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    <info>
        <copyright>
            <year>1991-2006</year>
            <holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
        </copyright>
        <copyright>
            <year>2010-2013</year>
            <holder>Khronos Group</holder>
        </copyright>
    </info>
    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>glPixelStore</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
    </refmeta>
    <refnamediv>
        <refname>glPixelStore</refname>
        <refpurpose>set pixel storage modes</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
        <funcsynopsis>
            <funcprototype>
                <funcdef>void <function>glPixelStoref</function></funcdef>
                <paramdef>GLenum <parameter>pname</parameter></paramdef>
                <paramdef>GLfloat <parameter>param</parameter></paramdef>
            </funcprototype>
        </funcsynopsis>
        <funcsynopsis>
            <funcprototype>
                <funcdef>void <function>glPixelStorei</function></funcdef>
                <paramdef>GLenum <parameter>pname</parameter></paramdef>
                <paramdef>GLint <parameter>param</parameter></paramdef>
            </funcprototype>
        </funcsynopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsect1 xml:id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
        <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
            <term><parameter>pname</parameter></term>
            <listitem>
                <para>
                    Specifies the symbolic name of the parameter to be set.
                    Six values affect the packing of pixel data into memory:
                    <constant>GL_PACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_PACK_LSB_FIRST</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_PACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant>, and
                    <constant>GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>.
                    Six more affect the unpacking of pixel data <emphasis>from</emphasis> memory:
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_LSB_FIRST</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant>,
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant>, and
                    <constant>GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>.
                </para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
            <term><parameter>param</parameter></term>
            <listitem>
                <para>
                    Specifies the value that <parameter>pname</parameter> is set to.
                </para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="description"><title>Description</title>
        <para>
            <function>glPixelStore</function> sets pixel storage modes that affect the operation of subsequent
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glReadPixels</refentrytitle></citerefentry> as well as the unpacking of
            texture patterns (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>),
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry> or <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
        </para>
        <para>
            <parameter>pname</parameter> is a symbolic constant indicating the parameter to be set, and
            <parameter>param</parameter> is the new value.  Six of the twelve storage parameters affect
            how pixel data is returned to client memory.
            They are as follows:
        </para>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_PACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If true,
                        byte ordering for multibyte color components,
                        depth components,
                        or stencil indices
                        is reversed.
                        That is,
                        if a four-byte component consists of bytes
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 0: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 1: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 2: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 3: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>3</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        it is stored in memory as
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 3: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>3</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 2: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 1: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 0: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        if <constant>GL_PACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant> is true.
                        <constant>GL_PACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant> has no effect on the memory order of components
                        within a pixel,
                        only on the order of bytes within components or indices.
                        For example,
                        the three components of a <constant>GL_RGB</constant> format pixel are always stored with
                        red first,
                        green second,
                        and blue third,
                        regardless of the value of <constant>GL_PACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_PACK_LSB_FIRST</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If true,
                        bits are ordered within a byte from least significant to most significant;
                        otherwise,
                        the first bit in each byte is the most significant one.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If greater than 0,
                        <constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> defines the number of pixels in a row.
                        If the first pixel of a row is placed at location
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">p</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        in memory,
                        then the location of the first pixel of the next row is obtained by skipping
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        <informalequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: k  =   left {      lpile { n l above {a over s} left ceiling { s n l } over a right ceiling}         lpile {s  >=  a above s  <  a }: -->
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                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mfenced open="{" close="">
                                    <mml:mrow>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="&lceil;" close="&rceil;">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                                </mml:mrow>
                                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                        <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&gt;=</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                    </mml:mrow>
                                </mml:mfenced>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></informalequation>
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        components or indices,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices in a pixel,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of pixels in a row
                        (<constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> if it is greater than 0,
                        the
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">width</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        argument to the pixel routine otherwise),
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the value of <constant>GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>, and
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the size, in bytes, of a single component
                        (if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a < s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        then it is as if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a  =  s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>).
