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Disable MacOS X screensaver for duration of application run by triggering a
"UsrActivity" alert every five seconds in the Quartz PumpEvents implementation.
author | Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org> |
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date | Thu, 22 May 2003 06:28:40 +0000 |
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2 This is a list of API changes in SDL's version history. | |
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4 Version 1.0: | |
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9 Added SDL_GL_STEREO for stereoscopic OpenGL contexts |
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0 | 11 1.2.0: |
12 Added SDL_VIDEOEXPOSE event to signal that the screen needs to | |
13 be redrawn. This is currently only delivered to OpenGL windows | |
14 on X11, though it may be delivered in the future when the video | |
15 memory is lost under DirectX. | |
16 | |
17 1.1.8: | |
18 You can pass SDL_NOFRAME to SDL_VideoMode() to create a window | |
19 that has no title bar or frame decoration. Fullscreen video | |
20 modes automatically have this flag set. | |
21 | |
22 Added a function to query the clipping rectangle for a surface: | |
23 void SDL_GetClipRect(SDL_Surface *surface, SDL_Rect *rect) | |
24 | |
25 Added a function to query the current event filter: | |
26 SDL_EventFilter SDL_GetEventFilter(void) | |
27 | |
28 If you pass -1 to SDL_ShowCursor(), it won't change the current | |
29 cursor visibility state, but will still return it. | |
30 | |
31 SDL_LockSurface() and SDL_UnlockSurface() are recursive, meaning | |
32 you can nest them as deep as you want, as long as each lock call | |
33 has a matching unlock call. The surface remains locked until the | |
34 last matching unlock call. | |
35 | |
36 Note that you may not blit to or from a locked surface. | |
37 | |
38 1.1.7: | |
39 The SDL_SetGammaRamp() and SDL_GetGammaRamp() functions now take | |
40 arrays of Uint16 values instead of Uint8 values. For the most part, | |
41 you can just take your old values and shift them up 8 bits to get | |
42 new correct values for your gamma ramps. | |
43 | |
44 You can pass SDL_RLEACCEL in flags passed to SDL_ConvertSurface() | |
45 and SDL will try to RLE accelerate colorkey and alpha blits in the | |
46 resulting surface. | |
47 | |
48 1.1.6: | |
49 Added a function to return the thread ID of a specific thread: | |
50 Uint32 SDL_GetThreadID(SDL_Thread *thread) | |
51 If 'thread' is NULL, this function returns the id for this thread. | |
52 | |
53 1.1.5: | |
54 The YUV overlay structure has been changed to use an array of | |
55 pitches and pixels representing the planes of a YUV image, to | |
56 better enable hardware acceleration. The YV12 and IYUV formats | |
57 each have three planes, corresponding to the Y, U, and V portions | |
58 of the image, while packed pixel YUV formats just have one plane. | |
59 | |
60 For palettized mode (8bpp), the screen colormap is now split in | |
61 a physical and a logical palette. The physical palette determines | |
62 what colours the screen pixels will get when displayed, and the | |
63 logical palette controls the mapping from blits to/from the screen. | |
64 A new function, SDL_SetPalette() has been added to change | |
65 logical and physical palettes separately. SDL_SetColors() works | |
66 just as before, and is equivalent to calling SDL_SetPalette() with | |
67 a flag argument of (SDL_LOGPAL|SDL_PHYSPAL). | |
68 | |
69 SDL_BlitSurface() no longer modifies the source rectangle, only the | |
70 destination rectangle. The width/height members of the destination | |
71 rectangle are ignored, only the position is used. | |
72 | |
73 The old source clipping function SDL_SetClipping() has been replaced | |
