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GLGETSTRING()							 GLGETSTRING()

NAME
       glGetString - return a string describing	the current GL connection

C SPECIFICATION
       const GLubyte * glGetString( GLenum name	)

PARAMETERS
       name  Specifies	a  symbolic  constant,	one of GL_VENDOR, GL_RENDERER,
	     GL_VERSION, or GL_EXTENSIONS.

DESCRIPTION
       glGetString returns a pointer to	a static string	describing some	aspect
       of the current GL connection.  name can be one of the following:

       GL_VENDOR	   Returns the company responsible for this GL	imple-
			   mentation.	This name does not change from release
			   to release.

       GL_RENDERER	   Returns the name of the  renderer.	This  name  is
			   typically specific to a particular configuration of
			   a  hardware	platform.  It does not change from re-
			   lease to release.

       GL_VERSION	   Returns a version or	release	number.

       GL_EXTENSIONS	   Returns a space-separated list of supported	exten-
			   sions to GL.

       Because	the GL does not	include	queries	for the	performance character-
       istics of an implementation, some applications are written to recognize
       known platforms and modify their	GL usage based	on  known  performance
       characteristics	of these platforms.  Strings GL_VENDOR and GL_RENDERER
       together	uniquely specify a platform. They do not change	 from  release
       to release and should be	used by	platform-recognition algorithms.

       Some applications want to make use of features that are not part	of the
       standard	 GL.  These  features  may be implemented as extensions	to the
       standard	GL.  The GL_EXTENSIONS string is  a  space-separated  list  of
       supported  GL extensions.  (Extension names never contain a space char-
       acter.)

       The GL_VERSION string begins with a version number.  The	version	number
       uses one	of these forms:

       major_number.minor_number
       major_number.minor_number.release_number

       Vendor-specific information may follow the version number.  Its	format
       depends on the implementation, but a space always separates the version
       number and the vendor-specific information.

       All strings are null-terminated.

NOTES
       If an error is generated, glGetString returns 0.

       The  client  and	 server	 may support different versions	or extensions.
       glGetString always returns a compatible version number or list  of  ex-
       tensions.  The release number always describes the server.

ERRORS
       GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if name is not an accepted value.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION  is	 generated  if glGetString is executed between
       the execution of	glBegin	and the	corresponding execution	of glEnd.

								 GLGETSTRING()

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