GLUTIDLEFUNC

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glutIdleFunc - Sets the global idle callback.

OpenGLUT - idletimer

In openglut.h Ft void Fn glutIdleFunc void( *callback )( void )

Bf Em
callback Ef
Client function for idle event.

When OpenGLUT's glutMainLoop() is doing nothing else, it checks to see if an ``idle'' callback set. If so, OpenGLUT invokes that callback.

This callback is Bf Em
not Ef
bound to any window.

There is at most Bf Em
one Ef
idle callback for your entire application.