74 with a more useful function to set the destination clipping rectangle: | |
75 SDL_bool SDL_SetClipRect(SDL_Surface *surface, SDL_Rect *rect) | |
76 | |
77 Added a function to see what subsystems have been initialized: | |
78 Uint32 SDL_WasInit(Uint32 flags) | |
79 | |
80 The Big Alpha Flip: SDL now treats alpha as opacity like everybody | |
81 else, and not as transparency: | |
82 | |
83 A new cpp symbol: SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE is defined as 255 | |
84 A new cpp symbol: SDL_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT is defined as 0 | |
85 Values between 0 and 255 vary from fully transparent to fully opaque. | |
86 | |
87 New functions: | |
88 SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha() | |
89 Returns a surface converted to a format with alpha-channel | |
90 that can be blit efficiently to the screen. (In other words, | |
91 like SDL_DisplayFormat() but the resulting surface has | |
92 an alpha channel.) This is useful for surfaces with alpha. | |
93 SDL_MapRGBA() | |
94 Works as SDL_MapRGB() but takes an additional alpha parameter. | |
95 SDL_GetRGBA() | |
96 Works as SDL_GetRGB() but also returns the alpha value | |
97 (SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE for formats without an alpha channel) | |
98 | |
99 Both SDL_GetRGB() and SDL_GetRGBA() now always return values in | |
100 the [0..255] interval. Previously, SDL_GetRGB() would return | |
101 (0xf8, 0xfc, 0xf8) for a completely white pixel in RGB565 format. | |
102 (N.B.: This is broken for bit fields < 3 bits.) | |
103 | |
104 SDL_MapRGB() returns pixels in which the alpha channel is set opaque. | |
105 | |
106 SDL_SetAlpha() can now be used for both setting the per-surface | |
107 alpha, using the new way of thinking of alpha, and also to enable | |
108 and disable per-pixel alpha blending for surfaces with an alpha | |
109 channel: | |
110 To disable alpha blending: | |
111 SDL_SetAlpha(surface, 0, 0); | |
112 To re-enable alpha blending: | |
113 SDL_SetAlpha(surface, SDL_SRCALPHA, 0); | |
114 Surfaces with an alpha channel have blending enabled by default. | |
115 | |
116 SDL_SetAlpha() now accepts SDL_RLEACCEL as a flag, which requests | |
117 RLE acceleration of blits, just as like with SDL_SetColorKey(). | |
118 This flag can be set for both surfaces with an alpha channel | |
119 and surfaces with an alpha value set by SDL_SetAlpha(). | |
120 As always, RLE surfaces must be locked before pixel access is | |
121 allowed, and unlocked before any other SDL operations are done | |
122 on it. | |
123 | |
124 The blit semantics for surfaces with and without alpha and colorkey | |
125 have now been defined: | |
126 | |
127 RGBA->RGB: | |
128 SDL_SRCALPHA set: | |
129 alpha-blend (using alpha-channel). | |
130 SDL_SRCCOLORKEY ignored. | |
131 SDL_SRCALPHA not set: | |
132 copy RGB. | |
133 if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the | |
134 RGB values of the source colour key, ignoring alpha in the | |
135 comparison. | |
136 | |
137 RGB->RGBA: | |
138 SDL_SRCALPHA set: | |
139 alpha-blend (using the source per-surface alpha value); | |
140 set destination alpha to opaque. | |
141 SDL_SRCALPHA not set: | |
142 copy RGB, set destination alpha to opaque. | |
143 both: | |
144 if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the | |
145 source colour key. | |
146 | |
147 RGBA->RGBA: | |
148 SDL_SRCALPHA set: | |
149 alpha-blend (using the source alpha channel) the RGB values; | |
150 leave destination alpha untouched. [Note: is this correct?] | |
151 SDL_SRCCOLORKEY ignored. | |
152 SDL_SRCALPHA not set: | |
153 copy all of RGBA to the destination. | |
154 if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the | |
155 RGB values of the source colour key, ignoring alpha in the | |
156 comparison. | |
157 | |
158 RGB->RGB: | |
