PsychError SCREENOpenWindow(void) 

{
    int						screenNumber, numWindowBuffers, stereomode, multiSample, imagingmode;
    PsychRectType 			rect, screenrect;
    PsychColorType			color;
    PsychColorModeType  	mode; 
    boolean					isArgThere, settingsMade, didWindowOpen, useAGL;
    PsychScreenSettingsType	screenSettings;
    PsychWindowRecordType	*windowRecord;
    double dVals[4];
    PsychDepthType			specifiedDepth, possibleDepths, currentDepth, useDepth;
	int dummy1;
	double dummy2, dummy3, dummy4;
	Boolean EmulateOldPTB = PsychPrefStateGet_EmulateOldPTB();
    
	//just for debugging
    //if (PSYCH_DEBUG == PSYCH_ON) printf("Entering SCREENOpen\n");

    //all sub functions should have these two lines
    PsychPushHelp(useString, synopsisString, seeAlsoString);
    if(PsychIsGiveHelp()){PsychGiveHelp();return(PsychError_none);};

    //cap the number of inputs
    PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumInputArgs(8));   //The maximum number of inputs
    PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumOutputArgs(2));  //The maximum number of outputs

    //get the screen number from the windowPtrOrScreenNumber.  This also checks to make sure that the specified screen exists.  
    PsychCopyInScreenNumberArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, TRUE, &screenNumber);
    if(screenNumber==-1)
        PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "The specified onscreen window has no ancestral screen."); 

    /*
      The depth checking is ugly because of this stupid depth structure stuff.  
      Instead get a descriptor of the current video settings, change the depth field,
      and pass it to a validate function wich searches a list of valid video modes for the display.
      There seems to be no point in checking the depths alone because the legality of a particular
      depth depends on the other settings specified below.  Its probably best to wait until we have
      digested all settings and then test the full mode, declarin an invalid
      mode and not an invalid pixel size.  We could notice when the depth alone is specified 
      and in that case issue an invalid depth value.
     */  

    //find the PixelSize first because the color specifier depends on the screen depth.  
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&currentDepth);  //get the current depth
    PsychGetScreenDepth(screenNumber, &currentDepth);
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&possibleDepths); //get the possible depths
    PsychGetScreenDepths(screenNumber, &possibleDepths);

    #if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX || PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_WINDOWS
       // MK Experimental Hack: Add the special depth values 64 and 128 to the depth struct. This should 
       // allows for 16 bpc, 32 bpc floating point color buffers on the latest ATI and NVidia hardware.
	   // "Should" means: It doesn't really work with any current driver, but we leave the testcode in
	   // in the hope for future OS and driver releases ;-)
       // Unfortunately at this point of the init sequence, we are not able
       // to check if these formats are supported by the hardware. Ugly ugly ugly...
       PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(64, &possibleDepths);
       PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(128, &possibleDepths);
    #endif

//    #if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX || PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_LINUX
		// On MacOS/X and Linux with ATI Radeon X1000/HD2000/HD3000 hardware and the special
		// kernel support driver installed, we should be able to configure the hardwares
		// framebuffers into ABGR2101010 mode, ie. 2 bits alpha, 10 bpc for red, green, blue.
		// This needs support from the imaging pipeline, or manually converted stimuli, as
		// the GPU doesn't format pixel data properly, only the CRTC scans out in that format.
		// Anyway, allow this setting on OS/X and Linux:
		
		// Update: Some FireGL cards (2008 and later) claim to support this on MS-Windows. Enable
		// this option on Windows as well, so it is at least testable:
		PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(30, &possibleDepths);
//    #endif


    PsychInitDepthStruct(&specifiedDepth); //get the requested depth and validate it.  
    isArgThere = PsychCopyInSingleDepthArg(4, FALSE, &specifiedDepth);

    PsychInitDepthStruct(&useDepth);
    if(isArgThere){ //if the argument is there check that the screen supports it...
        if(!PsychIsMemberDepthStruct(&specifiedDepth, &possibleDepths))
            PsychErrorExit(PsychError_invalidDepthArg);
        else
            PsychCopyDepthStruct(&useDepth, &specifiedDepth);
    }else //otherwise use the default
        PsychCopyDepthStruct(&useDepth, &currentDepth);

    // Initialize the rect argument to the screen rectangle:
    PsychGetScreenRect(screenNumber, rect); 	//get the rect describing the screen bounds.  This is the default Rect.  

    // Override it with a user supplied rect, if one was supplied:
    isArgThere=PsychCopyInRectArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, FALSE, rect );
    if (IsPsychRectEmpty(rect)) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "OpenWindow called with invalid (empty) rect argument.");

	if (PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX) {
		// OS/X system: Need to decide if we use a Carbon window + AGL
		// or a fullscreen context with CGL:
		
		// Default to AGL, switch to CGL if below constraints are met:
		useAGL = TRUE;
	
		// Window rect provided which has a different size than screen?

		// We do not use windowed mode if the provided window rectangle either
		// matches the target screens rectangle (and therefore its exact size)
		// or its screens global rectangle.
		PsychGetScreenRect(screenNumber, screenrect);
		if (PsychMatchRect(screenrect, rect)) useAGL=FALSE;
		PsychGetGlobalScreenRect(screenNumber, screenrect);
		if (PsychMatchRect(screenrect, rect)) useAGL=FALSE;

		// Override for use on f$%#$Fd OS/X 10.5.3 - 10.5.6 with NVidia GF 8800 GPU's:
		if (PsychPrefStateGet_ConserveVRAM() & kPsychUseAGLCompositorForFullscreenWindows) useAGL = TRUE;
	}
	else {
		// Non OS/X system: Do not use AGL ;-)
		useAGL = FALSE;
	}
	
    //find the number of specified buffers. 

    //OS X:	The number of backbuffers is not a property of the display mode but an attribute of the pixel format.
    //		Therefore the value is held by a window record and not a screen record.    

    numWindowBuffers=2;	
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(5,FALSE,&numWindowBuffers);
    if(numWindowBuffers < 1 || numWindowBuffers > kPsychMaxNumberWindowBuffers) PsychErrorExit(PsychError_invalidNumberBuffersArg);

    // MK: Check for optional spec of stereoscopic display: 0 (the default) = monoscopic viewing.
    // 1 == Stereo output via OpenGL built-in stereo facilities: This will drive any kind of
    // stereo display hardware that is directly supported by MacOS-X.
    // 2/3 == Stereo output via compressed frame output: Only one backbuffer is used for both
    // views: The left view image is put into the top-half of the screen, the right view image
    // is put into the bottom half of the screen. External hardware demangles this combi-image
    // again into two separate images. CrystalEyes seems to be able to do this. One looses half
    // of the vertical resolution, but potentially gains refresh rate...
    // Future PTB version may include different stereo algorithms with an id > 1, e.g., 

    // anaglyph stereo, interlaced stereo, ...

