Re: SDL vs GGI

[Pierre Phaneuf <pp@ludusdesign.com>]

Steve Baker wrote:

> > Yes, that's what I mean. How do you do an undecorated window that is
> > still resizable and everything? Doesn't override_redirect prevent that?
> > The only way I know how to do a fullscreen window without any X
> > extension like DGA is to create a window of size DisplayWidth,
> > DisplayHeight at position 0, 0 with the override_redirect flag on.
> 
> Erm - please don't mistake me for an X-windows Guru - I do all my
> work through toolkits that hide all the ugly Xlib stuff.  The
> short answer is that I know it can be done - but I have no idea
> how (in detail at least).

If you could (can?) take a look at the sources, looking for a
XCreateWindow (I'd be surprise, but it could also be a
XCreateSimpleWindow) call, could you tell me what window options are
set? I'd be really thankful!

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Pierre Phaneuf
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