159 SDL_SRCALPHA set: | |
160 alpha-blend (using the source per-surface alpha value). | |
161 SDL_SRCALPHA not set: | |
162 copy RGB. | |
163 both: | |
164 if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the | |
165 source colour key. | |
166 | |
167 As a special case, blits from surfaces with per-surface alpha | |
168 value of 128 (50% transparency) are optimised and much faster | |
169 than other alpha values. This does not apply to surfaces with | |
170 alpha channels (per-pixel alpha). | |
171 | |
172 New functions for manipulating the gamma of the display have | |
173 been added: | |
174 int SDL_SetGamma(float red, float green, float blue); | |
175 int SDL_SetGammaRamp(Uint8 *red, Uint8 *green, Uint8 *blue); | |
176 int SDL_GetGammaRamp(Uint8 *red, Uint8 *green, Uint8 *blue); | |
177 Gamma ramps are tables with 256 entries which map the screen color | |
178 components into actually displayed colors. For an example of | |
179 implementing gamma correction and gamma fades, see test/testgamma.c | |
180 Gamma control is not supported on all hardware. | |
181 | |
182 1.1.4: | |
183 The size of the SDL_CDtrack structure changed from 8 to 12 bytes | |
184 as the size of the length member was extended to 32 bits. | |
185 | |
186 You can now use SDL for 2D blitting with a GL mode by passing the | |
187 SDL_OPENGLBLIT flag to SDL_SetVideoMode(). You can specify 16 or | |
188 32 bpp, and the data in the framebuffer is put into the GL scene | |
189 when you call SDL_UpdateRects(), and the scene will be visible | |
190 when you call SDL_GL_SwapBuffers(). | |
191 | |
192 Run the "testgl" test program with the -logo command line option | |
193 to see an example of this blending of 2D and 3D in SDL. | |
194 | |
195 1.1.3: | |
196 Added SDL_FreeRW() to the API, to complement SDL_AllocRW() | |
197 | |
198 Added resizable window support - just add SDL_RESIZABLE to the | |
199 SDL_SetVideoMode() flags, and then wait for SDL_VIDEORESIZE events. | |
200 See SDL_events.h for details on the new SDL_ResizeEvent structure. | |
201 | |
202 Added condition variable support, based on mutexes and semaphores. | |
203 SDL_CreateCond() | |
204 SDL_DestroyCond() | |
205 SDL_CondSignal() | |
206 SDL_CondBroadcast() | |
207 SDL_CondWait() | |
208 SDL_CondTimedWait() | |
209 The new function prototypes are in SDL_mutex.h | |
210 | |
211 Added counting semaphore support, based on the mutex primitive. | |
212 SDL_CreateSemaphore() | |
213 SDL_DestroySemaphore() | |
214 SDL_SemWait() | |
215 SDL_SemTryWait() | |
216 SDL_SemWaitTimeout() | |
217 SDL_SemPost() | |
218 SDL_SemValue() | |
219 The new function prototypes are in SDL_mutex.h | |
220 | |
221 Added support for asynchronous blitting. To take advantage of this, | |
222 you must set the SDL_ASYNCBLIT flag when setting the video mode and | |
223 creating surfaces that you want accelerated in this way. You must | |
224 lock surfaces that have this flag set, and the lock will block until | |
225 any queued blits have completed. | |
226 | |
227 Added YUV video overlay support. | |
228 The supported YUV formats are: YV12, IYUV, YUY2, UYVY, and YVYU. | |
229 This function creates an overlay surface: | |
230 SDL_CreateYUVOverlay() | |
231 You must lock and unlock the overlay to get access to the data: | |
232 SDL_LockYUVOverlay() SDL_UnlockYUVOverlay() | |
233 You can then display the overlay: | |
234 SDL_DisplayYUVOverlay() | |
235 You must free the overlay when you are done using it: | |
236 SDL_FreeYUVOverlay() | |
237 See SDL_video.h for the full function prototypes. | |
238 | |
239 The joystick hat position constants have been changed: | |
240 Old constant New constant | |
241 ------------ ------------ | |
242 0 SDL_HAT_CENTERED | |
243 1 SDL_HAT_UP | |
244 2 SDL_HAT_RIGHTUP | |
245 3 SDL_HAT_RIGHT | |
246 4 SDL_HAT_RIGHTDOWN | |
247 5 SDL_HAT_DOWN | |
