• Structure of OpenGL in Mac OS X

• Programming Interfaces

• OpenGL APIs Specific to Mac OS X

• Apple-Implemented OpenGL Libraries

• Terminology

• Renderer

• Renderer and Buffer Attributes

• Pixel Format Objects

• Rendering Contexts

• Drawable Objects

• Virtual Screens

• Running an OpenGL Program in Mac OS X

• See Also

• General Approach

• Drawing to a Cocoa View

• Drawing to an NSOpenGLView Class: A Tutorial

• Drawing OpenGL Content to a Custom View

• Drawing to a Carbon Window

• What's Next

• See Also

• General Approach

• Using Cocoa to Create a Full-Screen Context

• Using AGL to Create a Full-Screen Context

• Using CGL to Create a Full-Screen Context

• Adjusting Display Modes

• What's Next?

• See Also

• Setting Up an Offscreen Drawable Object

• Using a Hidden View or Window

• Rendering to a Pixel Buffer

• Setting Up a Pixel Buffer for Offscreen Drawing

• Using a Pixel Buffer as a Texture Source

• Rendering to a Pixel Buffer on a Remote System

• Rendering to a Framebuffer Object

• Drawing a Texture Offscreen

• Drawing a Renderbuffer Image Offscreen

• See Also

• Detecting Functionality

• Guidelines for Code That Checks for Functionality

• See Also

• Context Parameters

• Swap Interval

• Surface Opacity

• Surface Drawing Order

• Vertex and Fragment Processing

• Back Buffer Size Control

• Updating a Rendering Context

• Tracking Renderer Changes

• Updating a Rendering Context for a Custom Cocoa View

• Updating a Rendering Context for a Carbon Window

• Updating Full-screen AGL and CGL Rendering Contexts

• Sharing Rendering Contexts

• See Also

• Buffer Size Attribute Selection Tips

• Attributes that are not Recommended

• Ensuring that Back Buffer Contents Remain the Same

• Ensuring a Valid Pixel Format Object

• Ensuring a Specific Type of Renderer

• Ensuring a Single Renderer for a Display

• See Also

• Best Practices for Working with Vertex Data

• Using Extensions to Improve Performance

• Vertex Array Range Extension

• Vertex Buffer Object Extension

• Fence Extension

• Double Buffering Vertex Data

• See Also

• Using Extensions to Optimize

• Apple Client Storage

• Apple Texture Range and Rectangle Texture

• Combining Extensions

• Optimal Data Formats and Types

• Working with Non–Power-of-Two Textures

• Creating Textures from Image Data

• Creating a Texture from a Cocoa View

• Creating a Texture from a Quartz Image Source

• Getting Decompressed Raw Pixel Data from a Source Image

• Downloading Texture Data

• Double Buffering Texture Data

• See Also

• Guidelines

• General Approach

• Hinting for a Specific Anti-Aliasing Technique

• Setting Up Full Scene Anti-Aliasing

• See Also

• Program Design

• Guidelines for Threading OpenGL Applications

• When Things Go Wrong

• Threading APIs

• See Also

• Best Practices

• Use Flush and Finish Routines Effectively

• Be Mindful of OpenGL State Variables

• Draw Only When Necessary

• Synchronize with the Screen Refresh Rate

• Use OpenGL Macros

• Use the CPU and the GPU Asynchronously

• Use Appropriate Routines for Images and Pixel Data

• Retrieve Error Information Only When Debugging

• Use Optimal Data Types and Formats

• Gathering and Analyzing Baseline Performance Data

• Identifying Bottlenecks with Shark

• See Also

• Version 1.1

• Version 1.2

• Version 1.3

• Version 1.4

• Version 1.5

• Version 2.0

• Obtaining a Function Pointer to an Arbitrary OpenGL Entry Point

• Initializing Entry Points

• Displays and Display Modes

• Fading the Display

• Controlling the Pointer

• See Also