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NAME

6       glXImportContextEXT - import another process's indirect rendering
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C SPECIFICATION

10       GLXContext glXImportContextEXT(Display * dpy, GLXContextID contextID);
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PARAMETERS

13       dpy
14           Specifies the connection to the X server.
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17           Specifies a GLX rendering context.
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DESCRIPTION

20       glXImportContextEXT creates a GLXContext given the XID of an existing
21       GLXContext. It may be used in place of glXCreateContext(), to share
22       another process's indirect rendering context.
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24       Only the server-side context information can be shared between X
25       clients; client-side state, such as pixel storage modes, cannot be
26       shared. Thus, glXImportContextEXT must allocate memory to store
27       client-side information. This memory is freed by calling
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30       This call does not create a new XID. It merely makes an existing object
31       available to the importing client (Display *). Like any XID, it goes
32       away when the creating client drops its connection or the ID is
33       explicitly deleted. Note that this is when the XID goes away. The
34       object goes away when the XID goes away AND the context is not current
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37       If contextID refers to a direct rendering context then no error is
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40       glXImportContextEXT is part of the EXT_import_context extension, not
41       part of the core GLX command set. If _glxextstring(EXT_import_context)
42       is included in the string returned by glXQueryExtensionsString(), when
43       called with argument GLX_EXTENSIONS, extension EXT_import_context is
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ERRORS

47       GLXBadContext is generated if contextID does not refer to a valid
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SEE ALSO

51       glXCreateContext(), glXQueryVersion(), glXQueryExtensionsString(),
52       glXGetContextIDEXT(), glXFreeContextEXT()
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55       Copyright © 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed
56       under the SGI Free Software B License. For details, see
57       http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.
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