248 6 SDL_HAT_LEFTDOWN | |
249 7 SDL_HAT_LEFT | |
250 8 SDL_HAT_LEFTUP | |
251 The new constants are bitmasks, so you can check for the | |
252 individual axes like this: | |
253 if ( hat_position & SDL_HAT_UP ) { | |
254 } | |
255 and you'll catch left-up, up, and right-up. | |
256 | |
257 1.1.2: | |
258 Added multiple timer support: | |
259 SDL_AddTimer() and SDL_RemoveTimer() | |
260 | |
261 SDL_WM_SetIcon() now respects the icon colorkey if mask is NULL. | |
262 | |
263 1.1.0: | |
264 Added initial OpenGL support. | |
265 First set GL attributes (such as RGB depth, alpha depth, etc.) | |
266 SDL_GL_SetAttribute() | |
267 Then call SDL_SetVideoMode() with the SDL_OPENGL flag. | |
268 Perform all of your normal GL drawing. | |
269 Finally swap the buffers with the new SDL function: | |
270 SDL_GL_SwapBuffers() | |
271 See the new 'testgl' test program for an example of using GL with SDL. | |
272 | |
273 You can load GL extension functions by using the function: | |
274 SDL_GL_LoadProcAddress() | |
275 | |
276 Added functions to initialize and cleanup specific SDL subsystems: | |
277 SDL_InitSubSystem() and SDL_QuitSubSystem() | |
278 | |
279 Added user-defined event type: | |
280 typedef struct { | |
281 Uint8 type; | |
282 int code; | |
283 void *data1; | |
284 void *data2; | |
285 } SDL_UserEvent; | |
286 This structure is in the "user" member of an SDL_Event. | |
287 | |
288 Added a function to push events into the event queue: | |
289 SDL_PushEvent() | |
290 | |
291 Example of using the new SDL user-defined events: | |
292 { | |
293 SDL_Event event; | |
294 | |
295 event.type = SDL_USEREVENT; | |
296 event.user.code = my_event_code; | |
297 event.user.data1 = significant_data; | |
298 event.user.data2 = 0; | |
299 SDL_PushEvent(&event); | |
300 } | |
301 | |
302 Added a function to get mouse deltas since last query: | |
303 SDL_GetRelativeMouseState() | |
304 | |
305 Added a boolean datatype to SDL_types.h: | |
306 SDL_bool = { SDL_TRUE, SDL_FALSE } | |
307 | |
308 Added a function to get the current audio status: | |
309 SDL_GetAudioState(); | |
310 It returns one of: | |
311 SDL_AUDIO_STOPPED, | |
312 SDL_AUDIO_PLAYING, | |
313 SDL_AUDIO_PAUSED | |
314 | |
315 Added an AAlib driver (ASCII Art) - by Stephane Peter. | |
316 | |
317 1.0.6: | |
318 The input grab state is reset after each call to SDL_SetVideoMode(). | |
319 The input is grabbed by default in fullscreen mode, and ungrabbed in | |
320 windowed mode. If you want to set input grab to a particular value, | |
321 you should set it after each call to SDL_SetVideoMode(). | |
322 | |
323 1.0.5: | |
324 Exposed SDL_AudioInit(), SDL_VideoInit() | |
325 Added SDL_AudioDriverName() and SDL_VideoDriverName() | |
326 | |
327 Added new window manager function: | |
328 SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen() | |
329 This is currently implemented only on Linux | |
330 | |
331 The ALT-ENTER code has been removed - it's not appropriate for a | |
332 lib to bind keys when they aren't even emergency escape sequences. | |
333 | |
334 ALT-ENTER functionality can be implemented with the following code: | |
335 | |
336 int Handle_AltEnter(const SDL_Event *event) | |
337 { | |
338 if ( event->type == SDL_KEYDOWN ) { | |
339 if ( (event->key.keysym.sym == SDLK_RETURN) && | |
340 (event->key.keysym.mod & KMOD_ALT) ) { | |
341 SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(SDL_GetVideoSurface()); | |
342 return(0); | |
343 } | |
344 } | |
345 return(1); | |
346 } | |
347 SDL_SetEventFilter(Handle_AltEnter); | |
348 | |
349 1.0.3: | |
350 Under X11, if you grab the input and hide the mouse cursor, | |
351 the mouse will go into a "relative motion" mode where you | |
352 will always get relative motion events no matter how far in | |
353 each direction you move the mouse - relative motion is not | |
