getbuffer(3G)

getbuffer - indicates which buffers are enabled for writing

As shipped in IRIX 6.5.19. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.

NAME
     getbuffer - indicates which buffers are enabled for writing

C SPECIFICATION
     long getbuffer()

PARAMETERS
     none

FUNCTION RETURN VALUE
     Individual bits in the returned value indicate which buffers are enabled.
     The bits are named:

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                          Symbolic Name | Buffer Enabled
                         _________________________________
                          BCKBUFFER       back buffer
                          FRNTBUFFER      front buffer
                          DRAWZBUFFER     zbuffer drawing
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DESCRIPTION
     getbuffer indicates which buffers are enabled for writing in double
     buffer mode.

SEE ALSO
     backbuffer, doublebuffer, frontbuffer, zdraw

NOTE
     This routine is available only in immediate mode.

     The symbolic return values mentioned above are defined in <gl/get.h>.