[SDL] followup (Re: getting X11 (or windows) events when SDL_WINDOWID is set

[Pierre Phaneuf]

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it> wrote:

> 2. add a new API call to SDL to access the low-level descriptor to
>   talk directly with the graphic server (X11 or other).
>   This is powerful in that it opens the way to all sort of manipulations
>   of the graphic server, however it requires backend-specific code
>   in the SDL application to do what one needs;

SDL_GetWMInfo() can get you the Xlib Display* (have a look at what
else is there). Make sure to read the documentation about the
SDL_VERSION() bit, it's quite important!

You'll probably then have to enable SDL_SysWMEvent and handle them to
get at the X11 events, if I understand this correctly (I haven't done
the specific thing you want, I get the Display* and hack other
things).

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