                        In the case of 1-bit values,
                        the location of the next row is obtained by skipping
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: k  =  8 a left ceiling { n l } over { 8 a } right ceiling: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mrow>
                                    <mml:mn>8</mml:mn>
                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                    <mml:mfenced open="&lceil;" close="&rceil;">
                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mn>8</mml:mn>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                </mml:mrow>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        components or indices.
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        The word <emphasis>component</emphasis> in this description refers to the nonindex values
                        red,
                        green,
                        blue,
                        alpha,
                        and depth.
                        Storage format <constant>GL_RGB</constant>,
                        for example,
                        has three components per pixel:
                        first red,
                        then green,
                        and finally blue.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_PACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If greater than 0,
                        <constant>GL_PACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant> defines the number of pixels in an image
                        three-dimensional texture volume, where ``image'' is defined by all pixels
                        sharing the same third dimension index.
                        If the first pixel of a row is placed at location
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">p</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        in memory,
                        then the location of the first pixel of the next row is obtained by skipping
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        <informalequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: k  =   left {        lpile { n l h above {a over s} left ceiling { s n l h } over a right ceiling}        lpile {s  >=  a above s  <  a }: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mfenced open="{" close="">
                                    <mml:mrow>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">h</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="&lceil;" close="&rceil;">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">h</mml:mi>
                                                                </mml:mrow>
                                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                        <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&gt;=</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                    </mml:mrow>
                                </mml:mfenced>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></informalequation>
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        components or indices, where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices
                        in a pixel,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of pixels in a row
                        (<constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> if it is greater than 0, the
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">width</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        argument to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry> otherwise),
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">h</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of
                        rows in a pixel image (<constant>GL_PACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant> if it is greater than
                        0, the
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">height</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        argument to the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry> routine otherwise),
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the value of
                        <constant>GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>, and
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the size, in bytes, of a single
                        component (if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a < s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        then it is as if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a = s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>).
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        The word <emphasis>component</emphasis> in this description refers to the nonindex values
                        red,
                        green,
                        blue,
                        alpha,
                        and depth.
                        Storage format <constant>GL_RGB</constant>,
                        for example,
                        has three components per pixel:
                        first red,
                        then green,
                        and finally blue.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant>, <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant>, and <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        These values are provided as a convenience to the programmer;
                        they provide no functionality that cannot be duplicated simply by
                        incrementing the pointer passed to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glReadPixels</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
                        Setting <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant> to
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">i</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is equivalent to incrementing
                        the pointer by
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: i n: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">i</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        components or indices,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices in each pixel.
                        Setting <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant> to
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">j</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is equivalent to incrementing
                        the pointer by
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: j m: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">j</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">m</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        components or indices,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">m</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices per row,
                        as just computed in the <constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> section.
                        Setting <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant> to
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is equivalent to incrementing
                        the pointer by
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: k p: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">p</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">p</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices
                        per image, as computed in the <constant>GL_PACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant> section.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Specifies the alignment requirements for the start of each pixel row in memory.
                        The allowable values are
                        1 (byte-alignment),
                        2 (rows aligned to even-numbered bytes),
                        4 (word-alignment), and
                        8 (rows start on double-word boundaries).
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
        <para>
            The other six of the twelve storage parameters affect how pixel data is
            read from client memory.
            These values are significant for
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, and
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
        </para>
        <para>
            They are as follows:
        </para>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If true,
                        byte ordering for multibyte color components,
                        depth components,
                        or stencil indices
                        is reversed.
                        That is,
                        if a four-byte component consists of bytes
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 0: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 1: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 2: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 3: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>3</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        it is taken from memory as
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 3: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>3</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 2: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 1: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: b sub 0: -->
                            <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">b</mml:mi>
                            <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                            </mml:msub>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        if <constant>GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant> is true.
