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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 18:21:33 -0230 From: Stephen Anthony <stephena@roadrunner.nf.net> Subject: [SDL] First patch concerning 4.3 and refresh rates OK, here's my first draft of the patch for the above subject. A short explanation: X 4.3 introduces many more modelines than older versions. This would be fine, except it introduces many modes with the *same* resolution but different refresh rates. And SDL won't necessarily pick the one with the highest refresh rate. So this patch restores SDL to X 4.2 functionality. That is, there is only ever one refresh rate *per* resolution, and it is the highest possible. This functionality can be totally disabled by using the environment variable 'SDL_VIDEO_X11_USE_ALL_MODES' set equal to 1.
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2 Project files for embedded Visual C++ 4.0 can be found in VisualCE.zip
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4 NOTE:
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5 There are several SDL features not available in the WinCE port of SDL.
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7 - DirectX is not yet available
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8 - Semaphores are not available
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9 - Joystick support is not available
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10 - CD-ROM control is not available
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12 In addition, there are several features that run in "degraded" mode:
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14 Preprocessor Symbol Effect
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15 =================== =================================
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17 SDL_systimer.c:
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18 USE_GETTICKCOUNT Less accurate values for SDL time functions
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19 USE_SETTIMER Use only a single marginally accurate timer
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22 DISABLE_ICON_SUPPORT Can't set the runtime window icon
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25 USE_STATIC_CURSOR Only the arrow cursor is available
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28 NO_GETKEYBOARDSTATE Can't get modifier state on keyboard focus
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31 NO_GETKEYBOARDSTATE Very limited keycode translation
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34 NO_GETDIBITS Can't distinguish between 15 bpp and 16 bpp
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35 NO_CHANGEDISPLAYSETTINGS No fullscreen support
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36 NO_GAMMA_SUPPORT Gamma correction not available