SDL_hints.h

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/**
 *  \file SDL_hints.h
 *  
 *  Official documentation for SDL configuration variables
 *
 *  This file contains functions to set and get configuration hints,
 *  as well as listing each of them alphabetically.
 *
 *  The convention for naming hints is SDL_HINT_X, where "SDL_X" is
 *  the environment variable that can be used to override the default.
 *
 *  In general these hints are just that - they may or may not be
 *  supported or applicable on any given platform, but they provide
 *  a way for an application or user to give the library a hint as
 *  to how they would like the library to work.
 */

#ifndef _SDL_hints_h
#define _SDL_hints_h

#include "SDL_stdinc.h"

#include "begin_code.h"
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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/**
 *  \brief  A variable controlling how 3D acceleration is used to accelerate the SDL 1.2 screen surface. 
 *
 *  SDL can try to accelerate the SDL 1.2 screen surface by using streaming
 *  textures with a 3D rendering engine.  This variable controls whether and
 *  how this is done.
 *
 *  This variable can be set to the following values:
 *    "0"       - Disable 3D acceleration
 *    "1"       - Enable 3D acceleration, using the default renderer.
 *    "X"       - Enable 3D acceleration, using X where X is one of the valid rendering drivers.  (e.g. "direct3d", "opengl", etc.)
 *
 *  By default SDL tries to make a best guess for each platform whether
 *  to use acceleration or not.
 */
#define SDL_HINT_FRAMEBUFFER_ACCELERATION   "SDL_FRAMEBUFFER_ACCELERATION"

/**
 *  \brief  A variable specifying which render driver to use.
 *
 *  If the application doesn't pick a specific renderer to use, this variable
 *  specifies the name of the preferred renderer.  If the preferred renderer
 *  can't be initialized, the normal default renderer is used.
 *
 *  This variable is case insensitive and can be set to the following values:
 *    "direct3d"
 *    "opengl"
 *    "opengles2"
 *    "opengles"
 *    "software"
 *
 *  The default varies by platform, but it's the first one in the list that
 *  is available on the current platform.
 */
#define SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER              "SDL_RENDER_DRIVER"

/**
 *  \brief  A variable controlling whether the OpenGL render driver uses shaders if they are available.
 *
 *  This variable can be set to the following values:
 *    "0"       - Disable shaders
 *    "1"       - Enable shaders
 *
 *  By default shaders are used if OpenGL supports them.
 */
#define SDL_HINT_RENDER_OPENGL_SHADERS      "SDL_RENDER_OPENGL_SHADERS"

/**
 *  \brief  A variable controlling the scaling quality
 *
 *  This variable can be set to the following values:
 *    "0" or "nearest" - Nearest pixel sampling
 *    "1" or "linear"  - Linear filtering (supported by OpenGL and Direct3D)
 *    "2" or "best"    - Anisotropic filtering (supported by Direct3D)
 *
 *  By default nearest pixel sampling is used
 */
#define SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY       "SDL_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY"

/**
 *  \brief  A variable controlling whether updates to the SDL 1.2 screen surface should be synchronized with the vertical refresh, to avoid tearing.
 *
 *  This variable can be set to the following values:
 *    "0"       - Disable vsync
 *    "1"       - Enable vsync
 *
 *  By default SDL does not sync screen surface updates with vertical refresh.
 */
#define SDL_HINT_RENDER_VSYNC               "SDL_RENDER_VSYNC"
	
/**
 *  \brief  A variable controlling whether the idle timer is disabled on iOS.
 *
 *  When an iOS app does not receive touches for some time, the screen is
 *  dimmed automatically. For games where the accelerometer is the only input
 *  this is problematic. This functionality can be disabled by setting this
 *  hint.
 *
 *  This variable can be set to the following values:
 *    "0"       - Enable idle timer
 *    "1"       - Disable idle timer
 */
#define SDL_HINT_IDLE_TIMER_DISABLED "SDL_IOS_IDLE_TIMER_DISABLED"
	
/**
 *  \brief  A variable controlling which orientations are allowed on iOS.
 *
 *  In some circumstances it is necessary to be able to explicitly control
 *  which UI orientations are allowed.
 *
 *  This variable is a space delimited list of the following values:
 *    "LandscapeLeft", "LandscapeRight", "Portrait" "PortraitUpsideDown"
 */
#define SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS "SDL_IOS_ORIENTATIONS"


/**
 *  \brief  An enumeration of hint priorities
 */
typedef enum
{
    SDL_HINT_DEFAULT,
    SDL_HINT_NORMAL,
    SDL_HINT_OVERRIDE
} SDL_HintPriority;


/**
 *  \brief Set a hint with a specific priority
 *
 *  The priority controls the behavior when setting a hint that already
 *  has a value.  Hints will replace existing hints of their priority and
 *  lower.  Environment variables are considered to have override priority.
 * 
 *  \return SDL_TRUE if the hint was set, SDL_FALSE otherwise
 */
extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_SetHintWithPriority(const char *name,
                                                         const char *value,
                                                         SDL_HintPriority priority);

/**
 *  \brief Set a hint with normal priority
 * 
 *  \return SDL_TRUE if the hint was set, SDL_FALSE otherwise
 */
extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_SetHint(const char *name,
                                             const char *value);


/**
 *  \brief Get a hint
 *  
 *  \return The string value of a hint variable.
 */
extern DECLSPEC const char * SDLCALL SDL_GetHint(const char *name);

/**
 *  \brief  Clear all hints
 *
 *  This function is called during SDL_Quit() to free stored hints.
 */
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ClearHints(void);


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#include "close_code.h"

#endif /* _SDL_hints_h */

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