Re: [AD] SF.net SVN: alleg:[13184] allegro/branches/4.9

[Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On April 3, 2010, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> On April 3, 2010, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> > On April 3, 2010, Peter Wang wrote:
> > > On 2010-04-03, Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On April 3, 2010, Peter Wang wrote:
> > > > > Milan's description sounded like the window is indeed frameless,
> > > > > and positioned somewhere (I assumed at 0,0 but Milan will have to
> > > > > confirm) but the *viewport* is not initially at 0,0.
> > > > 
> > > > As far as I know, that isn't possible. I mean I could tell XRandR
> > > > to move the display's absolute positions, but that would likely
> > > > mess things up, and since the window is created at the display's
> > > > own origin, it CAN'T be wrong. Or somehow the driver is moving the
> > > > origin when a mode is set, which makes no sense.
> > > 
> > > Another data point:
> > > 
> > > nvidia-driver-180.51
> > > xorg-server 1.6.3
> > > 
> > > * ex_fs_resize set the screen mode correctly both times, but the
> > > panel
> > > 
> > >   (taskbar) at the top of the screen remains visible, with the
> > >   Allegro window just underneath.  The mouse cursor is trapped in
> > >   the Allego window.  If I alt-tab away I can't regain focus in the
> > >   Allegro window. The window manager is IceWM.
> > 
> > Yeah, I haven't figured out how to fully force an ALWAYS ON TOP flag. I
> > tried with the set_above method, but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> I think I've fixed that problem. I've moved the set_above call to happen
> after the window is mapped. It seems to fix it on my desktop.
> 
> > have to look into the alt tabbing though.. technically it grabbed the
> > mouse, so it really shouldn't have alt-tab'ed away, no place for the
> > mouse to go.
> 
> The second mode set on my system still doesn't change the allegro display
> size, and I don't know why. Also your changes to the example make it
> impossible for me to alt tab away (alt causes it jump past the wait_keys
> function), so I'll have to hack that up some more.
> 
> > Could try just skipping the GrabMouse and see what that does. Theres no
> > virtual res scrolling with these mode sets afaik, so grabbing the mouse
> > may not be needed, unless you want to make sure the mouse can't move to
> > a another monitor just by moving it.

Ok, I also removed the mouse grabbing. Can you see if it helps your case?

I still need to figure out why the window isn't resizing in my case.

> > > * ex_fs_window works perfectly, including tabbing in and out.
> > > 
> > > Peter
> > > 
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