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Date: 28 Jun 2003 22:42:52 +0100 From: Alan Swanson Subject: Re: [SDL] New XFree 4.3 Video Mode Patch I have a wee amendment that moves the qsort in set_best_resolution to only occur after failing to find an exact match only. This would make absolutely sure we get a user set mode. While I've never had any problems for my normal resolutions (1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600 & 640,480) while closely examining the output from qsort I've noticed it doesn't seem to sort the modes fully. These is one definite wrong at 1152x768 and a few that just look wrong to me. From a program (attached) I made to examine this more easily. X has sorted its mode list using the same method as ours (plus frequency), and our user modes get inserted without any other movement. On the patch I've made I've also changed cmpmodes to sort on vertical resolution and then horizontal. Ie vertical is now most significant bit.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sat, 28 Jun 2003 21:52:26 +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