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              </code></td><td valign="top"><code>(</code></td><td valign="top"><code>GLenum <i><tt>texture</tt></i>
              );</code></td></tr></table></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><a name="glActiveTextureARB.3G-python_spec"/><h2>Python Specification</h2><table class="funcprototype" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td valign="top"><code>
                <tt>glActiveTextureARB</tt>
              </code></td><td valign="top"><code>(</code></td><td valign="top"><code>
                <i><tt>texture</tt></i>
              ) &#8594; 
                <tt>None</tt>
              </code></td></tr></table></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glActiveTextureARB.3G-parameters"/><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
                <i><tt>texture</tt></i>
              </span></dt><dd>
						Specifies which texture unit to make active. The number of texture units is implementation dependent, but
						must be at least two. <i><tt>texture</tt></i> must be one of
						<tt>GL_TEXTURE<span class="emphasis"><em>i</em></span>_ARB</tt>, where <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
								<mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
								<mml:mo>&#8804;</mml:mo>
								<mml:mi>i</mml:mi>
								<mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
							</mml:math> <tt>GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS_ARB</tt>, which is an implementation-dependent
						value. The intial value is <tt>GL_TEXTURE0_ARB</tt>.
					</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glActiveTextureARB.3G-description"/><h2>Description</h2><p>
			<tt>glActiveTextureARB</tt> selects which texture unit subsequent texture state calls will affect. The
			number of texture units an implementation supports is implementation dependent, but must be at least 2.
		</p><p>
			Vertex arrays are client-side GL resources, which are selected by the <a href="glClientActiveTextureARB.3G.xml"><tt>glClientActiveTextureARB</tt></a> routine.
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glActiveTextureARB.3G-notes"/><h2>Notes</h2><p>
			<tt>glActiveTextureARB</tt> is only supported if <tt>GL_ARB_multitexture</tt> is included in
			the string returned by <a href="glGetString.3G.xml"><tt>glGetString</tt></a> when called with the argument
			<tt>GL_EXTENSIONS</tt>.
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glActiveTextureARB.3G-errors"/><h2>Errors</h2><p>
			<tt>GL_INVALID_ENUM</tt> is generated if <i><tt>texture</tt></i> is not one of
			<tt>GL_TEXTURE<span class="emphasis"><em>i</em></span>_ARB</tt>, where <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
					<mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
					<mml:mo>&#8804;</mml:mo>
					<mml:mi>i</mml:mi>
					<mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo>
				</mml:math> <tt>GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS_ARB</tt>.
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glActiveTextureARB.3G-see_also"/><h2>See Also</h2><p>
			<span class="simplelist">
                <a href="glClientActiveTextureARB.3G.xml">glClientActiveTextureARB</a>
              , 
                <a href="glGet.3G.xml">glGet</a>
              , 
                <a href="glMultiTexCoordARB.3G.xml">glMultiTexCoordARB</a>
              , 
                <a href="glTexParameter.3G.xml">glTexParameter</a>
              </span>
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glActiveTextureARB.3G-python_samples"/><h2>Python Sample Code</h2><p>
            </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">glActiveTextureARB</span></dt><dd><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>OpenGL/Demo/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/PyOpenGL2/OpenGL/Demo/NeHe/lesson6-multi.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">NeHe/lesson6-multi.py</a> Ln#97,101 </li><li>OpenGLContext/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/OpenGLContext/tests/multitexture_1.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">tests/multitexture_1.py</a> Ln#26,32,38,43 </li><li>OpenGLContext/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/OpenGLContext/tests/nehe6_multi.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">tests/nehe6_multi.py</a> Ln#105,110,121,127 </li><li>{LGPL} VisionEgg/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/visionegg/visionegg/src/Gratings.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">src/Gratings.py</a> Ln#196,253 </li><li>{LGPL} VisionEgg/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/visionegg/visionegg/src/Textures.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">src/Textures.py</a> Ln#387,394,402,410,418... </li></ul></div></dd><dt><span class="term">GL_TEXTURE</span></dt><dd><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>OpenGL/Demo/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/PyOpenGL2/OpenGL/Demo/NeHe/lesson6-multi.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">NeHe/lesson6-multi.py</a> Ln#97,101 </li><li>OpenGLContext/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/OpenGLContext/tests/multitexture_1.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">tests/multitexture_1.py</a> Ln#26,32,38,43 </li><li>OpenGLContext/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/OpenGLContext/tests/nehe6_multi.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">tests/nehe6_multi.py</a> Ln#105,110,121,127 </li><li>{LGPL} VisionEgg/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/visionegg/visionegg/src/Gratings.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">src/Gratings.py</a> Ln#196,253 </li><li>{LGPL} VisionEgg/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/visionegg/visionegg/src/Textures.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">src/Textures.py</a> Ln#1117,1128,1153,1180,1191 </li></ul></div></dd><dt><span class="term">GL_TEXTURE0_ARB</span></dt><dd><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>OpenGL/Demo/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/PyOpenGL2/OpenGL/Demo/NeHe/lesson6-multi.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">NeHe/lesson6-multi.py</a> Ln#97 </li><li>OpenGLContext/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/OpenGLContext/tests/multitexture_1.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">tests/multitexture_1.py</a> Ln#26,38 </li><li>OpenGLContext/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyopengl/OpenGLContext/tests/nehe6_multi.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">tests/nehe6_multi.py</a> Ln#105,121 </li><li>{LGPL} VisionEgg/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/visionegg/visionegg/src/Gratings.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">src/Gratings.py</a> Ln#196,253 </li><li>{LGPL} VisionEgg/<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/visionegg/visionegg/src/Textures.py?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">src/Textures.py</a> Ln#1117,1153,1180,1191 </li></ul></div></dd></dl></div><p>
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