glXImportContextEXT()                       glXImportContextEXT()

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       glXImportContextEXT  -  import  another process's indirect
       rendering context.

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       GLXContext glXImportContextEXT(
               Display *dpy,
               GLXContextID contextID );

PARAMETERS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies the connection to the X server.  Specifies a GLX
       rendering context.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       glXImportContextEXT()  creates  a GLXContext given the XID
       of an existing GLXContext. It may be used in place of glXCreateContext(),
  to share another process's indirect rendering
 context.

       Only the server-side context  information  can  be  shared
       between  X clients; client-side state, such as pixel storage
 modes, cannot be shared.  Thus,  glXImportContextEXT()
       must  allocate  memory  to  store client-side information.
       This memory is freed by calling glXFreeContextEXT().

       This call does not create a new XID.  It merely  makes  an
       existing object available to the importing client (Display
       *). Like any XID, it goes away when  the  creating  client
       drops  its  connection  or  the  ID is explicitly deleted.
       Note that this is when the XID goes away. The object  goes
       away when the XID goes away AND the context is not current
       to any thread.

       If contextID refers to a direct rendering context then  no
       error is generated but glXImportContextEXT() returns NULL.

       glXImportContextEXT() is part  of  the  EXT_import_context
       extension,  not  part  of  the  core  GLX  command set. If
       GLX_EXT_import_context is included in the string  returned
       by  glXQueryExtensionsString(),  when called with argument
       GLX_EXTENSIONS, extension EXT_import_context is supported.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

       GLXBadContext  is generated if contextID does not refer to
       a valid context.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       glXCreateContext(), glXQueryVersion(),  glXQueryExtensionsString(),
 glXGetContextIDEXT(), glXFreeContextEXT()



                                            glXImportContextEXT()