[SDL] Still get SDL window with SetVideoMode(0, 0, 0, SDL_SWSURFACE)

[manmach]

Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 12:20:20AM -0700, manmach wrote:
>> I have a wxWidgets application that uses SDL for image processing, but
>> not
>> for output.
>> 
>> So in order not to have an SDL window, I would call
>> SDL_SetVideoMode(0,0,0,SDL_SWSURFACE).
> 
> This now means "use the current resolution".
> 
> I believe you can disable the window using:
> putenv("SDL_VIDEODRIVER=dummy");
> 
> Can you try that?
> 

I can, I did and it works. At least on my Windows machine. I'll be trying on
my Linux machine next.

Thanks a bundle.

I realise mine might be an unusual usage of SDL, but maybe especially
because of that, it might be worth adding a note to the FAQ for instance.


regards,
Erik
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