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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.top_of_page"></a>Vertex Buffers</span></h2>
<p>Vertex Buffers — An API for submitting extensible arrays of vertex
  attributes to be mapped into the GPU for fast drawing.</p>
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<a name="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis"><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="returnvalue">CoglHandle</span></a>          <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-new" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_new ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_new</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code>unsigned <span class="type">int</span> n_vertices</code></em>);
unsigned <span class="returnvalue">int</span>        <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-get-n-vertices" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_get_n_vertices ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_get_n_vertices</a>   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-add" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_add ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_add</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint8</span> n_components</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglAttributeType" title="enum CoglAttributeType"><span class="type">CoglAttributeType</span></a> type</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gboolean</span> normalized</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint16</span> stride</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">void</span> *pointer</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-delete" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_delete ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_delete</a>           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit</a>           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-disable" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_disable ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_disable</a>          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-enable" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_enable ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_enable</a>           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>);
enum                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglVerticesMode" title="enum CoglVerticesMode">CoglVerticesMode</a>;
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-draw" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_draw ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_draw</a>             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglVerticesMode" title="enum CoglVerticesMode"><span class="type">CoglVerticesMode</span></a> mode</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> first</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> count</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>            <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-is-vertex-buffer" title="cogl_is_vertex_buffer ()">cogl_is_vertex_buffer</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);

enum                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglIndicesType" title="enum CoglIndicesType">CoglIndicesType</a>;
<a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="returnvalue">CoglHandle</span></a>          <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-indices-new" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new</a>      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglIndicesType" title="enum CoglIndicesType"><span class="type">CoglIndicesType</span></a> indices_type</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">void</span> *indices_array</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> indices_len</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-draw-elements" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_draw_elements ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_draw_elements</a>    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglVerticesMode" title="enum CoglVerticesMode"><span class="type">CoglVerticesMode</span></a> mode</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> indices</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> min_index</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> max_index</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> indices_offset</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> count</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="returnvalue">CoglHandle</span></a>          <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-indices-get-for-quads" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_get_for_quads ()">cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_get_for_quads</a>
                                                        (<em class="parameter"><code>unsigned <span class="type">int</span> n_indices</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>            <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-is-vertex-buffer-indices" title="cogl_is_vertex_buffer_indices ()">cogl_is_vertex_buffer_indices</a>       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>
For example to describe a textured triangle, you could create a new cogl
vertex buffer with 3 vertices, and then you might add 2 attributes for each
vertex:
</p>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
a "gl_Position" describing the (x,y,z) position for each vertex.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
a "gl_MultiTexCoord0" describing the (tx,ty) texture coordinates for each
vertex.
</li>
</ol></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>
The Vertex Buffer API is designed to be a fairly raw mechanism for
developers to be able to submit geometry to Cogl in a format that can be
directly consumed by an OpenGL driver and mapped into your GPU for fast
re-use. It is designed to avoid repeated validation of the attributes by the
driver; to minimize transport costs (e.g. considering indirect GLX
use-cases) and to potentially avoid repeated format conversions when
attributes are supplied in a format that is not natively supported by the
GPU.
</p>
<p>
Although this API does allow you to modify attributes after they have been
submitted to the GPU you should be aware that modification is not that
cheap, since it implies validating the new data and potentially the
OpenGL driver will need to reformat it for the GPU.
</p>
<p>
If at all possible think of tricks that let you re-use static attributes,
and if you do need to repeatedly update attributes (e.g. for some kind of
morphing geometry) then only update and re-submit the specific attributes
that have changed.
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<a name="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.details"></a><h2>Details</h2>
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<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-new"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="returnvalue">CoglHandle</span></a>          cogl_vertex_buffer_new              (<em class="parameter"><code>unsigned <span class="type">int</span> n_vertices</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new vertex buffer that you can use to add attributes.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>n_vertices</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The number of vertices that your attributes will correspond to.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>a new <a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a>
</td>
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<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-get-n-vertices"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_get_n_vertices ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">unsigned <span class="returnvalue">int</span>        cogl_vertex_buffer_get_n_vertices   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Retrieves the number of vertices that <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> represents
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>the number of vertices</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-add"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_add ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                cogl_vertex_buffer_add              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint8</span> n_components</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglAttributeType" title="enum CoglAttributeType"><span class="type">CoglAttributeType</span></a> type</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gboolean</span> normalized</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint16</span> stride</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">void</span> *pointer</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Adds an attribute to a buffer, or replaces a previously added
attribute with the same name.