354 bounded by the edges of the window (though the absolute values | |
355 of the mouse positions are clamped by the size of the window). | |
356 The SVGAlib, framebuffer console, and DirectInput drivers all | |
357 have this behavior naturally, and the GDI and BWindow drivers | |
358 never go into "relative motion" mode. | |
359 | |
360 1.0.2: | |
361 Added a function to enable keyboard repeat: | |
362 SDL_EnableKeyRepeat() | |
363 | |
364 Added a function to grab the mouse and keyboard input | |
365 SDL_WM_GrabInput() | |
366 | |
367 Added a function to iconify the window. | |
368 SDL_WM_IconifyWindow() | |
369 If this function succeeds, the application will receive an event | |
370 signaling SDL_APPACTIVE event | |
371 | |
372 1.0.1: | |
373 Added constants to SDL_audio.h for 16-bit native byte ordering: | |
374 AUDIO_U16SYS, AUDIO_S16SYS | |
375 | |
376 1.0.0: | |
377 New public release | |
378 | |
379 Version 0.11: | |
380 | |
381 0.11.5: | |
382 A new function SDL_GetVideoSurface() has been added, and returns | |
383 a pointer to the current display surface. | |
384 | |
385 SDL_AllocSurface() has been renamed SDL_CreateRGBSurface(), and | |
386 a new function SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom() has been added to allow | |
387 creating an SDL surface from an existing pixel data buffer. | |
388 | |
389 Added SDL_GetRGB() to the headers and documentation. | |
390 | |
391 0.11.4: | |
392 SDL_SetLibraryPath() is no longer meaningful, and has been removed. | |
393 | |
394 0.11.3: | |
395 A new flag for SDL_Init(), SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE, prevents SDL from | |
396 installing fatal signal handlers on operating systems that support | |
397 them. | |
398 | |
399 Version 0.9: | |
400 | |
401 0.9.15: | |
402 SDL_CreateColorCursor() has been removed. Color cursors should | |
403 be implemented as sprites, blitted by the application when the | |
404 cursor moves. To get smooth color cursor updates when the app | |
405 is busy, pass the SDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD flag to SDL_Init(). This | |
406 allows you to handle the mouse motion in another thread from an | |
407 event filter function, but is currently only supported by Linux | |
408 and BeOS. Note that you'll have to protect the display surface | |
409 from multi-threaded access by using mutexes if you do this. | |
410 | |
411 Thread-safe surface support has been removed from SDL. | |
412 This makes blitting somewhat faster, by removing SDL_MiddleBlit(). | |
413 Code that used SDL_MiddleBlit() should use SDL_LowerBlit() instead. | |
414 You can make your surfaces thread-safe by allocating your own | |
415 mutex and making lock/unlock calls around accesses to your surface. | |
416 | |
417 0.9.14: | |
418 SDL_GetMouseState() now takes pointers to int rather than Uint16. | |
419 | |
420 If you set the SDL_WINDOWID environment variable under UNIX X11, | |
421 SDL will use that as the main window instead of creating it's own. | |
422 This is an unsupported extension to SDL, and not portable at all. | |
423 | |
424 0.9.13: | |
425 Added a function SDL_SetLibraryPath() which can be used to specify | |
426 the directory containing the SDL dynamic libraries. This is useful | |
427 for commercial applications which ship with particular versions | |
428 of the libraries, and for security on multi-user systems. | |
429 If this function is not used, the default system directories are | |
430 searched using the native dynamic object loading mechanism. | |
431 | |
432 In order to support C linkage under Visual C++, you must declare | |
433 main() without any return type: | |
434 main(int argc, char *argv[]) { | |
435 /* Do the program... */ | |
436 return(0); | |
437 } | |
438 C++ programs should also return a value if compiled under VC++. | |
439 | |
