<div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="glCallList"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glCallList — execute a display list</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">glCallList</b>(</code></td><td>GLuint  </td><td><var class="pdparam">list</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>list</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>

Specifies the integer name of the display list to be executed.

</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>

<code class="function">glCallList</code> causes the named display list to be executed.

The commands saved in the display list are executed in order,

just as if they were called without using a display list.

If <em class="parameter"><code>list</code></em> has not been defined as a display list,

<code class="function">glCallList</code> is ignored.

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<code class="function">glCallList</code> can appear inside a display list.

To avoid the possibility of infinite recursion resulting from display lists

calling one another,

a limit is placed on the nesting level of display

lists during display-list execution.

This limit is at least 64, and it depends on the implementation.

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GL state is not saved and restored across a call to <code class="function">glCallList</code>.

Thus,

changes made to GL state during the execution of a display list

remain after execution of the display list is completed.

Use <a class="citerefentry" href="glPushAttrib"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glPushAttrib</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glPopAttrib"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glPopAttrib</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glPushMatrix"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glPushMatrix</span></span></a>,

and <a class="citerefentry" href="glPopMatrix"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glPopMatrix</span></span></a> to preserve GL state across <code class="function">glCallList</code> calls.

</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="notes"></a><h2>Notes</h2><p>

Display lists can be executed between a call to <a class="citerefentry" href="glBegin"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glBegin</span></span></a>

and the corresponding call to <a class="citerefentry" href="glEnd"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glEnd</span></span></a>,

as long as the display list includes only commands that are allowed

in this interval.

</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets</h2><p>

<a class="citerefentry" href="glGet"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_MAX_LIST_NESTING</code>

</p><p>

<a class="citerefentry" href="glIsList"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsList</span></span></a>

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<div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>

<code class="function">glCallLists</code>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteLists"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteLists</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glGenLists"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGenLists</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glNewList"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glNewList</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glPushAttrib"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glPushAttrib</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glPushMatrix"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glPushMatrix</span></span></a>

</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div id="Copyright"><h2>Copyright</h2><p>

Copyright © 1991-2006

Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI

Free Software B License. For details, see

<a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.

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