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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.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sun, 20 Apr 2003 05:36:52 +0000
parents e5bc29de3f0a
children 546f7c1eb755
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.TH "SDL_ListModes" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_ListModes\- Returns a pointer to an array of available screen dimensions for the given format and video flags
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBSDL_Rect **\fBSDL_ListModes\fP\fR(\fBSDL_PixelFormat *format, Uint32 flags\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Return a pointer to an array of available screen dimensions for the given format and video flags, sorted largest to smallest\&. Returns \fBNULL\fP if there are no dimensions available for a particular format, or \fB-1\fR if any dimension is okay for the given format\&.
.PP
If \fBformat\fR is \fBNULL\fP, the mode list will be for the format returned by \fISDL_GetVideoInfo()\fR->\fBvfmt\fR\&. The \fBflag\fR parameter is an OR\&'d combination of \fIsurface\fR flags\&. The flags are the same as those used \fI\fBSDL_SetVideoMode\fP\fR and they play a strong role in deciding what modes are valid\&. For instance, if you pass \fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP as a flag only modes that support hardware video surfaces will be returned\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
.nf
\f(CWSDL_Rect **modes;
int i;
\&.
\&.
\&.

/* Get available fullscreen/hardware modes */
modes=SDL_ListModes(NULL, SDL_FULLSCREEN|SDL_HWSURFACE);

/* Check is there are any modes available */
if(modes == (SDL_Rect **)0){
  printf("No modes available!
");
  exit(-1);
}

/* Check if or resolution is restricted */
if(modes == (SDL_Rect **)-1){
  printf("All resolutions available\&.
");
}
else{
  /* Print valid modes */
  printf("Available Modes
");
  for(i=0;modes[i];++i)
    printf("  %d x %d
", modes[i]->w, modes[i]->h);
}
\&.
\&.\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_SetVideoMode\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_GetVideoInfo\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_Rect\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01