Cannot toggle between full screen mode and window mode - MAC

[BuffaloBill]

Hi !
I'm having a bit of a problem :
I'm using scummvm on mac , mountain lion latest 10.8.2
it's fairly pretty specced out, so it has no trouble handling small ram things like this.

Basically, I'm able to start it [scummvm] / + any game in full screen, and then, when I need to, I can toggle it to window mode and back to full screen when I need to using the "Alt+Enter" shortcut, maybe once or twice or sometimes [rarely] three times,
but then it will steadfastly refuse to go back to full screen mode, no matter how long I wait between tries,
and so I have to restart SCUMMVM altogether and load game again if I want to go back to full screen view.

Not a huge problem, but kind of annoying.
[not that I'm complaining! Amaaaaazing free software!]
Any advice much appreciated.

I did a forum search here but could not find an answer.

Thanks in advance!

[BuffaloBill]

No answer? ):
Even a short sharp pointing-out of my stupidity / ignorance on some matter relating to this thread is appreciated.

[criezy]

I just tried it on my mac running 10.8.2 and I can indeed reproduce the problem with the latest official release (1.5.0) and with the latest daily build (from http://buildbot.scummvm.org/builds.html).
My own build works well however, so it looks like this is an issue with the way the release and daily build are compiled (e.g. using an older SDL library or using an older build toolchain).

There are two things you can do:
Open a bug report (see Reporting Bugs in our FAQ).
Compile ScummVM yourself with the latest XCode tools on your mac), although that assumes you know how to compile software.

[BuffaloBill]

Thanks for replying!

I may well do a bug report.

Do you think this will likely be fixed in time anyway?

No, I do not know how to compile software; that is because I have not heard of compiling software.
Perhaps, if I have time, I will learn how to do it. I know every mac comes with X-Code, so maybe if I google "X-Code, compile software" I will probably be able to figure out how to do what you are saying.
Thank you for telling me what the problem is, and what needs to be fixed (:

I appreciate that.
Sorry for my late reply. I never received an email alert for this topic.

[digitall]

BuffaloBill: Unsure, that will depend on whether it is actually a libSDL bug. This related bug may be relevant and has some background on this:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=de ... tid=418820

Compiling (in computing) is the act of using a compiler program to turn source code into a working executable program:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler

You can find our guidance for getting the source code and compiling on OSX here:
http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Developer_Central
http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Compiling_ScummVM

I hope this helps.

[BuffaloBill]

Awesome awesome awesome!
Thanks so much!
Doesn't sound too tricky.
If I get around to this, I'll write back.
Might be a long time though, large amounts of study to do.
But I do really want to play through all the old point and click games again sometime.

Thanks again!

[criezy]

Compiling on OS X is quite easy. But unfortunately the instructions on the wiki are both incomplete and outdated. So if you do try and are stuck, you can get some help on this forum or on our IRC channel.

Also I have uploaded a build from today for moutain lion here. It works for me so hopefully it will work for you (disclaimer: this is not an official release build and I did not test it extensively, so you may find out that it contains bugs).

[BuffaloBill]

I'm sure there will be some recent instructions on compiling written somewhere, maybe even in the help file of x-code, or some apple documentation [which is usually the best].

Thanks so much for your build. I've installed it.
If I get a chance to give it a decent run, I'll report back!
Unfortunately study is a bit of time-killer atm.

Thanks again.