[GEM-dev] gem bugs ?

[Georg Holzmann]

Hallo!

> on my machine this does not crash.
> however, it does crash, when you  "create" the gem-window, close it with
> the mouse and then hit the "destroy" button.
okay ... ;)

> "fullscreen" tries to go in fullscreen-mode with the current dimension
> of the gemwindow (and not that of the display).
> so if you make do [dimen 640 480, fullscreen 1, create(, your monitor
> should go into fullscreen-mode @ 640x480.
> if this is not possible (e.g. your dimension is 500x500 and hardly any
> hardware supports that in fullscreen), Gem tries to find the "best"
> available resolution as reported by the X-server.
> when it finds a suitable resolution which is lower than your current
> one, it will switch to that; X will then make a virtual desktop.
> 
> you can change the resolutions back with Ctrl+Alt+"+"
> 
> solutions:
>  + specify the current resolution as dimen before creating the
> fullscreen window.
>  + only specify the resolutions you really want in your xorg.conf

thanks - now I understand the behaviour ...

> btw, i am quite happy with this behaviour, as it allows me to go into
> fullscreen mode and still access the pd-patch in case of emergency.
yes, that's true ...

LG
Georg