440 The blit_endian member of the SDL_VideoInfo struct has been removed. | |
441 | |
442 SDL_SymToASCII() has been replaced with SDL_GetKeyName(), so there | |
443 is now no longer any function to translate a keysym to a character. | |
444 | |
445 The SDL_keysym structure has been extended with a 'scancode' and | |
446 'unicode' member. The 'scancode' is a hardware specific scancode | |
447 for the key that was pressed, and may be 0. The 'unicode' member | |
448 is a 16-bit UNICODE translation of the key that was pressed along | |
449 with any modifiers or compose keys that have been pressed. | |
450 If no UNICODE translation exists for the key, 'unicode' will be 0. | |
451 | |
452 Added a function SDL_EnableUNICODE() to enable/disable UNICODE | |
453 translation of character keypresses. Translation defaults off. | |
454 | |
455 To convert existing code to use the new API, change code which | |
456 uses SDL_SymToASCII() to get the keyname to use SDL_GetKeyName(), | |
457 and change code which uses it to get the ASCII value of a sym to | |
458 use the 'unicode' member of the event keysym. | |
459 | |
460 0.9.12: | |
461 There is partial support for 64-bit datatypes. I don't recommend | |
462 you use this if you have a choice, because 64-bit datatypes are not | |
463 supported on many platforms. On platforms for which it is supported, | |
464 the SDL_HAS_64BIT_TYPE C preprocessor define will be enabled, and | |
465 you can use the Uint64 and Sint64 datatypes. | |
466 | |
467 Added functions to SDL_endian.h to support 64-bit datatypes: | |
468 SDL_SwapLE64(), SDL_SwapBE64(), | |
469 SDL_ReadLE64(), SDL_ReadBE64(), SDL_WriteLE64(), SDL_WriteBE64() | |
470 | |
471 A new member "len_ratio" has been added to the SDL_AudioCVT structure, | |
472 and allows you to determine either the original buffer length or the | |
473 converted buffer length, given the other. | |
474 | |
475 A new function SDL_FreeWAV() has been added to the API to free data | |
476 allocated by SDL_LoadWAV_RW(). This is necessary under Win32 since | |
477 the gcc compiled DLL uses a different heap than VC++ compiled apps. | |
478 | |
479 SDL now has initial support for international keyboards using the | |
480 Latin character set. | |
481 If a particular mapping is desired, you can set the DEFAULT_KEYBOARD | |
482 compile-time variable, or you can set the environment variable | |
483 "SDL_KEYBOARD" to a string identifying the keyboard mapping you desire. | |
484 The valid values for these variables can be found in SDL_keyboard.c | |
485 | |
486 Full support for German and French keyboards under X11 is implemented. | |
487 | |
488 0.9.11: | |
489 The THREADED_EVENTS compile-time define has been replaced with the | |
490 SDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD flag. If this flag is passed to SDL_Init(), | |
491 SDL will create a separate thread to perform input event handling. | |
492 If this flag is passed to SDL_Init(), and the OS doesn't support | |
493 event handling in a separate thread, SDL_Init() will fail. | |
494 Be sure to add calls to SDL_Delay() in your main thread to allow | |
495 the OS to schedule your event thread, or it may starve, leading | |
496 to slow event delivery and/or dropped events. | |
497 Currently MacOS and Win32 do not support this flag, while BeOS | |
498 and Linux do support it. I recommend that your application only | |
499 use this flag if absolutely necessary. | |
500 | |
501 The SDL thread function passed to SDL_CreateThread() now returns a | |
502 status. This status can be retrieved by passing a non-NULL pointer | |
503 as the 'status' argument to SDL_WaitThread(). | |
504 | |
505 The volume parameter to SDL_MixAudio() has been increased in range | |
506 from (0-8) to (0-128) | |
507 | |
508 SDL now has a data source abstraction which can encompass a file, | |
