Clearing the window

[J.Warrick]

Is it possible to "clear" just a portion of the window? I'm trying to have my viewport
(cleared in black) smaller than my window.
(ltgray background). The clearing covers the entire window, not just the viewport. I've tried glScissors, with the box the same size as my viewport, but that produces some ugly vertical flashing. Thanks for the help!

[Humus]

Just draw a black rectangle over the region you want to clear.

[Bob]

Or you can set a new viewport, and use glClear(), then you can clear all buffers you want, with any value you want.

[J.Warrick]

Humus, I tried your tip and it worked just fine! Thanks, I just love simple solutions.
Bob, thanks for the suggestion, but I'm a bit confused on the extra viewport idea. (Sorry, I'm a opengl newbie) When you have a sec, could you explain?
J.Warrick