</p>
<p>
You either can use one of the built-in names such as "gl_Vertex", or
"gl_MultiTexCoord0" to add standard attributes, like positions, colors
and normals, or you can add custom attributes for use in shaders.
</p>
<p>
The number of vertices declared when calling <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-new" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_new ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_new()</code></a>
determines how many attribute values will be read from the supplied
<em class="parameter"><code>pointer</code></em>.
</p>
<p>
The data for your attribute isn't copied anywhere until you call
<a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit()</code></a>, or issue a draw call which automatically
submits pending attribute changes. so the supplied pointer must remain
valid until then. If you are updating an existing attribute (done by
re-adding it) then you still need to re-call <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit()</code></a>
to commit the changes to the GPU. Be carefull to minimize the number
of calls to <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit()</code></a>, though.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Note</h3>If you are interleving attributes it is assumed that each interleaved
attribute starts no farther than +- stride bytes from the other attributes
it is interleved with. I.e. this is ok:
<pre class="programlisting">
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
</pre>
This is not ok:
<pre class="programlisting">
|- - - - -0-0-0-0-0-0 0 0 0 0|
</pre>
(Though you can have multiple groups of interleved attributes)</div>
<p>
</p>
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<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute_name</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The name of your attribute. It should be a valid GLSL
variable name and standard attribute types must use one of following
built-in names: (Note: they correspond to the built-in names of GLSL)
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
<li class="listitem">"gl_Color"</li>
<li class="listitem">"gl_Normal"</li>
<li class="listitem">"gl_MultiTexCoord0, gl_MultiTexCoord1, ..."</li>
<li class="listitem">"gl_Vertex"</li>
</ul></div>
To support adding multiple variations of the same attribute the name
can have a detail component, E.g. "gl_Color::active" or
"gl_Color::inactive"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>n_components</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The number of components per attribute and must be 1, 2,
3 or 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglAttributeType" title="enum CoglAttributeType"><span class="type">CoglAttributeType</span></a> specifying the data type of each component.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>normalized</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>If <code class="literal">TRUE</code>, this specifies that values stored in an integer
format should be mapped into the range [-1.0, 1.0] or [0.0, 1.0]
for unsigned values. If <code class="literal">FALSE</code> they are converted to floats
directly.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>stride</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>This specifies the number of bytes from the start of one attribute
value to the start of the next value (for the same attribute). So, for
example, with a position interleved with color like this:
XYRGBAXYRGBAXYRGBA, then if each letter represents a byte, the
stride for both attributes is 6. The special value 0 means the
values are stored sequentially in memory.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>pointer</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>This addresses the first attribute in the vertex array. This
must remain valid until you either call <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit()</code></a> or
issue a draw call.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-delete"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_delete ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                cogl_vertex_buffer_delete           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Deletes an attribute from a buffer. You will need to call
<a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit()</code></a> or issue a draw call to commit this
change to the GPU.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute_name</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The name of a previously added attribute</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-submit"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                cogl_vertex_buffer_submit           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Submits all the user added attributes to the GPU; once submitted, the
attributes can be used for drawing.
</p>
<p>
You should aim to minimize calls to this function since it implies
validating your data; it potentially incurs a transport cost (especially if
you are using GLX indirect rendering) and potentially a format conversion
cost if the GPU doesn't natively support any of the given attribute formats.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-disable"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_disable ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                cogl_vertex_buffer_disable          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Disables a previosuly added attribute.
</p>
<p>
Since it can be costly to add and remove new attributes to buffers; to make
individual buffers more reuseable it is possible to enable and disable
attributes before using a buffer for drawing.
</p>
<p>
You don't need to call <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit()</code></a> after using this
function.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute_name</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The name of the attribute you want to disable</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-enable"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_enable ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                cogl_vertex_buffer_enable           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *attribute_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Enables a previosuly disabled attribute.
</p>
<p>
Since it can be costly to add and remove new attributes to buffers; to make
individual buffers more reuseable it is possible to enable and disable
attributes before using a buffer for drawing.
