Re: [MiNT] XaAES doesn't deliver button events with evnt_multi()

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

Eero Tamminen wrote:

> > There is and hopefully never will be a software-interface to switch the
> > menu on/off.
>
> Why?  AFAIK Windows, OSX and Linux all support fullscreen windows, and
> switching away from them (with the task switcher or its keyboard shortcuts).

Does any current OS have a main-menubar like atari today at all?

> Basically it's just switching off window decorations and system panels/menus
> while still retaining a way for user to switch away from such an app with
> keyboard.  And of course the system should redraw its screen after
> the fullscreen app exits.
>
>
> > There are various apps that use fullscreen (anyplayer, zview) without
> > problems, so it's possible.
>
> I haven't really used either, but I tried now Aniplayer.
>
> In Aranym AFROS Aniplayer, the fullscreen option was called without GEM.
> And it didn't seem to react to mouse presses (but the invisible desktop
> below seems to have had), just keys.

I don't know what you are doing - both work perfect here.

>
> I could ignore XaAES completely, write directly to the screen address and
> install my own IKBD handler, but I've already done that in another game
> and I was more of interested in GEM friendly & resolution independent way
> to get fullscreen windows with which user can interact without gotchas...
> :-)

I could imagine adding the menubar-option to app-options (sould be easy) - and also
exporting the app-options to the application, so it can set them itself (maybe not so easy).

But then Peter Persson comes along and complains about violating his hobby, so ...

I still remember the surprise when I made menu=off the default ;-)

-Helmut