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  86. Functions</h2></td></tr>
  87. <tr class="memitem:ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int&#160;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e">glfwInit</a> (void)</td></tr>
  88. <tr class="memdesc:ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e"><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">Initializes the GLFW library. <a href="#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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  90. <tr class="memitem:gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">void&#160;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__init.html#gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901">glfwTerminate</a> (void)</td></tr>
  91. <tr class="memdesc:gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901"><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">Terminates the GLFW library. <a href="#gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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  93. <tr class="memitem:ga9f8ffaacf3c269cc48eafbf8b9b71197"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">void&#160;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga9f8ffaacf3c269cc48eafbf8b9b71197">glfwGetVersion</a> (int *major, int *minor, int *rev)</td></tr>
  94. <tr class="memdesc:ga9f8ffaacf3c269cc48eafbf8b9b71197"><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">Retrieves the version of the GLFW library. <a href="#ga9f8ffaacf3c269cc48eafbf8b9b71197">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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  97. <tr class="memdesc:ga23d47dc013fce2bf58036da66079a657"><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">Returns a string describing the compile-time configuration. <a href="#ga23d47dc013fce2bf58036da66079a657">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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  101. GLFW version macros</h2></td></tr>
  102. <tr class="memitem:ga6337d9ea43b22fc529b2bba066b4a576"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">#define&#160;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga6337d9ea43b22fc529b2bba066b4a576">GLFW_VERSION_MAJOR</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;3</td></tr>
  103. <tr class="memdesc:ga6337d9ea43b22fc529b2bba066b4a576"><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">The major version number of the GLFW library. <a href="#ga6337d9ea43b22fc529b2bba066b4a576">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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  105. <tr class="memitem:gaf80d40f0aea7088ff337606e9c48f7a3"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">#define&#160;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__init.html#gaf80d40f0aea7088ff337606e9c48f7a3">GLFW_VERSION_MINOR</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;0</td></tr>
  106. <tr class="memdesc:gaf80d40f0aea7088ff337606e9c48f7a3"><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">The minor version number of the GLFW library. <a href="#gaf80d40f0aea7088ff337606e9c48f7a3">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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  109. <tr class="memdesc:gab72ae2e2035d9ea461abc3495eac0502"><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">The revision number of the GLFW library. <a href="#gab72ae2e2035d9ea461abc3495eac0502">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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  119. <td class="memname">#define GLFW_VERSION_MAJOR&#160;&#160;&#160;3</td>
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  123. <p>This is incremented when the API is changed in non-compatible ways. </p>
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  135. <p>This is incremented when features are added to the API but it remains backward-compatible. </p>
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  147. <p>This is incremented when a bug fix release is made that does not contain any API changes. </p>
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  150. <h2 class="groupheader">Function Documentation</h2>
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  156. <td class="memname">void glfwGetVersion </td>
  157. <td>(</td>
  158. <td class="paramtype">int *&#160;</td>
  159. <td class="paramname"><em>major</em>, </td>
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  162. <td class="paramkey"></td>
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  164. <td class="paramtype">int *&#160;</td>
  165. <td class="paramname"><em>minor</em>, </td>
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  168. <td class="paramkey"></td>
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  170. <td class="paramtype">int *&#160;</td>
  171. <td class="paramname"><em>rev</em>&#160;</td>
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  180. <p>This function retrieves the major, minor and revision numbers of the GLFW library. It is intended for when you are using GLFW as a shared library and want to ensure that you are using the minimum required version.</p>
  181. <dl class="params"><dt>Parameters</dt><dd>
  182. <table class="params">
  183. <tr><td class="paramdir">[out]</td><td class="paramname">major</td><td>Where to store the major version number, or <code>NULL</code>. </td></tr>
  184. <tr><td class="paramdir">[out]</td><td class="paramname">minor</td><td>Where to store the minor version number, or <code>NULL</code>. </td></tr>