</p>
<p>
You don't need to call <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-submit" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_submit ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_submit()</code></a> after using this function
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute_name</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The name of the attribute you want to enable</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="CoglVerticesMode"></a><h3>enum CoglVerticesMode</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef enum {
  COGL_VERTICES_MODE_POINTS = 0x0000,
  COGL_VERTICES_MODE_LINES = 0x0001,
  COGL_VERTICES_MODE_LINE_LOOP = 0x0002,
  COGL_VERTICES_MODE_LINE_STRIP = 0x0003,
  COGL_VERTICES_MODE_TRIANGLES = 0x0004,
  COGL_VERTICES_MODE_TRIANGLE_STRIP = 0x0005,
  COGL_VERTICES_MODE_TRIANGLE_FAN = 0x0006
} CoglVerticesMode;
</pre>
<p>
Different ways of interpreting vertices when drawing.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-VERTICES-MODE-POINTS:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_VERTICES_MODE_POINTS</code></span></p></td>
<td>FIXME, equivalent to <code class="literal">GL_POINTS</code>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-VERTICES-MODE-LINES:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_VERTICES_MODE_LINES</code></span></p></td>
<td>FIXME, equivalent to <code class="literal">GL_LINES</code>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-VERTICES-MODE-LINE-LOOP:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_VERTICES_MODE_LINE_LOOP</code></span></p></td>
<td>FIXME, equivalent to <code class="literal">GL_LINE_LOOP</code>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-VERTICES-MODE-LINE-STRIP:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_VERTICES_MODE_LINE_STRIP</code></span></p></td>
<td>FIXME, equivalent to <code class="literal">GL_LINE_STRIP</code>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-VERTICES-MODE-TRIANGLES:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_VERTICES_MODE_TRIANGLES</code></span></p></td>
<td>FIXME, equivalent to <code class="literal">GL_TRIANGLES</code>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-VERTICES-MODE-TRIANGLE-STRIP:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_VERTICES_MODE_TRIANGLE_STRIP</code></span></p></td>
<td>FIXME, equivalent to <code class="literal">GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP</code>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-VERTICES-MODE-TRIANGLE-FAN:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_VERTICES_MODE_TRIANGLE_FAN</code></span></p></td>
<td>FIXME, equivalent to <code class="literal">GL_TRIANGLE_FAN</code>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 1.0</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-draw"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_draw ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                cogl_vertex_buffer_draw             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglVerticesMode" title="enum CoglVerticesMode"><span class="type">CoglVerticesMode</span></a> mode</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> first</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> count</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Allows you to draw geometry using all or a subset of the
vertices in a vertex buffer.
</p>
<p>
Any un-submitted attribute changes are automatically submitted before
drawing.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mode</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglVerticesMode" title="enum CoglVerticesMode"><span class="type">CoglVerticesMode</span></a> specifying how the vertices should be
interpreted.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>first</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>Specifies the index of the first vertex you want to draw with</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>count</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>Specifies the number of vertices you want to draw.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-is-vertex-buffer"></a><h3>cogl_is_vertex_buffer ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>            cogl_is_vertex_buffer               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Checks whether <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> is a Vertex Buffer Object
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> for a vertex buffer object</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>
<code class="literal">TRUE</code> if the handle is a VBO, and <code class="literal">FALSE</code>
otherwise</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 1.0</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="CoglIndicesType"></a><h3>enum CoglIndicesType</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef enum {
  COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
  COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_SHORT,
  COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_INT
} CoglIndicesType;
</pre>
<p>
You should aim to use the smallest data type that gives you enough
range, since it reduces the size of your index array and can help
reduce the demand on memory bandwidth.
