[SDL] Support for multiple windows

[Olivier Delannoy]

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On 12/14/06, J.J. Sestrich <jsestri2 at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Torsten Giebl wrote:
> > Hello !
> >
> >
> >
> >>I have read that there currently isn't any support for multiple windows
> >>in SDL. I was wondering if there was a truely good reason for this? I think
> >>there are some very good reasons why using two programs to run two windows
> >>is the incorrect way to achieve such a thing, but I am not an SDL expert
> >>either.
> >>
> >>If there isn't an overwhelming reason why it does not exist, I am
> >>thinking about possible attempting to extend SDL myself, in which case I
> >>would love to know if anyone has any pointers or tips, since I have only
> >>used SDL, not mucked with the source code too much.
> >
> >
> >
> > It would be possible to have MultiWindows with
> > SDL, but SDL was not really built for this.
> > I mean when you get an event, you want to know
> > from what window it came and so on.
> >
> > SDL-1.3/2.0 has MultiWindow Support
> > and was designed to use it.
> >
> > Also adding API things to SDL-1.2 could/would
> > break ABI and API compat., which is a bad thing.
> >
> > SDL-1.3/2.0 is really the thing to
> > put stuff in. SDL-1.2 is only there because
> > it was tested over a long time and is stable,
> > important for commer. releases.
> >
> >
> > CU
>
> Is there anything documenting 1.3? Or the source code is document enough
> for those who are using it right now?
>
> Is there at least a good outline of the new event window structures?
>
> JJ
>
>
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