    stereomode=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(6,FALSE,&stereomode);
    if(stereomode < 0 || stereomode > 10) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid stereomode provided (Valid between 0 and 10).");
	if (stereomode!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, stereo display functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");

    multiSample=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(7,FALSE,&multiSample);
    if(multiSample < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid multisample value provided (Valid are positive numbers >= 0).");
	if (multiSample!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, anti-aliasing functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");

	imagingmode=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(8,FALSE,&imagingmode);
    if(imagingmode < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid imaging mode provided (See 'help PsychImagingMode' for usage info).");
	if (imagingmode!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, imaging pipeline functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");
	
	// We require use of the imaging pipeline if stereomode for dualwindow display is requested.
	// This makes heavy use of FBO's and blit operations, so imaging pipeline is needed.
	if (stereomode==kPsychDualWindowStereo) {
		// Dual window stereo requested, but imaging pipeline not enabled. Enable it:
		imagingmode|= kPsychNeedFastBackingStore;
		if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Trying to enable imaging pipeline for dual-window stereo display mode...\n");
	}
	
    //set the video mode to change the pixel size.  TO DO: Set the rect and the default color  
    PsychGetScreenSettings(screenNumber, &screenSettings);    
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth));
    PsychCopyDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth), &useDepth);

    // Here is where all the work goes on:

    // If the screen is not already captured then to that:
    if(!PsychIsScreenCaptured(screenNumber) && !useAGL) {
        PsychCaptureScreen(screenNumber);

		// We disable the call to PsychSetScreenSettings here: Its not useful, as it
		// could only change color depth - which is something we don't want to do anyway here.
		// If people want to change displays settings, they should use Screen('Resolution') instead,
		// which is a more clever interface to PsychSetScreenSettings().
		
        // settingsMade=PsychSetScreenSettings(screenNumber, &screenSettings);
        //Capturing the screen and setting its settings always occur in conjunction
        //There should be a check above to see if the display is captured and openWindow is attempting to chang
        //the bit depth
    }

#if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_WINDOWS
    // On M$-Windows we currently only support - and therefore require >= 30 bpp color depth.
    if (PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber) < 30) {
		// Display running at less than 30 bpp. OpenWindow will fail on M$-Windows anyway, so let's abort
		// now.

		// Output warning text:
        printf("PTB-ERROR: Your display screen %i is not running at the required color depth of at least 30 bit.\n", screenNumber);
        printf("PTB-ERROR: The current setting is %i bit color depth..\n", PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber));
        printf("PTB-ERROR: This will not work on Microsoft Windows operating systems.\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: Please use the 'Display settings' control panel of Windows to change the color depth to\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: 32 bits per pixel ('True color' or 'Highest' setting) and then retry. It may be neccessary\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: to restart Matlab after applying the change...\n");
        fflush(NULL);

		// Release the captured screen:
		PsychRestoreScreenSettings(screenNumber);
		PsychReleaseScreen(screenNumber);

        // Reset master assignment to prepare possible further dual-window config operations:
		sharedContextWindow = NULL;

		// Abort with Matlab error:
		PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Insufficient color depth setting for display device (smaller than 30 bpp).");
    }

#endif

    //if (PSYCH_DEBUG == PSYCH_ON) printf("Entering PsychOpenOnscreenWindow\n");
    PsychCopyDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth), &useDepth);
	
	// Create the onscreen window and perform initialization of everything except
	// imaging pipeline and a few other special quirks. If sharedContextWindow is non-NULL,
	// the new window will share its OpenGL context ressources with sharedContextWindow.
	// This is typically used for dual-window stereo mode. Btw. If imaging pipeline is really
	// active, we force multiSample to zero: This way the system backbuffer / pixelformat
	// is enabled without multisampling support, as we do all the multisampling stuff ourselves
	// within the imaging pipeline with multisampled drawbuffer FBO's...
    didWindowOpen=PsychOpenOnscreenWindow(&screenSettings, &windowRecord, numWindowBuffers, stereomode, rect, ((imagingmode==0 || imagingmode==kPsychNeedFastOffscreenWindows) ? multiSample : 0), sharedContextWindow);
    if (!didWindowOpen) {
        if (!useAGL) {
			PsychRestoreScreenSettings(screenNumber);
			PsychReleaseScreen(screenNumber);
		}

		// Reset master assignment to prepare possible further dual-window config operations:
		sharedContextWindow = NULL;

        // We use this dirty hack to exit with an error, but without printing
        // an error message. The specific error message has been printed in
        // PsychOpenOnscreenWindow() already..
        PsychErrMsgTxt("");
    }

    // Sufficient display depth for full alpha-blending and such?
    if (PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber) < 24) {
        // Nope. Output a little warning.
        printf("PTB-WARNING: Your display screen %i is not running at 24 bit color depth or higher.\n", screenNumber);
        printf("PTB-WARNING: The current setting is %i bit color depth..\n", PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber));
        printf("PTB-WARNING: This could cause failure to work correctly or visual artifacts in stimuli\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: that involve Alpha-Blending. It can also cause drastically reduced color resolution\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: for your stimuli! Please try to switch your display to 'True Color' (Windows)\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: our 'Millions of Colors' (MacOS-X) to get rid of this warning and the visual artifacts.\n");
        fflush(NULL);
    }
    
	// Define clear color: This depends on the color range of our onscreen window...
    isArgThere=PsychCopyInColorArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, FALSE, &color); //get from user
    if(!isArgThere) PsychLoadColorStruct(&color, kPsychIndexColor, PsychGetWhiteValueFromWindow(windowRecord)); //or use the default
    PsychCoerceColorMode(&color);

	// Special setup code for dual window stereomode:
	if (stereomode == kPsychDualWindowStereo) {
		if (sharedContextWindow) {
			// This is creation & setup of the slave onscreen window, ie. the one
			// representing the right-eye view. This window doesn't do much. It
			// is not used or referenced in the users experiment script. It receives
			// its final image content during Screen('Flip') operation of the master
			// onscreen window, then gets flipped in sync with the master window.
			
			// Ok, we already have the slave window open and it shares its OpenGL context
			// with the master window. Reset its internal reference to the master:
			windowRecord->slaveWindow = NULL;
			
			// Reset imagingmode for this window prior to imaging pipeline setup. This
			// window is totally passive so it doesn't need the imaging pipeline.
			imagingmode = 0;
						
			// Assign this window to the master window as a slave:
			sharedContextWindow->slaveWindow = windowRecord;
			
			// Reset master assignment to prepare possible further dual-window config operations:
			sharedContextWindow = NULL;

			// Activate the IdentitiyBlitChain for the slave window and add a single identity blit
			// operation to it: This is needed in PsychPreFlipOperations() for final copy of stimulus
			// image into this slave window:
			PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "IdentityBlitChain", "Builtin:IdentityBlit", INT_MAX, "");
			PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "IdentityBlitChain");

			if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Created master-slave window relationship for dual-window stereo display mode...\n");

			// Special config finished. The master-slave combo should work from now on...
		}
		else {
			// This is initial setup & creation of the master onscreen window, ie. the one
			// representing the left-eye view and doing all the heavy work, acting as a
			// proxy for both windows.
			
