opengl: question about glutMainLoop()

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can somebody explain how does glutMainLoop work? and second question, why glClearColor(0.0f,
0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f); defined after glutDisplayFunc(RenderScene); cause firstly we call
0 glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); and only then define glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

int main(int argc, char* argv[])

{
glutInit(&argc, argv);
glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGB);
glutInitWindowSize(800, 00);
glutInitWindowPosition(300,50);
glutCreateWindow("GLRect");
glutDisplayFunc(RenderScene);
glutReshapeFunc(ChangeSize);
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f); <--
glutMainLoop();

return 0;
}

void RenderScene(void)
{
// Clear the window with current clearing color
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

// Set current drawing color to red

// R G B
glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

// Draw a filled rectangle with current color

glRectf(0.0f, 0.0f, 50.0f, -50.0f);

// Flush drawing commands

glFlush();
}

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genpfault lego69
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glutMainLoop() just runs a platform-specific event loop and calls any registered glut*Func() callbacks
as needed.
1
RenderScene() won't be called by GLUT until you call glutMainLoop() . So in reality glClearColor()
gets called first, not glClear() .
 Share Improve this answer Follow answered May 24, 2010 at 18:26
genpfault
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glutDisplayFunc(RenderScene);

0 This only sets the callback function, it doesn't actually call it until it enters the main app loop in the call to
glutMainLoop . So glClearColor comes before glClear .

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Alan
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