Many-mouse and tablet support
by Szymon Wilczek, mentored by Ryan C. Gordon
Everything concerning the project is noted on the wiki:
http://wilku.ravenlord.ws/doku.php?id=start
working earlier this week.
I added some more trace code to SDL_x11events.c
In SDL_X11opengl.c I modified SDL_GL_GetSwapInterval() so that it returns a pretty good value even if you have the SGI swap extension instead of the MESA swap
extension. I just saved the value you set and return it too you.
following event can reset done to 1 and prevent the program from terminating when told to. I fixed the while loop that handles events to check for the state of done
after handling each event. That could leave some events unhandled when the program exits, but it ensures that the program will exit.
From: Sam Lantinga
Subject: SDL 1.3 keyboard plan
After lots of discussion with Christian, this is what we came up with:
> So, to sum up...
> SDLK_* become the physical keys, starting at > (1<<21)
> We create a macro SDLK_INDEX(X)
> We have two functions SDL_GetLayoutKey(SDLKey) and SDL_GetKeyName()
> SDL_GetLayoutKey maps to UCS4 for printable characters, and SDLK* for
non-printable characters
> and does so based on the OS's current keyboard layout
> SDL_GetKeyName() handles both SDLK_* and UCS4, converting UCS4 to UTF-8 and
converting SDLK_* into our names, which are UTF-8 for printable characters.
> WASD folks use SDLK_*, and 'I' folks use SDL_GetLayoutKey(SDLK_*)
Here is the patch he came up with, and his e-mail about it:
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:50:28 +0200
From: Christian Walther
Subject: Re: SDL 1.3 keyboard plan
> Sounds great, go ahead and send me a patch.
Here goes! Thanks for having a look. Don't hesitate to comment if
anything does not conform to your ideas.
One caveat: Committing this now may break compilability of some video
drivers - specifically, if they use any of the SDLK_* codes that were
obsoleted and moved into SDL_compat.h. I only tried Cocoa (which did
break, but is already fixed) and X11 (which didn't, but then its key
handling is #iffed out). If that's a problem, it may need to go into
a branch.
-Christian
- SDL_Surface is a system memory representation of pixel data
- SDL_Texture is a video memory representation of pixel data
The concept of SDL_Surface with SDL_HWSURFACE is no longer used.
Separated SDL_Texture types by usage rather than memory type
- SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC is for rarely changed pixel data,
can be placed in video memory.
- SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STREAMING is for frequently changing pixel
data, usually placed in system memory or AGP memory.
Optimized the SDL_compat usage of the OpenGL renderer by only
using one copy of the framebuffer instead of two.
available and to keep people form having to install yet another library I have added the essential parts of Xmu in
src/video/extensions/XmuStdCmap and an include file in src/video/extensions. The support makes use of standard X11 mechanisms to
create color maps and make sure that an application uses the same color map for each window/visual combination. This should make it
possible for gamma support to be implemented based on a single color map per application.
Hurm... it looks like "make indent" modified a few extra files. Those are getting committed too.
Added DirectInput joystick code, contributed by Glenn Maynard.
This fixes a problem with the Windows Multimedia joystick driver
not showing all 6 axes on a GameCube controller converter, which
was donated by Jacob Kolding.
The current SVN trunk is missing the SDLCALL specifier at numerous locations.
It has to be added for all (possibly user provided) callbacks.
I stumbled over this while creating a makefile for the OpenWatcom compiler for
Win32.
The proper name of Apple's operating system is "Mac OS X" not "MacOS X", as can
bee seen in many places, for example http://www.apple.com/macosx/). This
contrasts the naming of the old operating system, which was called "MacOS" and
today is often refered to as "MacOS Classic".
The attached patches fixes the misuse of the name "MacOS X" in both the SDL12
and sdlweb CVS modules.
From the autoconf obsolete macros documentation:
Macro: AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
Determine the system type and set output variables to the names of the canonical system types. See section Getting the Canonical System Type, for details about the variables this macro sets.
The user is encouraged to use either AC_CANONICAL_BUILD, or AC_CANONICAL_HOST, or AC_CANONICAL_TARGET, depending on the needs. Using AC_CANONICAL_TARGET is enough to run the two other macros.
