[SDL] Full screen mode disabling screensaver?
Torsten Giebl
wizard at syntheticsw.com
Wed Mar 14 01:53:18 PDT 2007
Hello !
> Sounds like SDL is disabling screensaver while in fullscreen mode.
> Is that by design? Any way around that? Any reason to avoid turning on
> the screensaver?
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/* Save DPMS and screensaver settings */
X11_SaveScreenSaver(SDL_Display, &screensaver_timeout, &dpms_enabled);
X11_DisableScreenSaver(SDL_Display);
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Yes it is disabled by SDL. Maybe to get sure not loosing context
or so.
> (Maybe I should add a simple screensaver to Tux Paint itself after
> an extended amount of inactivity...?)
You could make some adverts there for Tux4Kids :-)
CU
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