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The handle for the GLUT parent window is stored in __glutWindowList[0] and it can be popped forward by calling SetForegroundWindow...

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I thought of adding a routine to glut to get the handle of the GLUT parent window and doing a win32 BringWindowToTop, hoping that would cause a "display" callback or...

If a GLUT application has a "scanf" before initialization of GLUT, the GLUT window will show up at the bottom of the stack of the windows on W2000. It can be demonstrated by putting a "scanf"...