From the documentation for the canonical environments:
case $target in
i386-*-mach* | i386-*-gnu*)
obj_format=aout emulation=mach bfd_gas=yes ;;
i960-*-bout) obj_format=bout ;;
esac
Note that the above example uses $target because it's taken from a tool which can be built on some architecture ($build), run on another ($host), but yet handle data for a third architecture ($target). Such tools are usually part of a compiler suite, they generate code for a specific $target.
However $target should be meaningless for most packages. If you want to base a decision on the system where your program will be run, make sure you use the $host variable.
From: "William Petiot [exoide]"
Subject: Re: [SDL] cvs version: standard win32 SDL.DLL file test [patch]
I found a bug or two in previous patch, so here is a patch to correct this.
From: Rob Neff
Subject: [SDL] testgl.c minor bug fix for fullscreen mode
from:
if ( strcmp(argv[1], "-fullscreen") == 0 ) {
to:
if ( strcmp(argv[i], "-fullscreen") == 0 ) {
Minor bug, but might help someone else out who is trying to pass
the command-line params -logo -fullscreen like I was! :)
if SDL is built with a non-cdecl calling convention, and it's just generally
bad practice anyhow.
Now programs explicitly call SDL_Quit() where appropriate, wrap SDL_Quit() in
a cdecl function where it can't be avoided, and rely on the parachute where
a crash might have hit the atexit() before (these ARE test programs, after
all!).
"Just a request about test subdirectory: the autotools files
(config.guess, config.sub, etc...) are a bit outdated, and I have to
update them for my cross-compilation party. So it would be nice to
have these updated.
...
Just removing these files works, because then configure will use
those of SDL's topdir. Could someone else check this, just to be sure?
i.e. remove config.guess, config.sub, install-sh and mkinstalldirs from
test subdir."
I tested on Linux and MacOSX...seems to be safe, so I'm nuking the files.
--ryan.
From: Tyler Montbriand
Subject: [SDL] minor bugfix for test/testoverlay2.c
Programs that use malloc ought to #include <stdlib.h> . On 32-bit systems you
can get away with not including it, but on 64-bit systems it will assume
malloc() returns a 32-bit integer and butcher the 64-bit pointers it returns.
From: "Mike Gorchak"
Subject: QNX 6.3 fixes for SDL
Sam, I've added new OpenGL framework for SDL, which appeared in the new QNX version - 6.3. I've leave compatibility with previous QNX versions. And I've moved all GL specific functions to the separate module, like it done for the other platforms.
SDL is now ready for the QNX 6.3 :)
From: "Mike Gorchak"
Subject: SDL updates for the QNX6
1. Updated the README.QNX
2. Updated libtool scripts, which are shipped with SDL for QNX6 support.
3. Added some code to support the new QNX 6.3.0, which is in beta now.
4. Added code to detect the hw features, which driver supports.
5. Added hw alpha blits code.
6. Fixed bug when application switches to fullscreen more the 2 times. (afte\
r that window becames always stay on top).
7. Updated a bit README for the tests.
8. Added information about acceleration show in the testalpha.c test.
9. Added small fixes to the testoverlay2.c test.
10. Added alpha and cc+alpha blits benchmarks to the testvidinfo.c test.
From: "Damien A"
Subject: testdyngl fix
The test program you included in the latest version of SDL crashes on startup in Window (XP). The reason for this is that OpenGL functions on Windows use the __stdcall calling convention, not the C convention. Placing APIENTRY infront of the * operator solves this problem.
From: "Mike Gorchak"
Subject: Batch of the QNX6 fixes for the SDL
1. Updated readme.QNX
2. Fixed crashes during intensive window updating under fast machines (got over 200 rectangles for update).
3. Fixed double-buffered fullscreen modes, now it works as needed.
4. Fixed Photon detection algorithm.
5. Fixed HWSURFACE update function.
6. Added SDL_PHOTON_FULLSCREEN_REFRESH environment variable support for control refresh rates under Photon.
7. Added 640x400 fullscreen mode emulation via 640x480 (if videodriver not supports original 640x400 mode of course) shifted by 40 vertical pixels from begin, to center it. It's needed for some old DOS games which ran in doubled 320x200 mode.
