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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:14:00 +0200 From: "Eckhard Stolberg" Subject: Controller names in SDL for Windows I'm working on an Atari 2600 emulator for different systems that uses the SDL. Some time ago someone created an adaptor that lets you use your old Atari controllers with your computer through the USB port. Some of the Atari controllers require special handling by the emulator, so it would be nice, if it would be possible to detect if any of the controllers connected to the computer is this adaptor. SDL would allow that with the SDL_JoystickName function, but unfortunately it doesn't work properly on Windows. On Linux and MacOSX this function returns the name of the controller, but on Windows you'll only get the name of the joystick driver. Most joysticks nowadays use the generic Microsoft driver, so they all return the same name. In an old MSDN article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarinput/html/msdn_extdirect.asp) Microsoft describes how to read out the OEM controller names from the registry. I have implemented this for the SDL controller handler on Windows, and now reading the joystick name works properly there too.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:45:58 +0000
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.TH "SDL_CreateRGBSurface" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_CreateRGBSurface\- Create an empty SDL_Surface
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBSDL_Surface *\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurface\fP\fR(\fBUint32 flags, int width, int height, int depth, Uint32 Rmask, Uint32 Gmask, Uint32 Bmask, Uint32 Amask\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocate an empty surface (must be called after \fISDL_SetVideoMode\fR)
.PP
If \fBdepth\fR is 8 bits an empty palette is allocated for the surface, otherwise a \&'packed-pixel\&' \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR is created using the \fB[RGBA]mask\fR\&'s provided (see \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR)\&. The \fBflags\fR specifies the type of surface that should be created, it is an OR\&'d combination of the following possible values\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_SWSURFACE\fP
SDL will create the surface in system memory\&. This improves the performance of pixel level access, however you may not be able to take advantage of some types of hardware blitting\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP
SDL will attempt to create the surface in video memory\&. This will allow SDL to take advantage of Video->Video blits (which are often accelerated)\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_SRCCOLORKEY\fP
This flag turns on colourkeying for blits from this surface\&. If \fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP is also specified and colourkeyed blits are hardware-accelerated, then SDL will attempt to place the surface in video memory\&. Use \fI\fBSDL_SetColorKey\fP\fR to set or clear this flag after surface creation\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_SRCALPHA\fP
This flag turns on alpha-blending for blits from this surface\&. If \fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP is also specified and alpha-blending blits are hardware-accelerated, then the surface will be placed in video memory if possible\&. Use \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR to set or clear this flag after surface creation\&.
.PP
.RS
\fBNote:  
.PP
If an alpha-channel is specified (that is, if \fBAmask\fR is nonzero), then the \fBSDL_SRCALPHA\fP flag is automatically set\&. You may remove this flag by calling \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR after surface creation\&.
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Returns the created surface, or \fBNULL\fR upon error\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
.nf
\f(CW    /* Create a 32-bit surface with the bytes of each pixel in R,G,B,A order,
       as expected by OpenGL for textures */
    SDL_Surface *surface;
    Uint32 rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;

    /* SDL interprets each pixel as a 32-bit number, so our masks must depend
       on the endianness (byte order) of the machine */
#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
    rmask = 0xff000000;
    gmask = 0x00ff0000;
    bmask = 0x0000ff00;
    amask = 0x000000ff;
#else
    rmask = 0x000000ff;
    gmask = 0x0000ff00;
    bmask = 0x00ff0000;
    amask = 0xff000000;
#endif

    surface = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, width, height, 32,
                                   rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);
    if(surface == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "CreateRGBSurface failed: %s
", SDL_GetError());
        exit(1);
    }\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_FreeSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SetVideoMode\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_LockSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_Surface\fR\fR \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR \fI\fBSDL_SetColorKey\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01