SvgaLib/doc/man3/gl_setdisplaystart.3

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.TH gl_setdisplaystart 3 "2 Aug 1997" "Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)" "Svgalib User Manual"
.SH NAME
gl_setdisplaystart \- set the start of the screen are displayed
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <vgagl.h>
.BI "vga gl_setdisplaystart(int " x ", int " y );
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set the physical display start address to the pixel at
.RI ( x ", " y ).
Can be used for hardware scrolling, or for page flipping
(e.g.
.B setdisplaystart(0, HEIGHT)
displays from the second
page). Make sure the scanline width
.RB ( BYTEWIDTH )
in bytes
of the current context corresponds with the physical
screen.
Note also that the display start cannot be set to completely arbitrary points, see
.BR vga_setdisplaystart (3).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR svgalib (7),
.BR vgagl (7),
.BR svgalib.conf (5),
.BR threedkit (7),
.BR testgl (1),
.BR vga_setdisplaystart (3),
.BR gl_copyscreen (3),
.BR gl_setscreenoffset (3).
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The
exact source of the referenced demo as well as of the original documentation is
unknown.
It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to
Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.
Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby
asked to be excused by the original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections
to this first version of the svgalib manual.