EGL_MESA_screen_surface version 5

Michel Danzer mdanzer at ati.com
Thu Apr 7 08:57:21 PDT 2005


On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 16:12 -0600, Brian Paul wrote:
> 
>     5. Should the EGL_PHYSICAL_SIZE_EGL query be kept?  The size information
>        isn't always reliable (consider video projectors) but can still be
>        used to determine the pixel aspect ratio.
> 
>        Arguments for:
> 
>           X supports a similar query with DisplayWidthMM(), DisplayHeightMM().

Note that this doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea. :) AFAIK the
people who added this to X in the first place would actually like to
replace it with something else. At the very least, those people should
be consulted before using this as justification.


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