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant> has no effect on the memory order of components
                        within a pixel,
                        only on the order of bytes within components or indices.
                        For example,
                        the three components of a <constant>GL_RGB</constant> format pixel are always stored with
                        red first,
                        green second,
                        and blue third,
                        regardless of the value of <constant>GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_UNPACK_LSB_FIRST</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If true,
                        bits are ordered within a byte from least significant to most significant;
                        otherwise,
                        the first bit in each byte is the most significant one.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If greater than 0,
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> defines the number of pixels in a row.
                        If the first pixel of a row is placed at location
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">p</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        in memory,
                        then the location of the first pixel of the next row is obtained by skipping
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        <informalequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: k  =   left {       lpile { n l above {a over s} left ceiling { s n l } over a right ceiling }        lpile { s  >=  a above s  <  a }: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mfenced open="{" close="">
                                    <mml:mrow>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="&lceil;" close="&rceil;">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                                </mml:mrow>
                                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                        <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&gt;=</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                    </mml:mrow>
                                </mml:mfenced>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></informalequation>
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        components or indices,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices in a pixel,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of pixels in a row
                        (<constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> if it is greater than 0,
                        the
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">width</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        argument to the pixel routine otherwise),
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the value of <constant>GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>, and
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the size, in bytes, of a single component
                        (if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a < s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        then it is as if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a = s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>).
                        In the case of 1-bit values,
                        the location of the next row is obtained by skipping
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: k  =  8 a left ceiling { n l } over { 8 a } right ceiling: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mrow>
                                    <mml:mn>8</mml:mn>
                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                    <mml:mfenced open="&lceil;" close="&rceil;">
                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mn>8</mml:mn>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                </mml:mrow>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        components or indices.
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        The word <emphasis>component</emphasis> in this description refers to the nonindex values
                        red,
                        green,
                        blue,
                        alpha,
                        and depth.
                        Storage format <constant>GL_RGB</constant>,
                        for example,
                        has three components per pixel:
                        first red,
                        then green,
                        and finally blue.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_UNPACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        If greater than 0,
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant> defines the number of pixels in an image of
                        a three-dimensional texture volume.  Where ``image'' is defined by all
                        pixel sharing the same third dimension index.
                        If the first pixel of a row is placed at location
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">p</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        in memory,
                        then the location of the first pixel of the next row is obtained by skipping
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        <informalequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: k  =   left {       lpile { n l h above {a over s} left ceiling { s n l h } over a right ceiling }        lpile { s   >=  a above s  <  a }: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mfenced open="{" close="">
                                    <mml:mrow>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">h</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mfenced open="&lceil;" close="&rceil;">
                                                        <mml:mfrac>
                                                            <mml:mfenced open="" close="">
                                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi>
                                                                    <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">h</mml:mi>
                                                                </mml:mrow>
                                                            </mml:mfenced>
                                                            <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                        </mml:mfrac>
                                                    </mml:mfenced>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                        <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                        <mml:mtable>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&gt;=</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                            <mml:mtr><mml:mtd>
                                                <mml:mrow>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                                                    <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                                </mml:mrow>
                                            </mml:mtd></mml:mtr>
                                        </mml:mtable>
                                    </mml:mrow>
                                </mml:mfenced>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></informalequation>
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        components or indices,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices in a pixel,
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">l</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of pixels in a row
                        (<constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> if it is greater than 0,
                        the
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">width</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        argument to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry> otherwise),
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">h</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of rows in an image (<constant>GL_UNPACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant> if
                        it is greater than 0, the
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">height</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        argument to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry> otherwise),
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the value of <constant>GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>, and
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the size, in bytes, of a single component
                        (if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a < s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>,
                        then it is as if
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: a  =  s: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">a</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">s</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>).
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        The word <emphasis>component</emphasis> in this description refers to the nonindex values
                        red,
                        green,
                        blue,
                        alpha,
                        and depth.
