global coordinates

How do I get a vertex's global coordinates after I do severl PushMatrix/translate,multmatrix,scale, etc.

for example (psudocode)

glLoadIdentity
glPushmatrix
gltranslate
glrotate

glPushMatrix
glscale
glMultMatrix

glVertex3f X, Y, Z

glPopmatrix
glPopMatrix

how do I get X,Y, and Z where they would appear in global coordinates?

[pythagoras]

You need to multiply the vertex by the same matrices that were used to tranform it for rendering.
One way to do it is as follows:

glLoadIdentity
glPushmatrix
gltranslate
glrotate

glPushMatrix
glscale
glMultMatrix

transformMatrix[16];
glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, transformMatrix);

glVertex3f X, Y, Z

glPopmatrix
glPopMatrix

transformedVertex[3];
MyMatrixMultiply(transformMatrix, X, Y, Z, transformedVertex);

Or, if performance is an issue, it might be better to compute the required matrix yourself, instead of using glGet*.