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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="glClearStencil">
    <info>
        <copyright>
            <year>1991-2006</year>
            <holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
        </copyright>
        <copyright>
            <year>2010-2013</year>
            <holder>Khronos Group</holder>
        </copyright>
    </info>
    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>glClearStencil</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
    </refmeta>
    <refnamediv>
        <refname>glClearStencil</refname>
        <refpurpose>specify the clear value for the stencil buffer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
        <funcsynopsis>
            <funcprototype>
                <funcdef>void <function>glClearStencil</function></funcdef>
                <paramdef>GLint <parameter>s</parameter></paramdef>
            </funcprototype>
        </funcsynopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsect1 xml:id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
        <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
            <term><parameter>s</parameter></term>
            <listitem>
                <para>
                    Specifies the index used when the stencil buffer is cleared.
                    The initial value is 0.
                </para>
            </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="description"><title>Description</title>
        <para>
            <function>glClearStencil</function> specifies the index used by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glClear</refentrytitle></citerefentry> to clear the stencil buffer.
            <parameter>s</parameter> is masked with
            <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll">
                <!-- eqn: 2 sup m - 1: -->
                <mml:mrow>
                    <mml:msup><mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
                    <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">m</mml:mi>
                    </mml:msup>
                    <mml:mo>-</mml:mo>
                    <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
                </mml:mrow>
            </mml:math></inlineequation>,
            where
            <inlineequation><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">m</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
            is the number of bits in the stencil buffer.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="associatedgets"><title>Associated Gets</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_STENCIL_CLEAR_VALUE</constant>
        </para>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_STENCIL_BITS</constant>
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1 xml:id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glClear</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilFunc</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilFuncSeparate</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilMask</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilMaskSeparate</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilOp</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glStencilOpSeparate</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"/> 2010-2013 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>
</refentry>
