view README.PicoGUI @ 4287:0620847bf1a8 SDL-1.2

Fixed bug #798 kty@lavabit.com 2009-09-19 14:19:04 PDT The stable release of SDL 1.2.13 for BeOS/Haiku has a bug in BE_FindClosestFSMode that causes it to sometimes not select the best mode when going fullscreen. There are in fact two bugs in the implementation but I will not go into specifics because there is already a patch for it in the developer SVN 1.3. However I am still reporting it because I believe the following code is a better patch for the issue. The current implementation on SVN only works if it is able to find an exact match for the requested mode. However, by scanning from lowest-to-highest resolution instead of highest-to-lowest, one can find the best mode at all times
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:11:07 +0000
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  Using SDL with PicoGUI
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- Originally contributed by Micah Dowty <micahjd@users.sourceforge.net>

PicoGUI is a scalable GUI system with a unique architecture, primarily focused
on scalability to various embedded systems. You can find more information
including a FAQ at http://picogui.org

To use the patch:

  1. When compiling, add the "--enable-video-picogui" switch to ./configure

  2. When running your program, ensure that the picogui driver for SDL
     is in use by setting the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment variable 
     to "picogui".

  3. The program must also be linked to the C client library for PicoGUI
     (libpgui.so). If the program is being compiled with a patched SDL 
     installed this should be done automatically. If you want to use an
     existing binary with PicoGUI, you can set the LD_PRELOAD environment
     variable to the path of your libpgui.so file.

Capabilities:

  So far only basic functionality is provided on true color (linear16/24/32)
  devices. Accessing a memory mapped bitmap, updating the display, and handling
  mouse/keyboard input. This functionality has been tested with several
  applications, including mplayer, Xine, sldroids, and Abuse.

TODO list:

  - YUV overlays will be helpful for watching video on set top boxes or other
    embedded devices that have some graphics acceleration hardware

  - Account for rotated bitmap storage in pgserver

  - Support for hiding or changing the cursor

  - The display should be centered when the SDL application is smaller
    than the PicoGUI panel

  - Fullscreen or any other special modes

  - Support for indexed and grayscale modes

  - Probably much more...

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