			// Not much to do here. Just store its windowRecord as a reference for creation
			// of the slave window. We'll need it for that purpose...
			sharedContextWindow = windowRecord;
		}
	}

	// Set special half-width flag for window if we are either in a dual-display/dual-view stereo mode or if
	// if is requested as part of the imagingMode flag. This will cause PTB 2D drawing routines and window size
	// query routines etc. to return an effective window width or window rect only half the real width.
	if (windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychFreeFusionStereo || windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychFreeCrossFusionStereo || (imagingmode & kPsychHalfWidthWindow)) {
		windowRecord->specialflags = windowRecord->specialflags | kPsychHalfWidthWindow;
		imagingmode = imagingmode & (~kPsychHalfWidthWindow);
	}

	// Similar handling for windows of half the real height, except that none of our built-in stereo modes requires these,
	// so this is only done on request from external code via the imagingmode flag kPsychHalfHeightWindow.
	// One use of this is when using interleaved line stereo mode (PsychImaging(...'InterleavedLineStereo')) where windows
	// only have a useable net height of half their physical height:
	if (imagingmode & kPsychHalfHeightWindow) {
		windowRecord->specialflags = windowRecord->specialflags | kPsychHalfHeightWindow;
		imagingmode = imagingmode & (~kPsychHalfHeightWindow);
	}

	// Initialize internal image processing pipeline if requested:
	PsychInitializeImagingPipeline(windowRecord, imagingmode, multiSample);
	
	// On OS-X, if we are in quad-buffered frame sequential stereo mode, we automatically generate
	// blue-line-sync style sync lines for use with stereo shutter glasses. We don't do this
	// by default on Windows or Linux: These systems either don't have stereo capable hardware,
	// or they have some and its drivers already take care of sync signal generation.
	if ((PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX) && (windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychOpenGLStereo)) {
		if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Enabling internal blue line sync renderer for quad-buffered stereo...\n");
		PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "LeftFinalizerBlitChain", "Builtin:RenderStereoSyncLine", INT_MAX, "");
		PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "LeftFinalizerBlitChain");		
		PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "RightFinalizerBlitChain", "Builtin:RenderStereoSyncLine", INT_MAX, "");
		PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "RightFinalizerBlitChain");		
	}

	// Activate new onscreen window for userspace drawing: If imaging pipeline is active, this
	// will bind the correct rendertargets for the first time:
	PsychSetDrawingTarget(windowRecord);

    // Set the clear color and perform a backbuffer-clear:
    PsychConvertColorToDoubleVector(&color, windowRecord, windowRecord->clearColor);
	PsychGLClear(windowRecord);

    // Mark end of drawing op. This is needed for single buffered drawing:
    PsychFlushGL(windowRecord);

    // Make sure no OpenGL errors happened up to this point:
    PsychTestForGLErrors();

    // If we are in logo-startup mode (former blue-screen mode) and double-buffering
    // is enabled, then do an initial bufferswap & clear, so the display starts in
    // the user selected background color instead of staying at the blue screen or
    // logo display until the Matlab script first calls 'Flip'.
    if ((PsychPrefStateGet_VisualDebugLevel()>=4) && numWindowBuffers>=2) {
      // Do immediate bufferswap by an internal call to Screen('Flip'). This will also
	  // take care of clearing the backbuffer in preparation of first userspace drawing
	  // commands and such...
	  PsychFlipWindowBuffers(windowRecord, 0, 0, 0, 0, &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, &dummy4);
      // Display now shows background color, so user knows that PTB's 'OpenWindow'
      // procedure is successfully finished.
    }

    PsychTestForGLErrors();

    //Return the window index and the rect argument.
    PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, FALSE, windowRecord->windowIndex);

	// rect argument needs special treatment in stereo mode:
	PsychMakeRect(&rect, windowRecord->rect[kPsychLeft], windowRecord->rect[kPsychTop],
					windowRecord->rect[kPsychLeft] + PsychGetWidthFromRect(windowRecord->rect)/((windowRecord->specialflags & kPsychHalfWidthWindow) ? 2 : 1),
					windowRecord->rect[kPsychTop] + PsychGetHeightFromRect(windowRecord->rect)/((windowRecord->specialflags & kPsychHalfHeightWindow) ? 2 : 1));

    PsychCopyOutRectArg(2, FALSE, rect);

    return(PsychError_none);   
}
PsychError SCREENPreference(void)  
{

	PsychArgFormatType		arg1Type;
	char					*preferenceName, *newFontName;
	const char				*tableCreator, *oldDefaultFontName;
	Boolean					preferenceNameArgumentValid, booleanInput, ignoreCase, tempFlag, textAlphaBlendingFlag, suppressAllWarningsFlag;
	int						numInputArgs, i, newFontStyleNumber, newFontSize, tempInt;
	double					returnDoubleValue, inputDoubleValue;
	
	//all sub functions should have these two lines
	PsychPushHelp(useString, synopsisString,seeAlsoString);
	if(PsychIsGiveHelp()){PsychGiveHelp();return(PsychError_none);};
	
	//check for superfluous or missing arguments
	PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumInputArgs(3));			
	PsychErrorExit(PsychRequireNumInputArgs(1));		   
	PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumOutputArgs(1));
	
	numInputArgs=PsychGetNumInputArgs();
	arg1Type=PsychGetArgType(1);
	preferenceNameArgumentValid=FALSE;
	
	//Cases which require both a window pointer or screen number and preference name.  Argument 1 is the wposn and argument 2 is the preference name.
	if( numInputArgs >= 2 && (PsychIsScreenNumberArg(1) || PsychIsScreenNumberArg(1)) && PsychGetArgType(2)==PsychArgType_char ){
		PsychAllocInCharArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &preferenceName);
		//preferences which require window pointer or screen number argument which we DO NOT support  
		for(i=0;i<kPsychNumUnsupportedMacVideoPreferences;i++){
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, unsupportedMacVideoPreferenceNames[i]))
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unsupportedOS9Preference);
		}
		//insert here conditionals  to act on prefernces which accept a window pointer or screen number argument which we DO support.
		PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unrecognizedPreferenceName);
	}

	//Cases which do not require a wposn.  Argument 1 is the preference name.  if present Argument 2 is the new value
	if(arg1Type==PsychArgType_char){
		PsychAllocInCharArg(1, kPsychArgRequired, &preferenceName);
		//Preferernces which we do not support and which do not require a wposn
		for(i=0;i<kPsychNumUnsupportedMacNonVideoPreferences;i++){
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, unsupportedMacNonVideoPreferenceNames[i]))
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unsupportedOS9Preference);
		}
		//Preferences which we do support
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "IgnoreCase")){
			ignoreCase=!PsychIsPsychMatchCaseSensitive();
			PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, ignoreCase);
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
				PsychSetPsychMatchCaseSenstive(!booleanInput);			
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Tick0Secs")){
			if(PsychCopyInDoubleArg(2, kPsychArgOptional, &inputDoubleValue) && inputDoubleValue==PsychGetNanValue())
				PsychEstimateGetSecsValueAtTickCountZero();
			returnDoubleValue=PsychGetEstimatedSecsValueAtTickCountZero();
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, returnDoubleValue);
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "PsychTableVersion")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, (double)PsychPrefStateGet_PsychTableVersion());
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "PsychTableCreator")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			tableCreator=PsychPrefStateGet_PsychTableCreator();
			PsychCopyOutCharArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, tableCreator);
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Process")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, (double)getpid());
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;


