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glReadBuffer

select a color buffer source for pixels

Signature

glReadBuffer( GLenum ( mode ) )-> void
glReadBuffer( mode )

Parameters

VariablesDescription
mode
Specifies a color buffer. Accepted values are GL_FRONT_LEFT , GL_FRONT_RIGHT , GL_BACK_LEFT , GL_BACK_RIGHT , GL_FRONT , GL_BACK , GL_LEFT , GL_RIGHT , and the constants GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT i .

Description

glReadBuffer specifies a color buffer as the source for subsequent glReadPixels , glCopyTexImage1D , glCopyTexImage2D , glCopyTexSubImage1D , glCopyTexSubImage2D , and glCopyTexSubImage3D commands. mode accepts one of twelve or more predefined values. In a fully configured system, GL_FRONT , GL_LEFT , and GL_FRONT_LEFT all name the front left buffer, GL_FRONT_RIGHT and GL_RIGHT name the front right buffer, and GL_BACK_LEFT and GL_BACK name the back left buffer. Further more, the constants GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT i may be used to indicate the i
th
color attachment where i ranges from zero to the value of GL_MAX_COLOR_ATTACHMENTS minus one.
Nonstereo double-buffered configurations have only a front left and a back left buffer. Single-buffered configurations have a front left and a front right buffer if stereo, and only a front left buffer if nonstereo. It is an error to specify a nonexistent buffer to glReadBuffer .
mode is initially GL_FRONT in single-buffered configurations and GL_BACK in double-buffered configurations.

Errors

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if mode is not one of the twelve (or more) accepted values.
GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if mode specifies a buffer that does not exist.

Associated Gets

glGet with argument GL_READ_BUFFER

See Also

Sample Code References

The following code samples have been found which appear to reference the functions described here. Take care that the code may be old, broken or not even use PyOpenGL.

glReadBuffer
{LGPL} VisionEgg VisionEgg/Textures.py Lines: 980, 982
{LGPL} VisionEgg VisionEgg/Core.py Lines: 464, 466
{LGPL} PyMT pymt/graphx/fbo.py Lines: 20, 251, 279
{LGPL} PyMT pymt/modules/keybinding.py Lines: 34, 36
{LGPL} PyMT pymt/modules/mjpegserver.py Lines: 32, 160
{LGPL} PyMT pymt/modules/recordvideo.py Lines: 9, 19
Visvis core/axes.py Lines: 41
Visvis functions/getframe.py Lines: 30
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