[SDL] Overriding video mode selection of SDL_SetVideoMode

[Michael Bandsmer]

I gather from the lack of replies that what I want to do isn't
possible---at least not easily.  How about adding a new function to the
API for 1.3, something like

SDL_Surface *SDL_SetVideoModeCustom(
	int physicalScreenWidth, 
	int physicalScreenHeight, 
	int displayWidth, 
	int displayHeight, 
	int bpp, 
	Uint32 flags);

This would use displayWidth and displayHeight for the dimensions of a
display window, to be centered on a fullscreen hardware resolution of
physicalScreenWidth by physicalScreenHeight.

Could something like this make it into the next release?  That would
really help me get around the problem I described below.

Mike


--- Michael Bandsmer <mbandsmer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi, I'm new to SDL so forgive me if I'm missing something obvious.
> 
> What I want to do is set a full-screen video mode with a
> smaller-than-fullscreen display window centered on a black
> background---just like SDL_SetVideoMode currently does---except that
> I
> want to override SDL's choice of the "next higher resolution".  This
> is
> because SDL invariably chooses a 1280x960 resolution for my
> particular
> display window, whereas I want to be using 1280x1024, because this is
> the only resolution (on my LCD) in which pixels have the right aspect
> ratio and don't blur.  Is there a simple way to do this?
> 
> Mike
> 


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