		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontName")){
			PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultFontName(&oldDefaultFontName);
			PsychCopyOutCharArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, oldDefaultFontName);
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychAllocInCharArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontName);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultFontName(newFontName);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
			
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontStyle")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultTextStyle());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontStyleNumber);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultTextStyle(newFontStyleNumber);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultTextYPositionIsBaseline")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_TextYPositionIsBaseline());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_TextYPositionIsBaseline(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontSize")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultTextSize());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontSize);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultTextSize(newFontSize);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DebugMakeTexture")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DebugMakeTexture());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DebugMakeTexture(tempFlag);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SkipSyncTests")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_SkipSyncTests());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_SkipSyncTests(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VisualDebugLevel")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VisualDebugLevel());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_VisualDebugLevel(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VBLTimestampingMode")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VBLTimestampingMode());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
                            PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
                            PsychPrefStateSet_VBLTimestampingMode(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "ConserveVRAM")){
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_ConserveVRAM());
					if(numInputArgs==2){
						PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
						PsychPrefStateSet_ConserveVRAM(tempInt);
					}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Verbosity")){
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity());
					if(numInputArgs==2){
						PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
						PsychPrefStateSet_Verbosity(tempInt);
					}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "EmulateOldPTB")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_EmulateOldPTB());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
					PsychPrefStateSet_EmulateOldPTB(tempFlag);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Enable3DGraphics")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_3DGfx());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
					PsychPrefStateSet_3DGfx(tempFlag);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextAlphaBlending")){
				textAlphaBlendingFlag=PsychPrefStateGet_TextAlphaBlending();
				PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, textAlphaBlendingFlag);
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
					PsychPrefStateSet_TextAlphaBlending(booleanInput);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SuppressAllWarnings")){
				suppressAllWarningsFlag=PsychPrefStateGet_SuppressAllWarnings();
				PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, suppressAllWarningsFlag);
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
					PsychPrefStateSet_SuppressAllWarnings(booleanInput);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unrecognizedPreferenceName);
	}
	
	if(!preferenceNameArgumentValid)
		PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid arguments to preferences command");
		
	return(PsychError_none);
}
PsychError SCREENPreference(void)  
{

	PsychArgFormatType		arg1Type;
	char					*preferenceName, *newFontName;
	const char				*tableCreator, *oldDefaultFontName;
	psych_bool				preferenceNameArgumentValid, booleanInput, ignoreCase, tempFlag, textAlphaBlendingFlag, suppressAllWarningsFlag;
	int						numInputArgs, i, newFontStyleNumber, newFontSize, tempInt, tempInt2, tempInt3, tempInt4;
	double					returnDoubleValue, inputDoubleValue;
	double					maxStddev, maxDeviation, maxDuration;
	int						minSamples;
    double                  *dheads = NULL;

	//all sub functions should have these two lines
	PsychPushHelp(useString, synopsisString,seeAlsoString);
	if(PsychIsGiveHelp()){PsychGiveHelp();return(PsychError_none);};
	
	//check for superfluous or missing arguments
	PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumInputArgs(5));			
	PsychErrorExit(PsychRequireNumInputArgs(1));		   
	PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumOutputArgs(4));
	
	numInputArgs=PsychGetNumInputArgs();
	arg1Type=PsychGetArgType(1);
	preferenceNameArgumentValid=FALSE;
	
	//Cases which require both a window pointer or screen number and preference name.  Argument 1 is the wposn and argument 2 is the preference name.
	if( numInputArgs >= 2 && (PsychIsScreenNumberArg(1) || PsychIsScreenNumberArg(1)) && PsychGetArgType(2)==PsychArgType_char ){
		PsychAllocInCharArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &preferenceName);
		//preferences which require window pointer or screen number argument which we DO NOT support  
		for(i=0;i<kPsychNumUnsupportedMacVideoPreferences;i++){
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, unsupportedMacVideoPreferenceNames[i]))
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unsupportedOS9Preference);
		}
		//insert here conditionals  to act on prefernces which accept a window pointer or screen number argument which we DO support.
		PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unrecognizedPreferenceName);
	}

	//Cases which do not require a wposn.  Argument 1 is the preference name.  if present Argument 2 is the new value
	if(arg1Type==PsychArgType_char){
		PsychAllocInCharArg(1, kPsychArgRequired, &preferenceName);
		//Preferernces which we do not support and which do not require a wposn
		for(i=0;i<kPsychNumUnsupportedMacNonVideoPreferences;i++){
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, unsupportedMacNonVideoPreferenceNames[i]))
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unsupportedOS9Preference);
		}
		//Preferences which we do support
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "IgnoreCase")){
			ignoreCase=!PsychIsPsychMatchCaseSensitive();
			PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, ignoreCase);
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
				PsychSetPsychMatchCaseSenstive(!booleanInput);			
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Tick0Secs")){
			if(PsychCopyInDoubleArg(2, kPsychArgOptional, &inputDoubleValue) && inputDoubleValue==PsychGetNanValue())
				PsychEstimateGetSecsValueAtTickCountZero();
			returnDoubleValue=PsychGetEstimatedSecsValueAtTickCountZero();
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, returnDoubleValue);
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "PsychTableVersion")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, (double)PsychPrefStateGet_PsychTableVersion());
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "PsychTableCreator")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			tableCreator=PsychPrefStateGet_PsychTableCreator();
			PsychCopyOutCharArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, tableCreator);
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Process")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, (double) (psych_int64) getpid());
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;


