GLGENLISTS(3G)

NAME
glGenLists - generate a contiguous set of empty display lists

C SPECIFICATION

GLuint glGenLists(GLsizei range);

PARAMETERS

range
    Specifies the number of contiguous empty display lists to be generated.

DESCRIPTION

glGenLists has one argument, range. It returns an integer n such that range contiguous empty display lists, named n, n + 1, ..., n + range - 1, are created. If range is 0, if there is no group of range contiguous names available, or if any error is generated, no display lists are generated, and 0 is returned.

ERRORS

GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if range is negative.

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glGenLists is executed between the execution of glBegin() and the corresponding execution of glEnd().

ASSOCIATED GETS

glIsList()

SEE ALSO

glCallList(), glCallLists(), glDeleteLists(), glNewList()

COPYRIGHT

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