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						Display mode description string, see below.
					</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glutInitDisplayString.3GLUT-description"/><h2>Description</h2><p>
			The initial display mode description string is used when creating top-level windows, subwindows, and overlays to
			determine the OpenGL display mode for the to-be-created window or overlay.
		</p><p>
			The string is a list of zero or more capability descriptions separated by spaces and tabs. Each capability description
			is a capability name that is optionally followed by a comparator and a numeric value. For example, "double"
			and "depth&gt;=12" are both valid criteria.
		</p><p>
			The capability descriptions are translated into a set of criteria used to select the appropriate frame buffer
			configuration.
		</p><p>
			The criteria are matched in strict left to right order of precdence. That is, the first specified criteria (leftmost)
			takes precedence over the later criteria for non-exact criteria (greater than, less than, etc. comparators). Exact
			criteria (equal, not equal compartors) must match exactly so precedence is not relevant.
		</p><p>
			The numeric value is an integer that is parsed according to ANSI C's <tt>strtol(str, strptr,
			0)</tt> behavior. This means that decimal, octal (leading 0), and hexidecimal values (leading 0x) are accepeted.
		</p><p>
			The valid compartors are:
		</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>=</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Equal.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>!=</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Not equal.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>&lt;</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Less than and preferring larger difference (the least is best).
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>&gt;</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Greater than and preferring larger differences (the most is best).
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>&lt;=</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Less than or equal and preferring larger difference (the least is best).
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>&gt;=</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Greater than or equal and preferring more instead of less. This comparator is useful for allocating
						resources like color precsion or depth buffer precision where the maximum precison is generally preferred.
						Contrast with the tilde (~) comprator.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>~</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Greater than or equal but preferring less instead of more. This compartor is useful for allocating
						resources such as stencil bits or auxillary color buffers where you would rather not over allocate. When
						the compartor and numeric value are not specified, each capability name has a different default (one
						default is to require a a compartor and numeric value).
					</dd></dl></div><p>
			The valid capability names are:
		</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>alpha</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Alpha color buffer precision in bits. Default is "&gt;=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>acca</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Red, green, blue, and alpha accumulation buffer precision in bits. Default is "&gt;=1" for red,
						green, blue, and alpha capabilities.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>acc</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Red, green, and green accumulation buffer precision in bits and zero bits of alpha accumulation buffer
						precision. Default is "&gt;=1" for red, green, and blue capabilities, and "~0" for the
						alpha capability.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>blue</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Blue color buffer precision in bits. Default is "&gt;=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>buffer</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Number of bits in the color index color buffer. Default is "&gt;=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>conformant</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Boolean indicating if the frame buffer configuration is conformant or not. Conformance information is based
						on GLX's EXT_visual_rating extension if supported. If the extension is not supported, all visuals are
						assumed conformat. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>depth</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Number of bits of precsion in the depth buffer. Default is "&gt;=12".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>double</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Boolean indicating if the color buffer is double buffered. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>green</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Green color buffer precision in bits. Default is "&gt;=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>index</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Boolean if the color model is color index or not. True is color index. Default is "&gt;=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>num</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						A special capability name indicating where the value represents the Nth frame buffer configuration matching
						the description string. When not specified, glutInitDisplayString also returns the first (best matching)
						configuration. num requires a compartor and numeric value.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>red</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Red color buffer precision in bits. Default is "&gt;=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>rgba</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Number of bits of red, green, blue, and alpha in the RGBA color buffer. Default is "&gt;=1" for
						red, green, blue, and alpha capabilities, and "=1" for the RGBA color model capability.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>rgb</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Number of bits of red, green, and blue in the RGBA color buffer and zero bits of alpha color buffer
						precision. Default is "&gt;=1" for the red, green, and blue capabilities, and "~0" for
						alpha capability, and "=1" for the RGBA color model capability.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>luminance</b></span></span></dt><dd><p>
						Number of bits of red in the RGBA and zero bits of green, blue (alpha not specified) of color buffer
						precision. Default is "&gt;=1" for the red capabilitis, and "=0" for the green and blue
						capabilities, and "=1" for the RGBA color model capability, and, for X11, "=1" for the
						StaticGray ("xstaticgray") capability.
