From dbea65fa88ccfdd4d582c0a12aabdf72b34c3bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Behnke <oliver.behnke@aei.mpg.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 11:49:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Disable fullscreen Spaces support (macOS)
* If enabled it causes this annoying system alert sound to be played each time BOINC spawned our app via its screensaver!
---
src/framework/WindowManager.cpp | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp b/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
index 8e363ad..c56f643 100644
--- a/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ bool WindowManager::initialize(const int width, const int height, const int fram
// allow screensaver (or we might block BOINC's own, our parent)
SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER, "1");
+ // needed to prevent a system alert sound when launched by BOINC's screensaver on macOS
+ SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_MAC_FULLSCREEN_SPACES, "0");
+
if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER) < 0) {
cerr << "Window system could not be initalized: " << SDL_GetError() << endl;
return false;
--
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