8. Added available video ram amount support.
8. Added hardware surface allocation/deallocation support if current videomode and videodriver supports it.
9. Added hardware filling support.
10. Added hardware blits support (simple and colorkeyed).
And I've added to testvidinfo test color-keyed blits benchmark (maybe need to add alpha blits benchmark too ?). Currently Photon not supporting any alpha hardware blittings (all drivers lack of alpha blitting code support, only software alpha blitting exist in photon, which is hundreds times slowest than the SDL's one). So I've not added the alpha support. I suppose new QNX 6.3 will have the hardware alpha support, so when it will be done, I'll add alpha support.
From: Max Horn
Subject: SDL_HasAltiVec; BUGS file
the attached patch adds SDL_HasAltiVec to SDL CVS. Note that at this
point, this only works on MacOSX (and maybe darwin). I don't know how
to properly add a test for e.g. Linux/PPC at this point. I found an
email which might help in doing so:
http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~maxi/html/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-01msg00783.html
However, since I have no way to test on a non-OSX PowerPC system, I am
not comfortable blindly adding such code... I just hope that if
somebody from the Linux/PPC (or FreeBSD/PPC, or whatever) community
notices this, they'll jump up and provide a patch for us ;-)
From: "Andy Pfiffer"
Subject: [SDL] patch: PocketPC 2000 diffs for release_1_2_6
I was making a backup of my current workspace of SDL for PocketPC,
and thought I would send out my diffs.
Apologies in advance if the patch has become whitespace mangled.
These diffs are relative to CVS tag release_1_2_6, and contain (I think)
all changes that have been mentioned on the mailing list in the last
few months.
I only have PocketPC 2000 & an ARM-based device (iPaq 3635), and I
only use Embedded Visual Tools 3.0, so I can't say for sure if it
breaks other PocketPC 200[023] builds.
From: "Mike Gorchak"
Subject: SDL/QNX6 new patch
Here in attachment my patch for the SDL/QNX6 again :) It contain non-crtitical/cosmetic fixes:
1. Fixed window centering at other than the first consoles.
2. Fixed window centering algorithm in case when window height or width are greater than the desktop resolution.
3. Fixed window positioning on other than the first consoles.
4. Fixed occasional input focus lost when switching to fullscreen.
5. Removed the Photon's default chroma color for the overlays, added RGB(12, 6, 12) color instead (very dark pink).
6. Added more checks to the YUV overlay code (fixed crashes during resolution mode switches).
7. Added support for Enter/Backspace keys in unicode mode (used by Maelstrom and by other games).
8. Fixed window restore/maximize function. It works, finally.
From: "Mike Gorchak"
Subject: Patches for tests and QNX6
1) graywin - added support for the gray gradient in the 15/16 bpp modes. Added SDL_VIDEOEXPOSE event handling.
2) testalpha - added support for the gray gradient in the 15/16 bpp modes.
3) testbitmap - added support for the gray gradient in the 8/15/16 bpp modes.
From: "Mike Gorchak"
Subject: New test for overlays
While writting QNX Photon Overlay code I've found that the existent overlay test application is not enough, it performs too artificial tests - it always moves/resizes the overlay's viewport, but in the real life that happens very rare. So I decided to write new test (commonly base on testoverlay.c code) and called it testoverlay2 :)
moose.dat - raw 8 bit paletted data of the small movie. (It was a moose.gif, also included in the attachment as reference, but not needed for this test, it is just for information). I cannot find, who created this .gif, so no credits this time :) But over inet I saw this gif zillion times, so I think we do not infringing somebody rights :)
From: "Mike Gorchak"
Subject: New patches for QNX6
Here my patches for the SDL/QNX:
QNXSDL.diff - diff to non-QNX related sources:
- updated BUGS file, I think QNX6 is now will be officially supported
- configure.in - added shared library support for QNX, and removed dependency between the ALSA and QNX6.
- SDL_audio.c - added QNX NTO sound bootstrap insted of ALSA's.
- SDL_sysaudio.h - the same.
- SDL_nto_audio.c - the same.
- SDL_video.c - right now, QNX doesn't offer any method to obtain pointers to the OpenGL functions by function name, so they must be hardcoded in library, otherwise OpenGL will not be supported.