					</p><p>
						SGI InfiniteReality (and other future machines) support a 16-bit luminance (single channel) display mode
						(an additional 16-bit alpha channel can also be requested). The red channel maps to gray scale and green
						and blue channels are not available. A 16-bit precision luminance display mode is often appropriate for
						medical imaging applications. Do not expect many machines to support extended precision luminance display
						modes.
					</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>stencil</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Number of bits in the stencil buffer.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>single</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Boolean indicate the color buffer is single buffered. Double buffer capability "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>stereo</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Boolean indicating the color buffer is supports OpenGL-style stereo. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>samples</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Indicates the number of multisamples to use based on GLX's SGIS_multisample extension (for antialiasing).
						Default is "&lt;=4". This default means that a GLUT application can request multipsampling if
						available by simply specifying "samples".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>slow</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Boolean indicating if the frame buffer configuration is slow or not. For the X11 implementation of GLUT,
						slowness information is based on GLX's EXT_visual_rating extension if supported. If the EXT_visual_rating
						extension is not supported, all visuals are assumed fast. For the Win32 implementation of GLUT, slowness is
						based on if the underlying Pixel Format Descriptor (PFD) is marked "generic" and not
						"accelerated". This implies that Microsoft's relatively slow software OpenGL implementation is
						used by this PFD. Note that slowness is a relative designation relative to other frame buffer
						configurations available. The intent of the slow capability is to help programs avoid frame buffer
						configurations that are slower (but perhaps higher precision) for the current machine. Default is
						"&gt;=0" if not comparator and numeric value are provided. This default means that slow visuals
						are used in preference to fast visuals, but fast visuals will still be allowed.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>win32pfd</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recognized on GLUT implementations for Win32, this capability name matches the Win32 Pixel Format
						Descriptor by numer. win32pfd requires a compartor and numeric value.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>xvisual</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recongized on GLUT implementations for the X Window System, this capability name matches the X visual
						ID by number. xvisual requires a compartor and numeric value.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>xstaticgray</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recongized on GLUT implementations for the X Window System, boolean indicating if the frame buffer
						configuration's X visual is of type StaticGray. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>xgrayscale</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recongized on GLUT implementations for the X Window System, boolean indicating if the frame buffer
						configuration's X visual is of type GrayScale. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>xstaticcolor</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recongized on GLUT implementations for the X Window System, boolean indicating if the frame buffer
						configuration's X visual is of type StaticColor. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>xpseudocolor</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recongized on GLUT implementations for the X Window System, boolean indicating if the frame buffer
						configuration's X visual is of type PsuedoColor. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>xtruecolor</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recongized on GLUT implementations for the X Window System, boolean indicating if the frame buffer
						configuration's X visual is of type TrueColor. Default is "=1".
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="bold"><b>xdirectcolor</b></span></span></dt><dd>
						Only recongized on GLUT implementations for the X Window System, boolean indicating if the frame buffer
						configuration's X visual is of type DirectColor. Default is "=1".
					</dd></dl></div><p>
			Unspecifed capability descriptions will result in unspecified criteria being generated. These unspecified criteria help
			<tt>glutInitDisplayString</tt> behave sensibly with terse display mode description strings. For example, if
			no "slow" capability description is provided, fast frame buffer configurations will be choosen in preference
			to slow frame buffer configurations, but slow frame buffer configurations will still be choosen if no better fast frame
			buffer configuration is available.
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glutInitDisplayString.3GLUT-example"/><h2>Example</h2><p>
			Here is an examples using <tt>glutInitDisplayString</tt>:
		</p><pre class="programlisting">glutInitDisplayString("stencil~2 rgb double depth&gt;=16 samples");</pre><p>
			The above call requests a window with an RGBA color model (but requesting no bits of alpha), a depth buffer with at
			least 16 bits of precsion but preferring more, mutlisampling if available, and at least 2 bits of stencil (favoring
			less stencil to more as long as 2 bits are available).
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glutInitDisplayString.3GLUT-see_also"/><h2>See Also</h2><p>
			<span class="simplelist"><a href="glutInit.3GLUT.xml">glutInit</a>, <a href="glutCreateWindow.3GLUT.xml">glutCreateWindow</a>, <a href="glutInitDisplayMode.3GLUT.xml">glutInitDisplayMode</a></span>
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