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

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

Eero Tamminen wrote:

> > That might be an XaAES-bug: Window-widgets show up though they
> > shouldn't. I notice this also in other hard to reproduce situations,
> > maybe zview is a good testcase.
>
> What you need to reproduce:


..

Thanks - I could already reproduce it with my existing stuff.

>
> * Latest zView binary package from Sourceforge (was what I used):
>   http://sourceforge.net/projects/z-tools/files/zview-beta8-1.zip/download
>
> * Switch Aranym to fullscreen (with screenlock key) so that you can
>   click top area of screen without pointer moving out of Aranym window
>
> * View something with zView and switch zView to fullscreen
>
> * Move the (invisible) mouse to top part of the screen and
>   start clicking there

Mouse is visible here though (aranym not fullscreen).

> > > Are there any better examples on how to properly do fullscreen
> > > with multitasking AES / XaAES?
> >=20
> > Make one ;-)
>
> =46rom this discussion, I've concluded that it's not possible to do
> on the application side.  It needs support from the AES side.

Maybe without this bug (in case it is one), it's possible, or using only VDI-calls in single-task.

Also I begin to like the idea to have a window-property that lets the window draw above the menubar.

But don't expect anything to come soon.

-Helmut