Re: [pygame] Starting Window Position

On 6/29/07, Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Testing shows that on Windows the window position environment variable
is read with the call to pygame.display.set_mode() and ignored otherwise.

"""Try to move the pygame window"""

import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
import os

pygame.init()
font = pygame.font.Font(None, 48)
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'] = '20,100'
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((200, 100))

screen.fill(Color('white'))
screen.blit(font.render(os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'],
                        True,
                        Color('black')),
            (10, 10))
pygame.display.flip()
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'] = '20,100'
pygame.time.wait(3000)

os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'] = '%d,%d' % (120, 200)
screen.fill(Color('white'))
screen.blit(font.render(os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'],
                        True,
                        Color('black')),
            (10, 10))
pygame.display.flip()
pygame.time.wait (3000)

Ian Mallett wrote:
> It still doesn't work though- it works the first time, and subsequent
> changes to the placement fail.
>
> On 6/28/07, *Lenard Lindstrom* < len-l@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:len-l@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     I admit it was a silly question. The positioning code works on my
>     Windows system. I noticed the position is that of the client area.
>
>
>     Ian Mallett wrote:
>     > Yes...
>     >
>     > On 6/28/07, *Lenard Lindstrom* <len-l@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto: len-l@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:len-l@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:len-l@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Ian Mallett wrote:
>     >     > So I would have the original program start a new one that
>     codes the
>     >     > alternate window?
>     >     >
>     >     > The centering code, which is what I tested, works, but
>     this doesn't:
>     >     > os.environ ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'] = 'value,value'
>     >     >
>     >     > On 6/28/07, *Brian Fisher* < brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>     >     > <mailto: brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto: brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     You can only do that with multiple processes. It's one
>     >     window per
>     >     >     process for SDL.
>     >     >
>     >     >     On 6/28/07, Ian Mallett < geometrian@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto: geometrian@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto: geometrian@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:geometrian@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     >     >     <mailto: geometrian@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:geometrian@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:geometrian@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:geometrian@xxxxxxxxx>>>>
>     >     wrote:
>     >     >     > Awesome!  That works!  Thanks!  Just one more question
>     >     >     though...  I want to
>     >     >     > have two or more pygame windows running at the same
>     time.  Can
>     >     >     you do that?
>     >     >     > Ian
>     >     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >
>     >     Do you make the os.environ call before calling pygame.init   ?
>     >
>

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Lenard Lindstrom
<len-l@xxxxxxxxx>