1991-2006
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
glHint
3G
glHint
specify implementation-specific hints
C Specification
void glHint
GLenum target
GLenum mode
Parameters
target
Specifies a symbolic constant indicating the behavior to be controlled.
GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP_HINT is accepted.
mode
Specifies a symbolic constant indicating the desired behavior.
GL_FASTEST,
GL_NICEST, and
GL_DONT_CARE are accepted.
Description
Certain aspects of GL behavior,
when there is room for interpretation,
can be controlled with hints.
A hint is specified with two arguments.
target is a symbolic
constant indicating the behavior to be controlled,
and mode is another symbolic constant indicating the desired
behavior. The initial value for each target is GL_DONT_CARE.
mode can be one of the following:
GL_FASTEST
The most efficient option should be chosen.
GL_NICEST
The most correct,
or highest quality,
option should be chosen.
GL_DONT_CARE
No preference.
Though the implementation aspects that can be hinted are well defined,
the interpretation of the hints depends on the implementation.
The hint aspects that can be specified with target,
along with suggested semantics,
are as follows:
GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP_HINT
Indicates the quality of filtering when generating mipmap images with
glGenerateMipmap.
Notes
The interpretation of hints depends on the implementation.
Some implementations ignore glHint settings.
Errors
GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if either target or mode is not
an accepted value.
See Also
glGenerateMipmap
Copyright
Copyright 1991-2006
Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
Free Software B License. For details, see
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.