		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontName")){
			PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultFontName(&oldDefaultFontName);
			PsychCopyOutCharArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, oldDefaultFontName);
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychAllocInCharArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontName);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultFontName(newFontName);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;			
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextEncodingLocale")){
			PsychCopyOutCharArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychGetUnicodeTextConversionLocale());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychAllocInCharArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontName);
				if (!PsychSetUnicodeTextConversionLocale(newFontName)) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Setting the 'TextEncodingLocale' failed, most likely because you provided an invalid/unknown locale setting string.");
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;			
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontStyle")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultTextStyle());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontStyleNumber);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultTextStyle(newFontStyleNumber);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "OverrideMultimediaEngine")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_UseGStreamer());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_UseGStreamer(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultTextYPositionIsBaseline")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_TextYPositionIsBaseline());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_TextYPositionIsBaseline(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextAntiAliasing")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_TextAntiAliasing());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_TextAntiAliasing(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextRenderer")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_TextRenderer());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_TextRenderer(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontSize")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultTextSize());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontSize);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultTextSize(newFontSize);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DebugMakeTexture")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DebugMakeTexture());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DebugMakeTexture(tempFlag);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SkipSyncTests")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_SkipSyncTests());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_SkipSyncTests(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VisualDebugLevel")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VisualDebugLevel());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_VisualDebugLevel(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VBLTimestampingMode")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VBLTimestampingMode());
			if(numInputArgs>=2){
                            PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
                            PsychPrefStateSet_VBLTimestampingMode(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SyncTestSettings")){
			PsychPrefStateGet_SynctestThresholds(&maxStddev, &minSamples, &maxDeviation, &maxDuration);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, maxStddev);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(2, kPsychArgOptional, minSamples);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(3, kPsychArgOptional, maxDeviation);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(4, kPsychArgOptional, maxDuration);
			if(numInputArgs>=2){
							PsychCopyInDoubleArg( 2, kPsychArgOptional, &maxStddev);
                            PsychCopyInIntegerArg(3, kPsychArgOptional, &minSamples);
							PsychCopyInDoubleArg( 4, kPsychArgOptional, &maxDeviation);
							PsychCopyInDoubleArg( 5, kPsychArgOptional, &maxDuration);
							PsychPrefStateSet_SynctestThresholds(maxStddev, minSamples, maxDeviation, maxDuration);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VBLEndlineOverride")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VBLEndlineOverride());
			if(numInputArgs>=2){
                            PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
                            PsychPrefStateSet_VBLEndlineOverride(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultVideocaptureEngine")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VideoCaptureEngine());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
					PsychPrefStateSet_VideoCaptureEngine(tempInt);
				}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "WindowShieldingLevel")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_WindowShieldingLevel());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
					PsychPrefStateSet_WindowShieldingLevel(tempInt);
				}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "ConserveVRAM") || PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Workarounds1")){
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_ConserveVRAM());
					if(numInputArgs==2){
						PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
						PsychPrefStateSet_ConserveVRAM(tempInt);
					}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Verbosity")){
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity());
					if(numInputArgs==2){
						PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
						PsychPrefStateSet_Verbosity(tempInt);
					}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "FrameRectCorrection")){
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_FrameRectCorrection());
					if(numInputArgs==2){
						PsychCopyInDoubleArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &inputDoubleValue);
						PsychPrefStateSet_FrameRectCorrection(inputDoubleValue);
					}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "EmulateOldPTB")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_EmulateOldPTB());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
					PsychPrefStateSet_EmulateOldPTB(tempFlag);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Enable3DGraphics")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_3DGfx());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
					PsychPrefStateSet_3DGfx(tempInt);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextAlphaBlending")){
				textAlphaBlendingFlag=PsychPrefStateGet_TextAlphaBlending();
				PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, textAlphaBlendingFlag);
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
					PsychPrefStateSet_TextAlphaBlending(booleanInput);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SuppressAllWarnings")){
				suppressAllWarningsFlag=PsychPrefStateGet_SuppressAllWarnings();
				PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, suppressAllWarningsFlag);
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
					PsychPrefStateSet_SuppressAllWarnings(booleanInput);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SynchronizeDisplays")){
				if(numInputArgs >= 2) {
					// This is a special call: It currently doesn't set a preference setting,
					// but instead triggers an instantaneous synchronization of all available
					// display heads, if possible. We may have a more clever and "standard" interface
					// interface for this later on, but for first tests this will do.
					// Syncmethod is hard-coded to 0 -> Use whatever's available to sync.
					// timeout for retries is 5.0 seconds.
					// Acceptable residual offset is +/- 2 scanlines.
					// Returns the real residual offset after sync.
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
					if (!PsychCopyInIntegerArg(3, kPsychArgOptional, &tempInt3)) {
                        // No screenId specified: Resync default screen or whatever...
                        tempInt2 = 0;
                        if (PsychSynchronizeDisplayScreens(&tempInt2, NULL, &tempInt, tempInt, 5.0, 2)!=PsychError_none) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sync failed for reasons mentioned above.");
                    } else {
                        // Specific screenId provided: Resync crtc's associated with this screenId if possible:
                        tempInt2 = 1;
                        if (PsychSynchronizeDisplayScreens(&tempInt2, &tempInt3, &tempInt, tempInt, 5.0, 2)!=PsychError_none) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sync failed for reasons mentioned above.");
                    }
                    
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, tempInt);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "ScreenToHead")){
				// screenId is required:
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				if (tempInt < 0 || tempInt >= PsychGetNumDisplays() || tempInt >= kPsychMaxPossibleDisplays) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid screenId provided. Out of valid range!");

				// Return old mappings for this screenId:
                for (tempInt2 = 0; (tempInt2 < kPsychMaxPossibleCrtcs) && (PsychPrefStateGet_ScreenToHead(tempInt, tempInt2) >= 0); tempInt2++);
                PsychAllocOutDoubleMatArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, 2, tempInt2, 1, &dheads);
                
                tempInt4 = 0;
                for (tempInt3 = 0; tempInt3 < tempInt2; tempInt3++) {
                    dheads[tempInt4++] = (double) PsychPrefStateGet_ScreenToHead(tempInt, tempInt3);
                    dheads[tempInt4++] = (double) PsychPrefStateGet_ScreenToCrtcId(tempInt, tempInt3);
                }
                
                // Optionally retrieve and set new mappings for this screenId:
				if(numInputArgs>=3) {
					// Set new headId for screenId:
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(3, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt2);
					if (tempInt2 < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid negative headId provided!");

					// Set new crtcId for screenId:
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(4, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt3);
					if (tempInt3 < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid negative crtcId provided!");

                    // Assign primary head by default (index 0), but allow optionally others as well:
                    tempInt4 = 0;
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(5, kPsychArgOptional, &tempInt4);
					if (tempInt4 < 0 || tempInt4 >= kPsychMaxPossibleCrtcs) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid rankId provided! Too many heads for one screen!");

					PsychPrefStateSet_ScreenToHead(tempInt, tempInt2, tempInt3, tempInt4);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unrecognizedPreferenceName);
	}
	
	if(!preferenceNameArgumentValid)
		PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid arguments to preferences command");
		
	return(PsychError_none);
}
PsychError SCREENOpenWindow(void) 

{
    int					screenNumber, numWindowBuffers, stereomode, multiSample, imagingmode;
    PsychRectType 			rect;
    PsychColorType			color;
    PsychColorModeType  		mode; 
    boolean				isArgThere, settingsMade, didWindowOpen;
    PsychScreenSettingsType		screenSettings;
    PsychWindowRecordType		*windowRecord;
    double dVals[4];
    PsychDepthType		specifiedDepth, possibleDepths, currentDepth, useDepth;
	int dummy1;
	double dummy2, dummy3, dummy4;
	Boolean EmulateOldPTB = PsychPrefStateGet_EmulateOldPTB();
    
	//just for debugging
    //if (PSYCH_DEBUG == PSYCH_ON) printf("Entering SCREENOpen\n");

    //all sub functions should have these two lines
    PsychPushHelp(useString, synopsisString, seeAlsoString);
    if(PsychIsGiveHelp()){PsychGiveHelp();return(PsychError_none);};

    //cap the number of inputs
    PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumInputArgs(8));   //The maximum number of inputs
    PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumOutputArgs(2));  //The maximum number of outputs

    //get the screen number from the windowPtrOrScreenNumber.  This also checks to make sure that the specified screen exists.  
    PsychCopyInScreenNumberArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, TRUE, &screenNumber);
    if(screenNumber==-1)
        PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "The specified offscreen window has no ancestral screen."); 

