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    <info>
        <copyright>
            <year>1991-2006</year>
            <holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
        </copyright>
        <copyright>
            <year>2010-2015</year>
            <holder>Khronos Group</holder>
        </copyright>
    </info>
    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>glScissor</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
    </refmeta>
    <refnamediv>
        <refname>glScissor</refname>
        <refpurpose>define the scissor box</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv>
        <title>C Specification</title>
        <funcsynopsis>
            <funcprototype>
                <funcdef>void <function>glScissor</function></funcdef>
                <paramdef>GLint <parameter>x</parameter></paramdef>
                <paramdef>GLint <parameter>y</parameter></paramdef>
                <paramdef>GLsizei <parameter>width</parameter></paramdef>
                <paramdef>GLsizei <parameter>height</parameter></paramdef>
            </funcprototype>
        </funcsynopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsect1 xml:id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
        <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
            <term><parameter>x</parameter></term>
            <term><parameter>y</parameter></term>
            <listitem>
                <para>
                    Specify the lower left corner of the scissor box.
                    Initially (0, 0).
                </para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
            <term><parameter>width</parameter></term>
            <term><parameter>height</parameter></term>
            <listitem>
                <para>
                    Specify the width and height of the scissor box.
                    When a GL context is first attached to a window,
                    <parameter>width</parameter> and <parameter>height</parameter> are set to the dimensions of that
                    window.
                </para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="description"><title>Description</title>
        <para>
            <function>glScissor</function> defines a rectangle, called the scissor box,
            in window coordinates.
            The first two arguments,
            <parameter>x</parameter> and <parameter>y</parameter>,
            specify the lower left corner of the box.
            <parameter>width</parameter> and <parameter>height</parameter> specify the width and height of the box.
        </para>
        <para>
            To enable and disable the scissor test, call
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEnable</refentrytitle></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDisable</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument
            <constant>GL_SCISSOR_TEST</constant>. The test is initially disabled.
            While the test is enabled, only pixels that lie within the scissor box
            can be modified by drawing commands.
            Window coordinates have integer values at the shared corners of
            frame buffer pixels.
            <code>glScissor(0,0,1,1)</code> allows modification of only the lower left
            pixel in the window, and <code>glScissor(0,0,0,0)</code> doesn't allow
            modification of any pixels in the window.
        </para>
        <para>
            When the scissor test is disabled,
            it is as though the scissor box includes the entire window.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
        <para>
            <constant>GL_INVALID_VALUE</constant> is generated if either <parameter>width</parameter> or <parameter>height</parameter> is negative.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="associatedgets"><title>Associated Gets</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_SCISSOR_BOX</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glIsEnabled</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_SCISSOR_TEST</constant>
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="versions">
        <title>API Version Support</title>
        <informaltable>
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        </informaltable>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEnable</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glViewport</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
        <para>
            Copyright <trademark class="copyright"/> 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
            Copyright <trademark class="copyright"/> 2010-2015 Khronos Group.
            This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License.
            For details, see
            <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</link>.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
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