                        Storage format <constant>GL_RGB</constant>,
                        for example,
                        has three components per pixel:
                        first red,
                        then green,
                        and finally blue.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant> and <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        These values are provided as a convenience to the programmer;
                        they provide no functionality that cannot be duplicated by
                        incrementing the pointer passed to
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry> or
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
                        Setting <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant> to
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">i</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is equivalent to incrementing
                        the pointer by
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: i n: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">i</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        components or indices,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices in each pixel.
                        Setting <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant> to
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">j</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is equivalent to incrementing
                        the pointer by
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: j k: -->
                            <mml:mrow>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">j</mml:mi>
                                <mml:mo>&it;</mml:mo>
                                <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi>
                            </mml:mrow>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        components or indices,
                        where
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">k</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
                        is the number of components or indices per row,
                        as just computed in the <constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant> section.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><constant>GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT</constant></term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Specifies the alignment requirements for the start of each pixel row in memory.
                        The allowable values are
                        1 (byte-alignment),
                        2 (rows aligned to even-numbered bytes),
                        4 (word-alignment), and
                        8 (rows start on double-word boundaries).
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
        <para>
            The following table gives the type,
            initial value,
            and range of valid values for each storage parameter
            that can be set with <function>glPixelStore</function>.
        </para>
        <para>
        </para>
        <informaltable>
            <tgroup cols="4">
                <colspec colwidth="2.5*" align="left"/>
                <colspec colwidth="1*" align="center"/>
                <colspec colwidth="1*" align="center"/>
                <colspec colwidth="2*" align="center"/>
                <thead>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                            <emphasis role="bold"> <parameter>pname</parameter> </emphasis>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                            <emphasis role="bold"> Type </emphasis>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                            <emphasis role="bold"> Initial Value </emphasis>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                            <emphasis role="bold"> Valid Range </emphasis>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        boolean
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        false
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        true or false
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_LSB_FIRST</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        boolean
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        false
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        true or false
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0, \(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        4
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        1, 2, 4, or 8
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        boolean
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        false
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        true or false
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_LSB_FIRST</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        boolean
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        false
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        true or false
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        0
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                            <!-- eqn: left [ 0,\(if right ): -->
                            <mml:mfenced open="[" close=")">
                                <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
                                <mml:mn>&infin;</mml:mn>
                            </mml:mfenced>
                        </mml:math></inlineequation>
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>
                        <constant>GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        integer
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        4
                        </entry>
                        <entry>
                        1, 2, 4, or 8
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                </tbody>
            </tgroup>
        </informaltable>
        <para>
            <function>glPixelStoref</function> can be used to set any pixel store parameter.
            If the parameter type is boolean,
            then if <parameter>param</parameter> is 0,
            the parameter is false;
            otherwise it is set to true.
            If <parameter>pname</parameter> is a integer type parameter,
            <parameter>param</parameter> is rounded to the nearest integer.
        </para>
        <para>
            Likewise, <function>glPixelStorei</function> can also be used to set any of the
            pixel store parameters.
            Boolean parameters are set to false if <parameter>param</parameter> is 0 and true otherwise.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
        <para>
            <constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM</constant> is generated if <parameter>pname</parameter> is not an accepted value.
        </para>
        <para>
            <constant>GL_INVALID_VALUE</constant> is generated if a negative row length,
            pixel skip,
            or row skip value is specified,
            or if alignment is specified as other than 1, 2, 4, or 8.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="associatedgets"><title>Associated Gets</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_LSB_FIRST</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_LSB_FIRST</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_IMAGE_HEIGHT</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_ROWS</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_PIXELS</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_SKIP_IMAGES</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT</constant>
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glReadPixels</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCompressedTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
        <para>
            Copyright <trademark class="copyright"/> 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
            Copyright <trademark class="copyright"/> 2010-2013 Khronos Group.
            This document is licensed under the SGI
            Free Software B License. For details, see
            <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</link>.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
</refentry>
