view README.PicoGUI @ 4207:a673f44949d6 SDL-1.2

Fixed bug #562 this patch by Diego Pettenò <flameeyes@gentoo.org> for SDL-1.2: The attached patch applies over latest ~arch SDL version, and allows to use the xinerama support to launch an application full screened on the head "0". The SDL_VIDEO_FULLSCREEN_HEAD environment variable sets the head on which the full screen will be displayed, but if you set it to 0, the code simply ignores it as unset. My patch changes the unset value to -1, so that the 0 value can be used correctly. Without this, trying to get fullscreen on head 0 would get the same result than not having xinerama enabled at all. http://sources.gentoo.org/media-libs/libsdl/files/libsdl-1.2.11-xinerama-head-0.patch SDL-1.3 doesnt seem to have any code like this, but it's still good for SDL-1.2
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:20:51 +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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