Added a hint system to allow configuration hints to be specified by the application.

include/SDL_hints.h

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+/*
+    SDL - Simple DihintsMedia Layer
+    Copyright (C) 1997-2010 Sam Lantinga
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+    Sam Lantinga
+    slouken@libsdl.org
+*/
+
+/**
+ *  \file SDL_hints.h
+ *  
+ *  Official documentation for SDL configuration variables
+ *
+ *  This file contains functions to set and get configuration hints,
+ *  as well as listing each of them alphabetically.
+ *
+ *  The convention for naming hints is SDL_HINT_X, where "SDL_X" is
+ *  the environment variable that can be used to override the default.
+ *
+ *  In general these hints are just that - they may or may not be
+ *  supported or applicable on any given platform, but they provide
+ *  a way for an application or user to give the library a hint as
+ *  to how they would like the library to work.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SDL_hints_h
+#define _SDL_hints_h
+
+#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
+
+#include "begin_code.h"
+/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+extern "C" {
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+#endif
+
+
+
+/**
+ *  \brief  An enumeration of hint priorities
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+    SDL_HINT_DEFAULT,
+    SDL_HINT_NORMAL,
+    SDL_HINT_OVERRIDE
+} SDL_HintPriority;
+
+
+/**
+ *  \brief Set a hint
+ *
+ *  The priority controls the behavior when setting a hint that already
+ *  has a value.  Hints will replace existing hints of their priority and
+ *  lower.  Environment variables are considered to have override priority.
+ * 
+ *  \return SDL_TRUE if the hint was set, SDL_FALSE otherwise
+ */
+extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_SetHint(const char *name,
+                                             const char *value,
+                                             SDL_HintPriority priority);
+
+/**
+ *  \brief Get a hint
+ *  
+ *  \return The string value of a hint variable.
+ */
+extern DECLSPEC const char * SDLCALL SDL_GetHint(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ *  \brief  Clear all hints
+ *
+ *  This function is called during SDL_Quit() to free stored hints.
+ */
+extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ClearHints();
+
+
+/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+}
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+#endif
+#include "close_code.h"
+
+#endif /* _SDL_hints_h */
+
+/* vi: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab: */