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Need non-AWT ways to get display count, width, height, pixel density

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Created by: benfry

We need either 1) an alternative/native method to make these work, or 2) a per-Surface version of them.

The second option is still problematic since we don't know what PSurface will be used when settings() is called. So either we need to start passing that to the command line, or do something more clever, i.e. once size() or fullScreen() is called, use the renderer to create an object that can handle these device settings on a per-surface type basis.

For now, displayWidth and displayHeight will be 0 when --disable-awt is used.

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Start by tracing how displayWidth, displayHeight, and pixel density are handled when --disable-awt is used, then examine the size(), fullScreen(), renderer, and PSurface paths mentioned in the issue. Done means providing a defined non-AWT implementation or a workable per-Surface approach instead of returning 0 for display dimensions.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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