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Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 02:23:48 +0200 From: Marcin Konicki Subject: [PATCH] Add missing functions and bring back OpenGL This patch adds missing functions: IconifyWindow GetWMInfo GL_LoadLibrary GL_GetProcAddress GL_GetAttribute GL_MakeCurrent Adding GL_* functions brings back working OpenGL in SDL for BeOS :). With addd GL_* functions there are few changes in Window class to handle changes better. Patch also fixes bug which freezed window when using MesaGL instead of BeOS r5 GL - it just needed Window->Quit() added into BE_VideoQuit(). THX to Michael Weirauch (a.k.a emwe) who worked on that bug before and found that it freezes because of lock somewhere. THX to Matti "Mictlantecuhtli" Lev��nen for testing, Rod��ric Vicaire (a.k.a. Ingenu) for OpenGL wisdom, and Stefano Ceccherini (a.k.a Jack Burton) for asking me to fix SDL on BeOS :).
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:14:33 +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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