glXGetClientString Subroutine

Purpose

Returns a string describing the client

Library

C bindings library: libGL.a

C Syntax

const char *glXGetClientString(
    Display  *dpy,
    int	     name)

Parameters

dpy

Specifies the connection to the X server.

name

Specifies which string is returned. One of GLX_VENDOR, GLX_VERSION, or GLX_EXTENSIONS.

Description

The glXGetClientString subroutine returns a string describing some aspect of the client library. The possible values for name are GLX_VENDOR, GLX_VERSION, and GLX_EXTENSIONS. If name is not set to one of these values, glXGetClientString returns NULL. The format and contents of the vendor string is implementation dependent.

The extensions string is null-terminated and contains a space-separated list of extension names. (The extension names never contain spaces.) If there are no extensions to GLX, then the empty string is returned.

The version string is laid out as follows:

<major_version . minor_version> <space> <vendor-specific_info>

Both the major and minor portions of the version number are of arbitrary length. The vendor-specific information is optional. However, if it is present, the format and contents are implementation specific.

Notes

The glXGetClientString subroutine is available only if the GLX version is 1.1 or greater.

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

The glXGetClientString subroutine only returns information about GLX extensions supported by the client. Call glGetString to get a list of GL extensions supported by the server.

Related Information

glXQueryVersion,
glXQueryExtensionsString,
glXQueryServerString