</p>
<p>
Note that <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#COGL-INDICES-TYPE-UNSIGNED-INT:CAPS"><code class="literal">COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_INT</code></a> is only supported if the
<a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#COGL-FEATURE-UNSIGNED-INT-INDICES:CAPS"><code class="literal">COGL_FEATURE_UNSIGNED_INT_INDICES</code></a> feature is available. This
should always be available on OpenGL but on OpenGL ES it will only
be available if the GL_OES_element_index_uint extension is
advertized.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-INDICES-TYPE-UNSIGNED-BYTE:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_BYTE</code></span></p></td>
<td>Your indices are unsigned bytes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-INDICES-TYPE-UNSIGNED-SHORT:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_SHORT</code></span></p></td>
<td>Your indices are unsigned shorts
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><a name="COGL-INDICES-TYPE-UNSIGNED-INT:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_INT</code></span></p></td>
<td>Your indices are unsigned ints
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-indices-new"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="returnvalue">CoglHandle</span></a>          cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglIndicesType" title="enum CoglIndicesType"><span class="type">CoglIndicesType</span></a> indices_type</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">void</span> *indices_array</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> indices_len</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Depending on how much geometry you are submitting it can be worthwhile
optimizing the number of redundant vertices you submit. Using an index
array allows you to reference vertices multiple times, for example
during triangle strips.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>indices_type</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglIndicesType" title="enum CoglIndicesType"><span class="type">CoglIndicesType</span></a> specifying the data type used for
the indices.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>indices_array</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>Specifies the address of
your array of indices. <span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter points to an array of items."><span class="acronym">array</span></acronym> length=indices_len]</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>indices_len</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The number of indices in indices_array</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>A CoglHandle for the indices which you can pass to
<a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-draw-elements" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_draw_elements ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_draw_elements()</code></a>.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-draw-elements"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_draw_elements ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                cogl_vertex_buffer_draw_elements    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglVerticesMode" title="enum CoglVerticesMode"><span class="type">CoglVerticesMode</span></a> mode</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> indices</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> min_index</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> max_index</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> indices_offset</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> count</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
This function lets you use an array of indices to specify the vertices
within your vertex buffer that you want to draw. The indices themselves
are created by calling <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-indices-new" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new()</code></a>
</p>
<p>
Any un-submitted attribute changes are automatically submitted before
drawing.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A vertex buffer handle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mode</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A <a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#CoglVerticesMode" title="enum CoglVerticesMode"><span class="type">CoglVerticesMode</span></a> specifying how the vertices should be
interpreted.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>indices</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A CoglHandle for a set of indices allocated via
<a class="link" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#cogl-vertex-buffer-indices-new" title="cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new ()"><code class="function">cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_new()</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>min_index</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>Specifies the minimum vertex index contained in indices</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>max_index</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>Specifies the maximum vertex index contained in indices</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>indices_offset</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>An offset into named indices. The offset marks the first
index to use for drawing.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>count</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>Specifies the number of vertices you want to draw.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-vertex-buffer-indices-get-for-quads"></a><h3>cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_get_for_quads ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="returnvalue">CoglHandle</span></a>          cogl_vertex_buffer_indices_get_for_quads
                                                        (<em class="parameter"><code>unsigned <span class="type">int</span> n_indices</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a vertex buffer containing the indices needed to draw pairs
of triangles from a list of vertices grouped as quads. There will
be at least <em class="parameter"><code>n_indices</code></em> entries in the buffer (but there may be
more).
</p>
<p>
The indices will follow this pattern:
</p>
<p>
0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7 ... etc
</p>
<p>
For example, if you submit vertices for a quad like like that shown
in <a class="xref" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#quad-indices-order" title="Figure 4. Example of vertices submitted to form a quad">Figure 4, “Example of vertices submitted to form a quad”</a> then you can request 6
indices to render two triangles like those shown in <a class="xref" href="cogl-Vertex-Buffers.html#quad-indices-triangles" title="Figure 5. Illustration of the triangle indices that will be generated">Figure 5, “Illustration of the triangle indices that will be generated”</a>.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<div class="figure">
<a name="quad-indices-order"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 4. Example of vertices submitted to form a quad</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents"><div><img src="quad-indices-order.png" alt="Example of vertices submitted to form a quad"></div></div>
</div>
<p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>
</p>
<div class="figure">
<a name="quad-indices-triangles"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5. Illustration of the triangle indices that will be generated</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents"><div><img src="quad-indices-triangles.png" alt="Illustration of the triangle indices that will be generated"></div></div>
</div>
<p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>n_indices</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the number of indices in the vertex buffer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>A <a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><code class="literal">CoglHandle</code></a> containing the indices. The handled is
owned by Cogl and should not be modified or unref'd.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="cogl-is-vertex-buffer-indices"></a><h3>cogl_is_vertex_buffer_indices ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>            cogl_is_vertex_buffer_indices       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a> handle</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Checks whether <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> is a handle to the indices for a vertex
buffer object
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="cogl-General-API.html#CoglHandle" title="CoglHandle"><span class="type">CoglHandle</span></a>
</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
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<code class="literal">TRUE</code> if the handle is indices, and <code class="literal">FALSE</code>
otherwise</td>
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<p class="since">Since 1.4</p>
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