[SDL] Multiple SDL Windows?

[David Olofson]

On Sunday 25 March 2001 00:24, John R. Hall wrote:
[...]
> Multiple windows don't make sense for fullscreen applications, but

Why? Does it make more sense to move the cliprect around when 
managing a game screen with multiple display areas?

Also, in seems rather logical to me to provide the (rather simple) 
hooks required to snap in a window manager, so that SDL applications 
that were designed for targets with a windowing system can be ported 
to fullscreen-only targets.

I'd rather not to put X and a standard WM on an embedded system, for 
example, but a windowed GUI with high performance can still 
beessential, as that's what many users expect. Just for starters, the 
standard key bindings of X WMs work well for normal desktops, but are 
pretty useless when you want full control of a single, specialized 
application. An SDL fullscreen mode with window based clipping and a 
simple hook for a custom WM would be perfect in that scenario.


//David

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