[PD] [gem] how to fit a rectangle into gem-window in fullscreen-mode

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Roman Haefeli wrote:
> hi 
> 
> i'd like to show some images in fullscreen-mode with
> gem. since it is cheaper to use [pix_texture] than to
> draw the image directly, i draw a rectangle that fits
> exactly in the gem-window and apply the image as a
> texture. 
> i plan to create an application that will be used on
> different machines with different displays. at the
> moment i have to change the dimensions of the
> [rectangle] manually when i use the patch on a machine
> with different display-resolution. 

no you don't!

> i think there is a relation between the used
> resolution and x- and y-values of [rectangle], but i
> failed finding it. is there a way to calculate these
> values from the resolution in order to fit the
> [reactangle] exactly into the gem-window? this would
> allow to write the actual resolution in a config-file
> whitout the need of changing the patch.

the only problematic thing that can happen to you is when your
aspect-ratio changes.
a rectangle that covers the full-screen on 500x500 will not cover the
entire screen on 800x600;
however: the same rectangle that covers 1024x768 will also cover a
1600x1200 screen (or a 320x240 window)

note: the height of the gemwindow will always be 4 units (the width will
change with the aspect-ratio)

note: you will probably want to keep the aspect-ratio in order to not
distort your images)


mf.a.r
IOhannes

PS: if you find that i am talking non-sense, then you are likely to have
discovered a bug