    /*
      The depth checking is ugly because of this stupid depth structure stuff.  
      Instead get a descriptor of the current video settings, change the depth field,
      and pass it to a validate function wich searches a list of valid video modes for the display.
      There seems to be no point in checking the depths alone because the legality of a particular
      depth depends on the other settings specified below.  Its probably best to wait until we have
      digested all settings and then test the full mode, declarin an invalid
      mode and not an invalid pixel size.  We could notice when the depth alone is specified 
      and in that case issue an invalid depth value.
     */  

    //find the PixelSize first because the color specifier depends on the screen depth.  
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&currentDepth);  //get the current depth
    PsychGetScreenDepth(screenNumber, &currentDepth);
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&possibleDepths); //get the possible depths
    PsychGetScreenDepths(screenNumber, &possibleDepths);

    #if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX || PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_WINDOWS
       // MK Experimental Hack: Add the special depth values 30, 64 and 128 to the depth struct. This allows for
       // 10 bpc color buffers and 16 bpc, 32 bpc floating point color buffers on the latest ATI
       // and NVidia hardware. Unfortunately at this point of the init sequence, we are not able
       // to check if these formats are supported by the hardware. Ugly ugly ugly...
       PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(30, &possibleDepths);
       PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(64, &possibleDepths);
       PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(128, &possibleDepths);
    #endif

    PsychInitDepthStruct(&specifiedDepth); //get the requested depth and validate it.  
    isArgThere = PsychCopyInSingleDepthArg(4, FALSE, &specifiedDepth);

    PsychInitDepthStruct(&useDepth);
    if(isArgThere){ //if the argument is there check that the screen supports it...
        if(!PsychIsMemberDepthStruct(&specifiedDepth, &possibleDepths))
            PsychErrorExit(PsychError_invalidDepthArg);
        else
            PsychCopyDepthStruct(&useDepth, &specifiedDepth);
    }else //otherwise use the default
        PsychCopyDepthStruct(&useDepth, &currentDepth);

    //find the rect.
    PsychGetScreenRect(screenNumber, rect); 	//get the rect describing the screen bounds.  This is the default Rect.  

    // Override it with a user supplied rect, if one was supplied:
    isArgThere=PsychCopyInRectArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, FALSE, rect );
    if (IsPsychRectEmpty(rect)) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "OpenWindow called with invalid (empty) rect argument.");

    //find the number of specified buffers. 

    //OS X:	The number of backbuffers is not a property of the display mode but an attribute of the pixel format.
    //		Therefore the value is held by a window record and not a screen record.    

    numWindowBuffers=2;	
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(5,FALSE,&numWindowBuffers);
    if(numWindowBuffers < 1 || numWindowBuffers > kPsychMaxNumberWindowBuffers) PsychErrorExit(PsychError_invalidNumberBuffersArg);

    // MK: Check for optional spec of stereoscopic display: 0 (the default) = monoscopic viewing.
    // 1 == Stereo output via OpenGL built-in stereo facilities: This will drive any kind of
    // stereo display hardware that is directly supported by MacOS-X.
    // 2/3 == Stereo output via compressed frame output: Only one backbuffer is used for both
    // views: The left view image is put into the top-half of the screen, the right view image
    // is put into the bottom half of the screen. External hardware demangles this combi-image
    // again into two separate images. CrystalEyes seems to be able to do this. One looses half
    // of the vertical resolution, but potentially gains refresh rate...
    // Future PTB version may include different stereo algorithms with an id > 1, e.g., 

    // anaglyph stereo, interlaced stereo, ...

    stereomode=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(6,FALSE,&stereomode);
    if(stereomode < 0 || stereomode > 9) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid stereomode provided (Valid between 0 and 9).");
	if (stereomode!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, stereo display functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");

    multiSample=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(7,FALSE,&multiSample);
    if(multiSample < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid multisample value provided (Valid are positive numbers >= 0).");
	if (multiSample!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, anti-aliasing functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");

	imagingmode=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(8,FALSE,&imagingmode);
    if(imagingmode < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid imaging mode provided (See 'help PsychImagingMode' for usage info).");
	if (imagingmode!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, imaging pipeline functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");
	
    //set the video mode to change the pixel size.  TO DO: Set the rect and the default color  
    PsychGetScreenSettings(screenNumber, &screenSettings);    
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth));
    PsychCopyDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth), &useDepth);

    // Here is where all the work goes on:

    // If the screen is not already captured then to that:
    if(~PsychIsScreenCaptured(screenNumber)) {
        PsychCaptureScreen(screenNumber);

        settingsMade=PsychSetScreenSettings(screenNumber, &screenSettings);
        //Capturing the screen and setting its settings always occur in conjunction
        //There should be a check above to see if the display is captured and openWindow is attempting to chang
        //the bit depth
    }

#if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_WINDOWS
    // On M$-Windows we currently only support - and therefore require >= 30 bpp color depth.
    if (PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber) < 30) {
      // Display running at less than 30 bpp. OpenWindow will fail on M$-Windows anyway, so let's abort
      // now.

      // Release the captured screen:
        PsychReleaseScreen(screenNumber);

	// Output warning text:
        printf("PTB-ERROR: Your display screen %i is not running at the required color depth of at least 30 bit.\n", screenNumber);
        printf("PTB-ERROR: The current setting is %i bit color depth..\n", PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber));
        printf("PTB-ERROR: This will not work on Microsoft Windows operating systems.\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: Please use the 'Display settings' control panel of Windows to change the color depth to\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: 32 bits per pixel ('True color' or 'Highest' setting) and then retry. It may be neccessary\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: to restart Matlab after applying the change...\n");
        fflush(NULL);

	// Abort with Matlab error:
	PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Insufficient color depth setting for display device (smaller than 30 bpp).");
    }

#endif

    //if (PSYCH_DEBUG == PSYCH_ON) printf("Entering PsychOpenOnscreenWindow\n");
    PsychCopyDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth), &useDepth);
    didWindowOpen=PsychOpenOnscreenWindow(&screenSettings, &windowRecord, numWindowBuffers, stereomode, rect, multiSample);

    if (!didWindowOpen) {
        PsychReleaseScreen(screenNumber);

        // We use this dirty hack to exit with an error, but without printing
        // an error message. The specific error message has been printed in
        // PsychOpenOnscreenWindow() already..
        PsychErrMsgTxt("");
    }

    // Sufficient display depth for full alpha-blending and such?
    if (PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber) < 24) {
        // Nope. Output a little warning.
        printf("PTB-WARNING: Your display screen %i is not running at 24 bit color depth or higher.\n", screenNumber);
        printf("PTB-WARNING: The current setting is %i bit color depth..\n", PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber));
        printf("PTB-WARNING: This could cause failure to work correctly or visual artifacts in stimuli\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: that involve Alpha-Blending. It can also cause drastically reduced color resolution\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: for your stimuli! Please try to switch your display to 'True Color' (Windows)\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: our 'Millions of Colors' (MacOS-X) to get rid of this warning and the visual artifacts.\n");
        fflush(NULL);
    }
    
