al_have_opengl_extension(3alleg5)

al_have_opengl_extension3alleg5

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro_opengl.h>
bool al_have_opengl_extension(const char *extension)

Overview

This function is a helper to determine whether an OpenGL extension is available on the given display or not.

Example:

bool packedpixels = al_have_opengl_extension("GL_EXT_packed_pixels");

If packedpixels is true then you can safely use the constants related to the packed pixels extension.

Returns true if the extension is available; false otherwise.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 8
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  5. 12
  6. 13

From allegro5-doc 2:5.2.10.1+dfsg-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.