commit cc181908f017963254ab1c9713a434b2a8b340f9
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org> Wed Sep 04 09:27:58 2019 -0700
committer Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org> Wed Sep 04 09:27:58 2019 -0700
tree b03fa99063fb0dca1e2fad49e16c856a5a447486
parent cf6b9e81804ac8f235b2ab2f541aabf8cb3c6e7c

x11: add a hint to force the VisualID used when creating a window.

Android.mk

diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755

include/SDL_hints.h

diff --git a/include/SDL_hints.h b/include/SDL_hints.h
index 8fa0dd6..9f75189 100644
--- a/include/SDL_hints.h
+++ b/include/SDL_hints.h
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@
 #define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_XRANDR           "SDL_VIDEO_X11_XRANDR"
 
 /**
+ *  \brief  A variable forcing the visual ID chosen for new X11 windows
+ *
+ */
+#define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_WINDOW_VISUALID      "SDL_VIDEO_X11_WINDOW_VISUALID"
+
+/**
  *  \brief  A variable controlling whether the X11 _NET_WM_PING protocol should be supported.
  *
  *  This variable can be set to the following values:

src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c

diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c
index 798e8bc..c5bb1dc 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c
@@ -393,7 +393,27 @@
     long fevent = 0;
 
 #if SDL_VIDEO_OPENGL_GLX || SDL_VIDEO_OPENGL_EGL
-    if ((window->flags & SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL) &&
+    const char *forced_visual_id = SDL_GetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_WINDOW_VISUALID);
+
+    if (forced_visual_id != NULL && forced_visual_id[0] != '\0')
+    {
+        XVisualInfo *vi, template;
+        int nvis;
+
+        SDL_zero(template);
+        template.visualid = SDL_strtol(forced_visual_id, NULL, 0);
+        vi = X11_XGetVisualInfo(display, VisualIDMask, &template, &nvis);
+        if (vi) {
+            visual = vi->visual;
+            depth = vi->depth;
+            X11_XFree(vi);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((window->flags & SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL) &&
         !SDL_getenv("SDL_VIDEO_X11_VISUALID")) {
         XVisualInfo *vinfo = NULL;