[SDL] screen size and bit depth under OpenGL ?

[Romi Kuntsman]

What about a cross-platform function to get the available OpenGL buffer 
sizes (stencil, auxility, color, depth) for each mode?

RK.


Sam Lantinga wrote:

>>Hi,
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>>How to know what screen size and bits depth are avaible under OpenGL, before 
>>to use:
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>>SDL_SetVideoMode(int width, int height, int bpp, Uint32 flags);
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>In general SDL_ListModes() will list fullscreen modes that will work
>with OpenGL.  You can usually specify either 16 or 32 bpp for an OpenGL
>video mode, and it's always safe to use the current depth, as given in
>the structure returned by SDL_GetVideoInfo().
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