[haiku-development] Re: Disable screensaver?
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:36:04 +0100
scott mc wrote:
> A topic that came up on the Allegro mailing list was about disabling the
> screensaver when playing a game full screen, since on many systems using
> a joystick/gamepad doesn't stop the screensaver from coming up. Is there
> a way on Haiku to do this? They are talking about adding a function to
> Allegro, and we would just need to add the Haiku specific function to our
> port, that is if it's even needed...
For the time being, one can use set_mouse_position() (defined in
WindowScreen.h). It does not matter if the mouse is always set to the same
position. One can also get it via BView::GetMouse() at the moment of going
full screen and then repeatedly set it to the same position (like by using
a BMessageRunner or some similar pulse mechanism).
Anyways, such a screensaver disabling function is definitely needed, and we
will add it at some point. The above trick should work until then.
Best regards,
-Stephan
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