How do you render primitives as wireframes in OpenGL?

Question

How do you render primitives as wireframes in OpenGL?

Answer 1

From http://cone3d.gamedev.net/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=tutorials/ogladv/tut5

// Turn on wireframe mode
glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT, GL_LINE);
glPolygonMode(GL_BACK, GL_LINE);

// Draw the box
DrawBox();

// Turn off wireframe mode
glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT, GL_FILL);
glPolygonMode(GL_BACK, GL_FILL);

Answer 2

glPolygonMode( GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_LINE );

to switch on,

glPolygonMode( GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_FILL );

to go back to normal.

Note that things like texture-mapping and lighting will still be applied to the wireframe lines if they're enabled, which can look weird.