glutTimerFunc - Man Page

Sets the Timer callback for the current window.

Library

OpenGLUT - idletimer

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutTimerFunc(unsigned int msec, void( *callback )( int data ), int data);

msec

Milliseconds till invocation.

callback

Client function for timer event.

data

Arbitrary data; passed to

callback

After

at least

msec

milliseconds, OpenGLUT will call

callback

, passing in your user-supplied

data

parameter. OpenGLUT will call your function only once.

This callback is

not

bound to any window.

Unlike most other callbacks, timers only occur once.

Unlike most other callbacks, you cannot deregister a timer callback.

Unlike most other callbacks, you can register an arbitrary number of timers.