Conventions Used in This Guide

This section explains the typographical and function-naming conventions used in this guide.

Typographical Conventions

This guide uses the following typographical conventions:

Italics

Filenames, command names, function parameters, and book titles.

Fixed-width

Code examples and system output.

Bold

Function names, with parentheses following the name--for exampl,e glPolygonMode(); arguments to command line options.

Note: In the "New Functions" sections in the extensions chapters, regular font is used for function names. This avoids large blocks of boldface text, which would be difficult to read.

Function Naming Conventions

This guide refers to a group of similarly named OpenGL functions by a single name, using an asterisk to indicate all the functions whose names start the same way. For instance, glVertex*() refers to all functions whose names begin with "glVertex": glVertex2s(), glVertex3dv(), glVertex4fv(), and so on.

Typographical Conventions

Function Naming Conventions