annotate docs/man3/SDL_SetTimer.3 @ 4106:12bb6311fd5d SDL-1.2

Hans de Goede fixed bug #495 When running boswars: http://www.boswars.org/ on a machine with intel integrathed graphics it crashes when it tries to play the initial theora splashscreen video: X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 140 (XVideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 () Serial number of failed request: 25 Current serial number in output stream: 26 boswars: xcb_xlib.c:41: xcb_xlib_lock: Assertion `!c->xlib.lock' failed. Aborted I recognized this problem from a few years back, when I encountered it while working on the Xv blitter for xmame. The problem is that for some reason creation the Xvport and XvImage succeeds, and failure (lack of resources / hw capability?) is only indicated during the first XvPut[Shm]Image. I've written a patch for SDL using the work around for this I developed for xmame (and which is still used successfully in xmame after many years of usage). I'll admit it isn't very pretty, but after investigating several possibilities this was the best option, any other fixes would need changes to the SDL api and abi.
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1 .TH "SDL_SetTimer" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference"
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2 .SH "NAME"
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3 SDL_SetTimer\- Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has elapsed\&.
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4 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
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5 .PP
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6 \fB#include "SDL\&.h"
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7 .sp
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8 \fBint \fBSDL_SetTimer\fP\fR(\fBUint32 interval, SDL_TimerCallback callback\fR);
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9 .SH "CALLBACK"
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10 .PP
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11 /* Function prototype for the timer callback function */ typedef Uint32 (*SDL_TimerCallback)(Uint32 interval);
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12 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
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13 .PP
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14 Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has elapsed\&. The callback function is passed the current timer interval and returns the next timer interval\&. If the returned value is the same as the one passed in, the periodic alarm continues, otherwise a new alarm is scheduled\&.
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15 .PP
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16 To cancel a currently running timer, call \fBSDL_SetTimer(0, NULL);\fP
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17 .PP
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18 The timer callback function may run in a different thread than your main constant, and so shouldn\&'t call any functions from within itself\&.
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19 .PP
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20 The maximum resolution of this timer is 10 ms, which means that if you request a 16 ms timer, your callback will run approximately 20 ms later on an unloaded system\&. If you wanted to set a flag signaling a frame update at 30 frames per second (every 33 ms), you might set a timer for 30 ms (see example below)\&.
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21 .PP
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22 If you use this function, you need to pass \fBSDL_INIT_TIMER\fP to \fBSDL_Init()\fP\&.
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23 .PP
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24 .RS
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25 \fBNote:
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26 .PP
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27 This function is kept for compatibility but has been superseded by the new timer functions \fISDL_AddTimer\fR and \fISDL_RemoveTimer\fR which support multiple timers\&.
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28 .RE
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29 .SH "EXAMPLES"
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30 .PP
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31 .PP
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32 .nf
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33 \f(CWSDL_SetTimer((33/10)*10, my_callback);\fR
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34 .fi
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35 .PP
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36 .SH "SEE ALSO"
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37 .PP
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38 \fI\fBSDL_AddTimer\fP\fR
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39 ...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01