NAME

       gl_getbox - copy a rectangular pixmap from the screen to a buffer

SYNOPSIS

       #include <vgagl.h>

       void gl_getbox(int x, int y, int w, int h, void *dp);

DESCRIPTION

       Copy  a rectangular bitmap at position (x, y) with size (w, h) from the screen to a buffer
       dp.

       Pixmaps are in row-major order. The destination pixmap has the size w * h * BYTESPERPIXEL.

SEE ALSO

       svgalib(7),  vgagl(7),  svgalib.conf(5),  threedkit(7),  testgl(1),  gl_compileboxmask(3),
       gl_compiledboxmasksize(3),             gl_copybox(3),            gl_copyboxfromcontext(3),
       gl_copyboxtocontext(3),    gl_putbox(3),    gl_putboxmask(3),    gl_putboxmaskcompiled(3),
       gl_putboxpart(3), gl_scalebox(3).

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The exact
       source of the referenced demo as well as of the original documentation is unknown.

       It is very likely that both are at least  to  some  extent  are  due  to  Harm  Hanemaayer
       <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       Occasionally  this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the original author and
       will happily accept any additions or corrections to this  first  version  of  the  svgalib
       manual.