[AD] [ alleg-Bugs-2650288 ] al_set_new_display_format values can only be guess

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Bugs item #2650288, was opened at 2009-03-01 01:53
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Category: Core Library
Group: 4.9
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Elias Pschernig (elias)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: al_set_new_display_format values can only be guess

Initial Comment:
Right now, whenever you use the function al_set_new_display_format(), your program will fail on some platforms/drivers. We had several of the Allegro examples fail because of this. A possible solution would be to add two functions:

int n = al_get_num_display_formats()
int format = al_get_display_format(int index)

They would work like the existing al_get_num_display_modes/al_get_display_mode and list all supported pixel formats.

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