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>SDL_DisplayFormat</H1
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>SDL_DisplayFormat&nbsp;--&nbsp;Convert a surface to the display format</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>SDL_Surface *<B
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>SDL_DisplayFormat</B
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>(SDL_Surface *surface);</CODE
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>This function takes a surface and copies it to a new surface of the
pixel format and colors of the video framebuffer, suitable for fast
blitting onto the display surface.  It calls
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>If you want to take advantage of hardware colorkey or alpha blit
acceleration, you should set the colorkey and alpha value before
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>If you want an alpha channel, see <A
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>If the conversion fails or runs out of memory, it returns
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>SDL_ConvertSurface</TT
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>SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha</TT
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>SDL_SetAlpha</TT
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>SDL_SetColorKey</TT
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