  185. <tr><td class="paramdir">[out]</td><td class="paramname">rev</td><td>Where to store the revision number, or <code>NULL</code>.</td></tr>
  186. </table>
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  189. <dl class="section remark"><dt>Remarks</dt><dd>This function may be called before <a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e">glfwInit</a>.</dd>
  190. <dd>
  191. This function may be called from any thread.</dd></dl>
  192. <dl class="section see"><dt>See Also</dt><dd><a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga23d47dc013fce2bf58036da66079a657" title="Returns a string describing the compile-time configuration.">glfwGetVersionString</a> </dd></dl>
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  200. <td class="memname">const char* glfwGetVersionString </td>
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  208. <p>This function returns a static string generated at compile-time according to which configuration macros were defined. This is intended for use when submitting bug reports, to allow developers to see which code paths are enabled in a binary.</p>
  209. <p>The format of the string is as follows:</p>
  210. <ul>
  211. <li>The version of GLFW</li>
  212. <li>The name of the window system API</li>
  213. <li>The name of the context creation API</li>
  214. <li>Any additional options or APIs</li>
  215. </ul>
  216. <p>For example, when compiling GLFW 3.0 with MinGW using the Win32 and WGL back ends, the version string may look something like this: </p>
  217. <pre class="fragment">3.0.0 Win32 WGL MinGW
  218. </pre><dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>The GLFW version string.</dd></dl>
  219. <dl class="section remark"><dt>Remarks</dt><dd>This function may be called before <a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e">glfwInit</a>.</dd>
  220. <dd>
  221. This function may be called from any thread.</dd></dl>
  222. <dl class="section see"><dt>See Also</dt><dd><a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga9f8ffaacf3c269cc48eafbf8b9b71197" title="Retrieves the version of the GLFW library.">glfwGetVersion</a> </dd></dl>
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  230. <td class="memname">int glfwInit </td>
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  238. <p>This function initializes the GLFW library. Before most GLFW functions can be used, GLFW must be initialized, and before a program terminates GLFW should be terminated in order to free any resources allocated during or after initialization.</p>
  239. <p>If this function fails, it calls <a class="el" href="group__init.html#gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901">glfwTerminate</a> before returning. If it succeeds, you should call <a class="el" href="group__init.html#gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901">glfwTerminate</a> before the program exits.</p>
  240. <p>Additional calls to this function after successful initialization but before termination will succeed but will do nothing.</p>
  241. <dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd><code>GL_TRUE</code> if successful, or <code>GL_FALSE</code> if an error occurred.</dd></dl>
  242. <dl class="section user"><dt>New in GLFW 3</dt><dd>This function no longer registers <a class="el" href="group__init.html#gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901">glfwTerminate</a> with <code>atexit</code>.</dd></dl>
  243. <dl class="section note"><dt>Note</dt><dd>This function may only be called from the main thread.</dd>
  244. <dd>
  245. This function may take several seconds to complete on some systems, while on other systems it may take only a fraction of a second to complete.</dd>
  246. <dd>
  247. <b>Mac OS X:</b> This function will change the current directory of the application to the <code>Contents/Resources</code> subdirectory of the application's bundle, if present.</dd></dl>
  248. <dl class="section see"><dt>See Also</dt><dd><a class="el" href="group__init.html#gaaae48c0a18607ea4a4ba951d939f0901" title="Terminates the GLFW library.">glfwTerminate</a> </dd></dl>
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  256. <td class="memname">void glfwTerminate </td>
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  264. <p>This function destroys all remaining windows, frees any allocated resources and sets the library to an uninitialized state. Once this is called, you must again call <a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e">glfwInit</a> successfully before you will be able to use most GLFW functions.</p>
  265. <p>If GLFW has been successfully initialized, this function should be called before the program exits. If initialization fails, there is no need to call this function, as it is called by <a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e">glfwInit</a> before it returns failure.</p>
  266. <dl class="section remark"><dt>Remarks</dt><dd>This function may be called before <a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e">glfwInit</a>.</dd></dl>
  267. <dl class="section note"><dt>Note</dt><dd>This function may only be called from the main thread.</dd></dl>
  268. <dl class="section warning"><dt>Warning</dt><dd>No window's context may be current on another thread when this function is called.</dd></dl>
  269. <dl class="section see"><dt>See Also</dt><dd><a class="el" href="group__init.html#ga317aac130a235ab08c6db0834907d85e" title="Initializes the GLFW library.">glfwInit</a> </dd></dl>
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