/* Copyright (c) Dietmar Planitzer, 1998, 2002 */ /* This program is freely distributable without licensing fees and is provided without guarantee or warrantee expressed or implied. This program is -not- in the public domain. */ #import "macx_glut.h" #import "GLUTView.h" /* CENTRY */ void APIENTRY glutEstablishOverlay(void) { /* not implemented */ /* If you want to know why we don't support overlays, then read this: */ /* XXX For now, transparent RGBA overlays are not supported by GLUT. RGBA overlays raise difficult questions about what the transparent pixel (really color) value should be. Color index overlay transparency is "easy" because the transparent pixel value does not affect displayable colors (except for stealing one color cell) since colors are determined by indirection through a colormap, and because it is uncommon for arbitrary pixel values in color index to be "calculated" (as can occur with a host of RGBA operations like lighting, blending, etc) so it is easy to avoid the transparent pixel value. Since it is typically easy to avoid the transparent pixel value in color index mode, if GLUT tells the programmer what pixel is transparent, then most program can easily avoid generating that pixel value except when they intend transparency. GLUT returns whatever transparent pixel value is provided by the system through glutGet( GLUT_TRANSPARENT_INDEX). Theory versus practice for RGBA overlay transparency: In theory, the reasonable thing is enabling overlay transparency when an overlay pixel's destination alpha is 0 because this allows overlay transparency to be controlled via alpha and all visibile colors are permited, but no hardware I am aware of supports this practice (and it requires destination alpha which is typically optional and quite uncommon for overlay windows!). In practice, the choice of transparent pixel value is typically "hardwired" into most graphics hardware to a single pixel value. SGI hardware uses true black (0,0,0) without regard for the destination alpha. This is far from ideal because true black (a common color that is easy to accidently generate) can not be generated in an RGBA overlay. I am not sure what other vendors do. Pragmatically, most of the typical things you want to do in the overlays can be done in color index (rubber banding, pop-up menus, etc.). One solution for GLUT would be to simply "advertise" what RGB triple (or possibly RGBA quadruple or simply A alone) generates transparency. The problem with this approach is that it forces programmers to avoid whatever arbitrary color various systems decide is transparent. This is a difficult burden to place on programmers that want to portably make use of overlays. To actually support transparent RGBA overlays, there are really two reaonsable options. ONE: Simply mandate that true black is the RGBA overlay transparent color (what IRIS GL did). This is nice for programmers since only one option, nice for existing SGI hardware, bad for anyone (including SGI) who wants to improve upon "true black" RGB transparency. Or TWO: Provide a set of queriable "transparency types" (like "true black" or "alpha == 0" or "true white" or even a queriable transparent color). This is harder for programmers, OK for existing SGI hardware, and it leaves open the issue of what other modes are reasonable. Option TWO seems the more general approach, but since hardware designers will likely only implement a single mode (this is a scan out issue where bandwidth is pressing issue), codifying multiple speculative approaches nobody may ever implement seems silly. And option ONE fiats a suboptimal solution. Therefore, I defer any decision of how GLUT should support RGBA overlay transparency and leave support for it unimplemented. Nobody has been pressing me for RGBA overlay transparency (though people have requested color index overlay transparency repeatedly). Geez, if you read this far you are either really bored or maybe actually interested in this topic. Anyway, if you have ideas (particularly if you plan on implementing a hardware scheme for RGBA overlay transparency), I'd be interested. For the record, SGI's expiremental Framebufer Configuration experimental GLX extension uses option TWO. Transparency modes for "none" and "RGB" are defined (others could be defined later). What RGB value is the transparent one must be queried. I was hoping GLUT could have something that required less work from the programmer to use portably. -mjk */ __glutWarning("Overlays are not supported by Mac OS X GLUT (for now)."); } void APIENTRY glutUseLayer(GLenum layer) { if(layer != GLUT_NORMAL || layer != GLUT_OVERLAY) __glutWarning("glutUseLayer: unknown layer, %d.", layer); /* not implemented */ } void APIENTRY glutRemoveOverlay(void) { /* not implemented */ } void APIENTRY glutPostOverlayRedisplay(void) { /* not implemented */ } void APIENTRY glutPostWindowOverlayRedisplay(int win) { /* not implemented */ } void APIENTRY glutShowOverlay(void) { /* not implemented */ } void APIENTRY glutHideOverlay(void) { /* not implemented */ } void APIENTRY glutOverlayDisplayFunc(void (*func)(void)) { /* not implemented */ } int APIENTRY glutLayerGet(GLenum param) { switch(param) { case GLUT_OVERLAY_POSSIBLE: return 0; case GLUT_LAYER_IN_USE: return GLUT_NORMAL; case GLUT_HAS_OVERLAY: return 0; case GLUT_TRANSPARENT_INDEX: return -1; case GLUT_NORMAL_DAMAGED: return [__glutCurrentView isDamaged]; case GLUT_OVERLAY_DAMAGED: return -1; default: __glutWarning("invalid glutLayerGet parameter: %d", param); return -1; } } /* ENDCENTRY */