page 482: ...V glVisibilityBufferhp Chapter 20 482 ...
Page 483: ...Chapter 21 483 21 W ...
Page 486: ...W glXWaitX Chapter 21 486 ...