GLSTENCILOP(3G) 														   GLSTENCILOP(3G)

NAME

       glStencilOp - set stencil test actions

C SPECIFICATION

       void glStencilOp( GLenum fail,
			 GLenum zfail,
			 GLenum zpass )

PARAMETERS

       fail   Specifies  the  action  to  take	when  the  stencil test fails.	Six symbolic constants are accepted: GL_KEEP, GL_ZERO, GL_REPLACE,
	      GL_INCR, GL_DECR, and GL_INVERT. The initial value is GL_KEEP.

       zfail  Specifies the stencil action when the stencil test passes, but the depth test fails.  zfail accepts the same symbolic  constants	as
	      fail. The initial value is GL_KEEP.

       zpass  Specifies the stencil action when both the stencil test and the depth test pass, or when the stencil test passes and either there is
	      no depth buffer or depth testing is not enabled.	zpass accepts the same symbolic constants as fail. The initial value is GL_KEEP.

DESCRIPTION

       Stenciling, like depth-buffering, enables and disables drawing on a per-pixel basis.  You draw into the stencil	planes	using  GL  drawing
       primitives,  then render geometry and images, using the stencil planes to mask out portions of the screen.  Stenciling is typically used in
       multipass rendering algorithms to achieve special effects, such as decals, outlining, and constructive solid geometry rendering.

       The stencil test conditionally eliminates a pixel based on the outcome of a comparison between the value in the stencil buffer and a refer-
       ence value. To enable and disable the test, call glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_STENCIL_TEST; to control it, call glStencilFunc.

       glStencilOp  takes three arguments that indicate what happens to the stored stencil value while stenciling is enabled.  If the stencil test
       fails, no change is made to the pixel's color or depth buffers, and fail specifies what happens to the stencil buffer contents.	 The  fol-
       lowing six actions are possible.

       GL_KEEP	       Keeps the current value.

       GL_ZERO	       Sets the stencil buffer value to 0.

       GL_REPLACE      Sets the stencil buffer value to ref, as specified by glStencilFunc.

       GL_INCR	       Increments the current stencil buffer value.  Clamps to the maximum representable unsigned value.

       GL_DECR	       Decrements the current stencil buffer value.  Clamps to 0.

       GL_INVERT       Bitwise inverts the current stencil buffer value.

       Stencil buffer values are treated as unsigned integers.	When incremented and decremented, values are clamped to 0 and 2n-1, where n is the
       value returned by querying GL_STENCIL_BITS.

       The other two arguments to glStencilOp specify stencil buffer actions that depend on whether subsequent depth buffer tests succeed  (zpass)
       or fail (zfail) (see
       glDepthFunc).   The actions are specified using the same six symbolic constants as fail.  Note that zfail is ignored when there is no depth
       buffer, or when the depth buffer is not enabled.  In these cases, fail and zpass specify stencil action when the  stencil  test	fails  and
       passes, respectively.

NOTES

       Initially the stencil test is disabled.	If there is no stencil buffer, no stencil modification can occur and it is as if the stencil tests
       always pass, regardless of any call to glStencilOp.

ERRORS

       GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if fail, zfail, or zpass is any value other than the six defined constant values.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glStencilOp is executed between the execution of glBegin and the corresponding execution of glEnd.

ASSOCIATED GETS

       glGet with argument GL_STENCIL_FAIL
       glGet with argument GL_STENCIL_PASS_DEPTH_PASS
       glGet with argument GL_STENCIL_PASS_DEPTH_FAIL
       glGet with argument GL_STENCIL_BITS
       glIsEnabled with argument GL_STENCIL_TEST

SEE ALSO

       glAlphaFunc(3G), glBlendFunc(3G), glDepthFunc(3G), glEnable(3G), glLogicOp(3G), glStencilFunc(3G)

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