Re: [B2-devel] SheepShaver fullscreen toggle (SDL)

[howard s. <how...@ou...>]

Hi Vasi,

The source code was moved to github some time ago. https://github.com/cebix/macemu
I don't know, but perhaps your suggestion should be submitted there.

Best,
Howard

> From: va...@us...
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:32:48 -0500
> To: bas...@li...
> Subject: [B2-devel] SheepShaver fullscreen toggle (SDL)
> 
> Currently, if SheepShaver is launched in fullscreen mode, there's no
> way to access the host environment while SS is running. (At least on
> Mac OS X using SDL video.) Ideally, it would be possible to either:
> 
> a) Suspend SheepShaver temporarily and return to the host desktop,
> resuming SS later; or
> b) Toggle to windowed mode, so that the host desktop is available.
> 
> Option (b) is probably preferable, but the design of the video driver
> makes it difficult. We don't really want to re-initialize the whole
> driver, and we can't trigger the guest OS to pick up on any change in
> screen_base. What I think should be possible is:
> 
> - In kc_decode, set a flag when some key code is pressed
> - During the video interrupt, do: drv->s = SDL_SetVideoMode(drv->s->w,
> drv->s->h, 0, drv->s->flags ^ SDL_FULLSCREEN);
> - We'd also need to re-init the blitter then, and redraw the screen.
> Probably some VOSF stuff would be needed too, but I haven't looked at
> VOSF in a long time.
> - The video refresh would need to pause itself while this is happening
> 
> Alternatively, maybe there's a way to inform the guest OS that a
> "different monitor" is attached, and force it to trigger a resolution
> change. This would be much cleaner, but I have no idea if it's
> possible.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Dave
> 
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