509 an area of memory, or any custom object you can envision. It uses | |
510 these abstractions, SDL_RWops, in the endian read/write functions, | |
511 and the built-in WAV and BMP file loaders. This means you can load | |
512 WAV chunks from memory mapped files, compressed archives, network | |
513 pipes, or anything else that has a data read abstraction. | |
514 | |
515 There are three built-in data source abstractions: | |
516 SDL_RWFromFile(), SDL_RWFromFP(), SDL_RWFromMem() | |
517 along with a generic data source allocation function: | |
518 SDL_AllocRW() | |
519 These data sources can be used like stdio file pointers with the | |
520 following convenience functions: | |
521 SDL_RWseek(), SDL_RWread(), SDL_RWwrite(), SDL_RWclose() | |
522 These functions are defined in the new header file "SDL_rwops.h" | |
523 | |
524 The endian swapping functions have been turned into macros for speed | |
525 and SDL_CalculateEndian() has been removed. SDL_endian.h now defines | |
526 SDL_BYTEORDER as either SDL_BIG_ENDIAN or SDL_LIL_ENDIAN depending on | |
527 the endianness of the host system. | |
528 | |
529 The endian read/write functions now take an SDL_RWops pointer | |
530 instead of a stdio FILE pointer, to support the new data source | |
531 abstraction. | |
532 | |
533 The SDL_*LoadWAV() functions have been replaced with a single | |
534 SDL_LoadWAV_RW() function that takes a SDL_RWops pointer as it's | |
535 first parameter, and a flag whether or not to automatically | |
536 free it as the second parameter. SDL_LoadWAV() is a macro for | |
537 backward compatibility and convenience: | |
538 SDL_LoadWAV_RW(SDL_RWFromFile("sample.wav", "rb"), 1, ...); | |
539 | |
540 The SDL_*LoadBMP()/SDL_*SaveBMP() functions have each been replaced | |
541 with a single function that takes a SDL_RWops pointer as it's | |
542 first parameter, and a flag whether or not to automatically | |
543 free it as the second parameter. SDL_LoadBMP() and SDL_SaveBMP() | |
544 are macros for backward compatibility and convenience: | |
545 SDL_LoadBMP_RW(SDL_RWFromFile("sample.bmp", "rb"), 1, ...); | |
546 SDL_SaveBMP_RW(SDL_RWFromFile("sample.bmp", "wb"), 1, ...); | |
547 Note that these functions use SDL_RWseek() extensively, and should | |
548 not be used on pipes or other non-seekable data sources. | |
549 | |
550 0.9.10: | |
551 The Linux SDL_SysWMInfo and SDL_SysWMMsg structures have been | |
552 extended to support multiple types of display drivers, as well as | |
553 safe access to the X11 display when THREADED_EVENTS is enabled. | |
554 The new structures are documented in the SDL_syswm.h header file. | |
555 | |
556 Thanks to John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>, the UK keyboard | |
557 should now work properly, as well as the "Windows" keys on US | |
558 keyboards. | |
559 | |
560 The Linux CD-ROM code now reads the CD-ROM devices from /etc/fstab | |
561 instead of trying to open each block device on the system. | |
562 The CD must be listed in /etc/fstab as using the iso9660 filesystem. | |
563 | |
564 On Linux, if you define THREADED_EVENTS at compile time, a separate | |
565 thread will be spawned to gather X events asynchronously from the | |
566 graphics updates. This hasn't been extensively tested, but it does | |
567 provide a means of handling keyboard and mouse input in a separate | |
568 thread from the graphics thread. (This is now enabled by default.) | |
569 | |
570 A special access function SDL_PeepEvents() allows you to manipulate | |
571 the event queue in a thread-safe manner, including peeking at events, | |
572 removing events of a specified type, and adding new events of arbitrary | |
573 type to the queue (use the new 'user' member of the SDL_Event type). | |
574 | |
575 If you use SDL_PeepEvents() to gather events, then the main graphics | |
