Re: [pygame] pygame.HWSURFACE not portable?

["René Dudfield" <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not all platforms support hardware surfaces.

Some windows, gp2x, and some linux machines.


On 7/7/06, Ethan Glasser-Camp <glasse@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There's a note on the pygame.org site saying:
>
> "Don't specify flags unless you absolutely *must* (that is, don't
> specify HWSURFACE, depth=32 just because you think it's a good idea).
> This will reduce the portability of your game."
>
> Could anyone elaborate on this? Google doesn't know anything about
> "pygame.HWSURFACE portable", and nothing else about "pygame.HWSURFACE
> portability".
>
> Ethan