- testsprite.c - fixed: do not draw vertical red line if we are in non-double-buffered mode.
sdlqnxph.tar.gz - archive of the ./src/video/photon/* . Too many changes in code to make diffs :) :
+ Added stub for support hide/unhide window event
+ Added full YUV overlays support.
+ Added window maximize support.
+ Added mouse wheel events.
+ Added support for some specific key codes in Unicode mode (like ESC).
+ Added more checks to the all memory allocation code.
+ Added SDL_DOUBLEBUF support in all fullscreen modes.
+ Added fallback to window mode, if desired fullscreen mode is not supported.
+ Added stub support for the GL_LoadLibrary and GL_GetProcAddress functions.
+ Added resizable window support without caption.
! Fixed bug in the Ph_EV_EXPOSE event handler, when rectangles to update is 0 and when width or height of the rectangle is 0.
! Fixed bug in the event handler code. Events has not been passed to the window widget handler.
! Fixed codes for Win keys (Super/Hyper/Menu).
! Fixed memory leak, when deallocation palette.
! Fixed palette emulation code bugs.
! Fixed fullscreen and hwsurface handling.
! Fixed CLOSE button bug. First event was passed to the handler, but second terminated the application. Now all events passed to the application correctly.
- Removed all printfs in code, now SDL_SetError used instead of them.
- Disabled ToggleFullScreen function.
README.QNX - updated README.QNX file. Added much more issues.
From: Shawn Kirst
Subject: SDL-1.2.5 patch to add ARB_multisample support
Attached is a patch I have written for SDL-1.2.5 that adds ARB_multisample
support. I only have the X11 and Win32 video patched. The Win32 patch also
adds support for WGL_ARB_pixel_format, as it was required for getting a
multisample capable pixel format. No additional GL header files are required
to compile on either platform (though you need an up-to-date glx.h for X11).
Requesting a multisample pixel format is made possible using
SDL_GL_SetAttribute with the two new SDL_GLattr's I've added
(SDL_GL_SAMPLE_BUFFERS and SDL_GL_SAMPLES). I've been using SDL in my
projects for quite a while now, so I am happy to contribute back to the
project. Now you can have and control FSAA in your SDL/GL apps at the
application level!
From: "Mike Gorchak"
added help and options -mono to force monochrome RGB2YUB conversion and
-lum <percent> - luminance of image during conversion. Also rewritten code
which moves overlay into window. Now it depends on window size.
Also fully rewritten -scale option, image now scaling from 50% from center
of screen until border of window is reached - it really tests scaler, old
-scale test doesn't test downscale.
From: "Mike Gorchak" <mike@malva.com.ua>
Subject: One more QNX patch
Hi !
- Fixed graywin test application. Added properly support for
window size not equal to 640x480.
- Added support for not aligned pitch of image in SDL_SWSURFACE
and SDL_HWSURFACE. Using Photon builtin alignes.
- Added memory clear after each malloc to avoid problems in the
future :)
- Removed unused variables and static variables, fixed some warnings.
- Updated readme.QNX file.
From: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@bluecherry.net>
Subject: [SDL] A critical bugfix!
I discovered a problem with testgl.c which absolutely MUST be fixed! Not
fixing this bug immediately will be a great blow to budding OpenGL coders
everywhere!
From: "Mike Gorchak" <mike@malva.ua>
Subject: New QNX patch.
Hi !
1. Removed warning (possible bug) with invalid type, passing to the function
in ph_WarpedMotion.
2. Rewritten handler of Ph_WM_RESIZE message, now works, but buggy (old
handler doesn't work at all).
3. Added stub handler for Ph_WM_MAX (maximize) message.
4. Added more #ifdef HAVE_OPENGL to disable OpenGL stuff when it not needed.
5. Added support for SDL_NOFRAME and SDL_RESIZABLE flags (in OpenGL windows
too).
6. Added cosmetic changes, if no SDL_RESIZABLE flag defined, disable resize
handlers in window border and maximize button at caption.
7. Fixed my bug with invalid arguments count passed to PtCreateWidget call.
8. Fixed some palette problems.
9. Updated README.QNX file.
And I changed testgl.c test application:
10. Added in testgl.c application support for SDL_NOFRAME flag and
option -noframe.