576 thread needs to call SDL_PumpEvents() periodically to drive the event | |
577 loop and generate input events. This is not necessary if SDL has been | |
578 compiled with THREADED_EVENTS defined, but doesn't hurt. | |
579 | |
580 A new function SDL_ThreadID() returns the identifier associated with | |
581 the current thread. | |
582 | |
583 0.9.9: | |
584 The AUDIO_STEREO format flag has been replaced with a new 'channels' | |
585 member of the SDL_AudioSpec structure. The channels are 1 for mono | |
586 audio, and 2 for stereo audio. In the future more channels may be | |
587 supported for 3D surround sound. | |
588 | |
589 The SDL_MixAudio() function now takes an additional volume parameter, | |
590 which should be set to SDL_MIX_MAXVOLUME for compatibility with the | |
591 original function. | |
592 | |
593 The CD-ROM functions which take a 'cdrom' parameter can now be | |
594 passed NULL, and will act on the last successfully opened CD-ROM. | |
595 | |
596 0.9.8: | |
597 No changes, bugfixes only. | |
598 | |
599 0.9.7: | |
600 No changes, bugfixes only. | |
601 | |
602 0.9.6: | |
603 Added a fast rectangle fill function: SDL_FillRect() | |
604 | |
605 Addition of a useful function for getting info on the video hardware: | |
606 const SDL_VideoInfo *SDL_GetVideoInfo(void) | |
607 This function replaces SDL_GetDisplayFormat(). | |
608 | |
609 Initial support for double-buffering: | |
610 Use the SDL_DOUBLEBUF flag in SDL_SetVideoMode() | |
611 Update the screen with a new function: SDL_Flip() | |
612 | |
613 SDL_AllocSurface() takes two new flags: | |
614 SDL_SRCCOLORKEY means that the surface will be used for colorkey blits | |
615 and if the hardware supports hardware acceleration of colorkey blits | |
616 between two surfaces in video memory, to place the surface in video | |
617 memory if possible, otherwise it will be placed in system memory. | |
618 SDL_SRCALPHA means that the surface will be used for alpha blits and | |
619 if the hardware supports hardware acceleration of alpha blits between | |
620 two surfaces in video memory, to place the surface in video memory | |
621 if possible, otherwise it will be placed in system memory. | |
622 SDL_HWSURFACE now means that the surface will be created with the | |
623 same format as the display surface, since having surfaces in video | |
624 memory is only useful for fast blitting to the screen, and you can't | |
625 blit surfaces with different surface formats in video memory. | |
626 | |
627 0.9.5: | |
628 You can now pass a NULL mask to SDL_WM_SetIcon(), and it will assume | |
629 that the icon consists of the entire image. | |
630 | |
631 SDL_LowerBlit() is back -- but don't use it on the display surface. | |
632 It is exactly the same as SDL_MiddleBlit(), but doesn't check for | |
633 thread safety. | |
634 | |
635 Added SDL_FPLoadBMP(), SDL_FPSaveBMP(), SDL_FPLoadWAV(), which take | |
636 a FILE pointer instead of a file name. | |
637 | |
638 Added CD-ROM audio control API: | |
639 SDL_CDNumDrives() | |
640 SDL_CDName() | |
641 SDL_CDOpen() | |
642 SDL_CDStatus() | |
643 SDL_CDPlayTracks() | |
644 SDL_CDPlay() | |
645 SDL_CDPause() | |
646 SDL_CDResume() | |
647 SDL_CDStop() | |
648 SDL_CDEject() | |
649 SDL_CDClose() | |
650 | |
651 0.9.4: | |
652 No changes, bugfixes only. | |
653 | |
654 0.9.3: | |
655 Mouse motion event now includes relative motion information: | |
656 Sint16 event->motion.xrel, Sint16 event->motion.yrel | |
657 | |
658 X11 keyrepeat handling can be disabled by defining IGNORE_X_KEYREPEAT | |
659 (Add -DIGNORE_X_KEYREPEAT to CFLAGS line in obj/x11Makefile) | |
660 | |
661 0.9.2: | |
662 No changes, bugfixes only. | |
663 | |
664 0.9.1: | |
665 Removed SDL_MapSurface() and SDL_UnmapSurface() -- surfaces are now | |
666 automatically mapped on blit. | |
667 | |
668 0.8.0: | |
669 SDL stable release |