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>SDL_GL_SetAttribute</A
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>SDL_GL_SetAttribute&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set a special SDL/OpenGL attribute</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>int <B
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>SDL_GL_SetAttribute</B
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>(SDL_GLattr attr, int value);</CODE
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>Sets the OpenGL <A
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>attribute</A
> <TT
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><I
>attr</I
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> to <TT
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><I
>value</I
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>SDL_GL_GetAttribute</TT
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> to check the values after a <TT
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>Returns <SPAN
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>SDL_GL_SetAttribute( SDL_GL_RED_SIZE, 5 );
SDL_GL_SetAttribute( SDL_GL_GREEN_SIZE, 5 );
SDL_GL_SetAttribute( SDL_GL_BLUE_SIZE, 5 );
SDL_GL_SetAttribute( SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE, 16 );
SDL_GL_SetAttribute( SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1 );
if ( (screen=SDL_SetVideoMode( 640, 480, 16, SDL_OPENGL )) == NULL ) {
  fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't set GL mode: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
  SDL_Quit();
  return;
}</PRE
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>The <TT
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><A
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><TT
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>SDL_GL_GetAttribute</TT
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<A
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