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glutCreateWindow(3GLUT)              GLUT              glutCreateWindow(3GLUT)


NAME

       glutCreateWindow - creates a top-level window.


SYNTAX


       int glutCreateWindow(char *name);


ARGUMENTS

       name      ASCII character string for use as window name.


DESCRIPTION

       glutCreateWindow creates a top-level window. The name will be provided
       to the window system as the window's name. The intent is that the
       window system will label the window with the name.

       Implicitly, the current window is set to the newly created window.

       Each created window has a unique associated OpenGL context. State
       changes to a window's associated OpenGL context can be done immediately
       after the window is created.

       The display state of a window is initially for the window to be shown.
       But the window's display state is not actually acted upon until
       glutMainLoop is entered. This means until glutMainLoop is called,
       rendering to a created window is ineffective because the window can not
       yet be displayed.

       The value returned is a unique small integer identifier for the window.
       The range of allocated identifiers starts at one. This window
       identifier can be used when calling glutSetWindow.


X IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

       The proper X Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM) top-
       level properties are established. The WM_COMMAND property that lists
       the command line used to invoke the GLUT program is only established
       for the first window created.


SEE ALSO

       glutCreateSubWindow, glutCreateMenu, glutDestroyWindow


AUTHOR

       Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)

GLUT                                  3.7              glutCreateWindow(3GLUT)

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