	// Define clear color: This depends on the color range of our onscreen window...
    isArgThere=PsychCopyInColorArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, FALSE, &color); //get from user
    if(!isArgThere) PsychLoadColorStruct(&color, kPsychIndexColor, PsychGetWhiteValueFromWindow(windowRecord)); //or use the default
    PsychCoerceColorMode(&color);

	// Initialize internal image processing pipeline if requested:
	PsychInitializeImagingPipeline(windowRecord, imagingmode);
	
	// On OS-X, if we are int quad-buffered frame sequential stereo mode, we automatically generate
	// blue-line-sync style sync lines for use with stereo shutter glasses. We don't do this
	// by default on Windows or Linux: These systems either don't have stereo capable hardware,
	// or they have some and its drivers already take care of sync signal generation.
	if ((PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX) && (windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychOpenGLStereo)) {
		if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Enabling internal blue line sync renderer for quad-buffered stereo...\n");
		PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "LeftFinalizerBlitChain", "Builtin:RenderStereoSyncLine", TRUE, "");
		PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "LeftFinalizerBlitChain");		
		PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "RightFinalizerBlitChain", "Builtin:RenderStereoSyncLine", TRUE, "");
		PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "RightFinalizerBlitChain");		
	}

	// Activate new onscreen window for userspace drawing: If imaging pipeline is active, this
	// will bind the correct rendertargets for the first time:
    PsychSetGLContext(windowRecord);
	PsychSetDrawingTarget(windowRecord);

    // Set the clear color and perform a backbuffer-clear:
    PsychConvertColorToDoubleVector(&color, windowRecord, dVals);
    glClearColor(dVals[0], dVals[1], dVals[2], dVals[3]);
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

    // Mark end of drawing op. This is needed for single buffered drawing:
    PsychFlushGL(windowRecord);

    // Make sure no OpenGL errors happened up to this point:
    PsychTestForGLErrors();

    // If we are in logo-startup mode (former blue-screen mode) and double-buffering
    // is enabled, then do an initial bufferswap & clear, so the display starts in
    // the user selected background color instead of staying at the blue screen or
    // logo display until the Matlab script first calls 'Flip'.
    if ((PsychPrefStateGet_VisualDebugLevel()>=4) && numWindowBuffers>=2) {
      // Do immediate bufferswap by an internal call to Screen('Flip'). This will also
	  // take care of clearing the backbuffer in preparation of first userspace drawing
	  // commands and such...
	  PsychFlipWindowBuffers(windowRecord, 0, 0, 0, 0, &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, &dummy4);
      // Display now shows background color, so user knows that PTB's 'OpenWindow'
      // procedure is successfully finished.
    }

    PsychTestForGLErrors();

    //Return the window index and the rect argument.
    PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, FALSE, windowRecord->windowIndex);

	 // rect argument needs special treatment in stereo mode:
	 if (windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychFreeFusionStereo || windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychFreeCrossFusionStereo) {
			// Special case for stereo: Only half the real window width:
			PsychMakeRect(&rect, windowRecord->rect[kPsychLeft],windowRecord->rect[kPsychTop],
							  windowRecord->rect[kPsychLeft] + PsychGetWidthFromRect(windowRecord->rect)/2,windowRecord->rect[kPsychBottom]);
	 }
	 else {
			// Normal case:
			PsychMakeRect(&rect, windowRecord->rect[kPsychLeft],windowRecord->rect[kPsychTop],windowRecord->rect[kPsychRight],windowRecord->rect[kPsychBottom]);
	 }
    PsychCopyOutRectArg(2, FALSE, rect);

    return(PsychError_none);   
}
PsychError SCREENPreference(void)  
{

	PsychArgFormatType		arg1Type;
	char					*preferenceName, *newFontName;
	const char				*tableCreator, *oldDefaultFontName;
	Boolean					preferenceNameArgumentValid, booleanInput, ignoreCase, tempFlag, textAlphaBlendingFlag, suppressAllWarningsFlag;
	int						numInputArgs, i, newFontStyleNumber, newFontSize, tempInt, tempInt2, tempInt3;
	double					returnDoubleValue, inputDoubleValue;
	
	//all sub functions should have these two lines
	PsychPushHelp(useString, synopsisString,seeAlsoString);
	if(PsychIsGiveHelp()){PsychGiveHelp();return(PsychError_none);};
	
	//check for superfluous or missing arguments
	PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumInputArgs(3));			
	PsychErrorExit(PsychRequireNumInputArgs(1));		   
	PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumOutputArgs(1));
	
	numInputArgs=PsychGetNumInputArgs();
	arg1Type=PsychGetArgType(1);
	preferenceNameArgumentValid=FALSE;
	
	//Cases which require both a window pointer or screen number and preference name.  Argument 1 is the wposn and argument 2 is the preference name.
	if( numInputArgs >= 2 && (PsychIsScreenNumberArg(1) || PsychIsScreenNumberArg(1)) && PsychGetArgType(2)==PsychArgType_char ){
		PsychAllocInCharArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &preferenceName);
		//preferences which require window pointer or screen number argument which we DO NOT support  
		for(i=0;i<kPsychNumUnsupportedMacVideoPreferences;i++){
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, unsupportedMacVideoPreferenceNames[i]))
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unsupportedOS9Preference);
		}
		//insert here conditionals  to act on prefernces which accept a window pointer or screen number argument which we DO support.
		PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unrecognizedPreferenceName);
	}

	//Cases which do not require a wposn.  Argument 1 is the preference name.  if present Argument 2 is the new value
	if(arg1Type==PsychArgType_char){
		PsychAllocInCharArg(1, kPsychArgRequired, &preferenceName);
		//Preferernces which we do not support and which do not require a wposn
		for(i=0;i<kPsychNumUnsupportedMacNonVideoPreferences;i++){
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, unsupportedMacNonVideoPreferenceNames[i]))
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unsupportedOS9Preference);
		}
		//Preferences which we do support
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "IgnoreCase")){
			ignoreCase=!PsychIsPsychMatchCaseSensitive();
			PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, ignoreCase);
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
				PsychSetPsychMatchCaseSenstive(!booleanInput);			
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Tick0Secs")){
			if(PsychCopyInDoubleArg(2, kPsychArgOptional, &inputDoubleValue) && inputDoubleValue==PsychGetNanValue())
				PsychEstimateGetSecsValueAtTickCountZero();
			returnDoubleValue=PsychGetEstimatedSecsValueAtTickCountZero();
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, returnDoubleValue);
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "PsychTableVersion")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, (double)PsychPrefStateGet_PsychTableVersion());
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "PsychTableCreator")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			tableCreator=PsychPrefStateGet_PsychTableCreator();
			PsychCopyOutCharArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, tableCreator);
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Process")){
			if(numInputArgs==2)
				PsychErrorExit(PsychError_extraInputArg);
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, (double)getpid());
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;


		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontName")){
			PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultFontName(&oldDefaultFontName);
			PsychCopyOutCharArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, oldDefaultFontName);
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychAllocInCharArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontName);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultFontName(newFontName);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
			
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontStyle")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultTextStyle());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontStyleNumber);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultTextStyle(newFontStyleNumber);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultTextYPositionIsBaseline")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_TextYPositionIsBaseline());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_TextYPositionIsBaseline(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextAntiAliasing")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_TextAntiAliasing());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_TextAntiAliasing(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextRenderer")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_TextRenderer());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_TextRenderer(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultFontSize")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DefaultTextSize());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &newFontSize);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DefaultTextSize(newFontSize);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
		if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DebugMakeTexture")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_DebugMakeTexture());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
				PsychPrefStateSet_DebugMakeTexture(tempFlag);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SkipSyncTests")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_SkipSyncTests());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_SkipSyncTests(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VisualDebugLevel")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VisualDebugLevel());
			if(numInputArgs==2){
				PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
				PsychPrefStateSet_VisualDebugLevel(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VBLTimestampingMode")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VBLTimestampingMode());
			if(numInputArgs>=2){
                            PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
                            PsychPrefStateSet_VBLTimestampingMode(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "VBLEndlineOverride")){
			PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VBLEndlineOverride());
			if(numInputArgs>=2){
                            PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
                            PsychPrefStateSet_VBLEndlineOverride(tempInt);
			}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "DefaultVideocaptureEngine")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_VideoCaptureEngine());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
					PsychPrefStateSet_VideoCaptureEngine(tempInt);
				}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "ConserveVRAM") || PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Workarounds1")){
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_ConserveVRAM());
					if(numInputArgs==2){
						PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
						PsychPrefStateSet_ConserveVRAM(tempInt);
					}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Verbosity")){
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity());
					if(numInputArgs==2){
						PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
						PsychPrefStateSet_Verbosity(tempInt);
					}
			preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "EmulateOldPTB")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_EmulateOldPTB());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
					PsychPrefStateSet_EmulateOldPTB(tempFlag);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "Enable3DGraphics")){
				PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, PsychPrefStateGet_3DGfx());
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempFlag);
					PsychPrefStateSet_3DGfx(tempFlag);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "TextAlphaBlending")){
				textAlphaBlendingFlag=PsychPrefStateGet_TextAlphaBlending();
				PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, textAlphaBlendingFlag);
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
					PsychPrefStateSet_TextAlphaBlending(booleanInput);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SuppressAllWarnings")){
				suppressAllWarningsFlag=PsychPrefStateGet_SuppressAllWarnings();
				PsychCopyOutFlagArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, suppressAllWarningsFlag);
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					PsychCopyInFlagArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &booleanInput);
					PsychPrefStateSet_SuppressAllWarnings(booleanInput);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			if(PsychMatch(preferenceName, "SynchronizeDisplays")){
				if(numInputArgs==2){
					// This is a special call: It currently doesn't set a preference setting,
					// but instead triggers an instantaneous synchronization of all available
					// display heads, if possible. We may have a more clever and "standard" interface
					// interface for this later on, but for first tests this will do.
					// Syncmethod is hard-coded to 0 -> Use whatever's available to sync.
					// timeout for retries is 5.0 seconds.
					// Acceptable residual offset is +/- 2 scanlines.
					// Returns the real residual offset after sync.
					PsychCopyInIntegerArg(2, kPsychArgRequired, &tempInt);
					tempInt2 = 0;
					if (PsychSynchronizeDisplayScreens(&tempInt2, NULL, &tempInt, tempInt, 5.0, 2)!=PsychError_none) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sync failed for reasons mentioned above.");
					PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, kPsychArgOptional, tempInt);
				}
				preferenceNameArgumentValid=TRUE;
		}else 
			PsychErrorExit(PsychError_unrecognizedPreferenceName);
	}
	
	if(!preferenceNameArgumentValid)
		PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid arguments to preferences command");
		
	return(PsychError_none);
}
/*
    PsychOSOpenOnscreenWindow()
    
    Creates the CGL pixel format and the CGL context objects and then instantiates the context onto the screen.
    
    -The pixel format and the context are stored in the target specific field of the window recored.  Close
    should clean up by destroying both the pixel format and the context.
    
    -We mantain the context because it must be be made the current context by drawing functions to draw into 
    the specified window.
    
    -We maintain the pixel format object because there seems to be now way to retrieve that from the context.
    
    -To tell the caller to clean up PsychOSOpenOnscreenWindow returns FALSE if we fail to open the window. It 
    would be better to just issue an PsychErrorExit() and have that clean up everything allocated outside of
    PsychOpenOnscreenWindow().
    
    MK: The new option 'stereomode' allows selection of stereo display instead of mono display:
    0 (default) ==  Old behaviour -> Monoscopic rendering context.
    >0          ==  Stereo display, where the number defines the type of stereo algorithm to use.
    =1          ==  Use OpenGL built-in stereo by creating a context/window with left- and right backbuffer. This is
                    the only mode of interest here, as it requires use of a stereo capable OpenGL pixelformat. All other
                    stereo modes are implemented by PTB itself in a platform independent manner on top of a standard mono
                    context.
*/
psych_bool PsychOSOpenOnscreenWindow(PsychScreenSettingsType *screenSettings, PsychWindowRecordType *windowRecord, int numBuffers, int stereomode, int conserveVRAM)
{
    CGOpenGLDisplayMask             displayMask;
    CGLError                        error;
    CGDirectDisplayID               cgDisplayID;
    CGLPixelFormatAttribute         attribs[40];
    int                             attribcount;
    GLint                           numVirtualScreens;
    GLenum                          glerr;
    PsychRectType                   screenrect;
    int                             i;
    int                             windowLevel;
    long                            scw, sch;
    void*                           cocoaWindow = NULL;

    // Map screen number to physical display handle cgDisplayID:
    PsychGetCGDisplayIDFromScreenNumber(&cgDisplayID, screenSettings->screenNumber);
    displayMask = CGDisplayIDToOpenGLDisplayMask(cgDisplayID);

    // NULL-out Cocoa window handle, so this is well-defined in case of error:
    windowRecord->targetSpecific.windowHandle = NULL;

    // Retrieve windowLevel, an indicator of where non-CGL / non-fullscreen windows should
    // be located wrt. to other windows. -2 = Allow regular window manager control of stacking
    // order, visibility etc., -1 = Invisible/hidden, 0 = Behind everything else, occluded by
    // everything else. 1 - 999 = At layer 'windowLevel' -> Occludes stuff on layers "below" it.
    // 1000 - 1999 = At highest level, but partially translucent / alpha channel allows to make
    // regions transparent. Range 1000 - 1499 = transparent for mouse and keyboard, alpha 0-99.99%,
    // 1500-1599 = opaque for mouse and keyboard, alpha 0-99.99%, 2000 or higher: Above everything,
    // fully opaque, occludes everything, a typical fullscreen onscreen window. 2000 is the default.
    windowLevel = PsychPrefStateGet_WindowShieldingLevel();

    // Window rect provided which has same size as screen?
    // We do not use windowed mode if the provided window rectangle either
    // matches the target screens rectangle (and therefore its exact size)
    // or its screens global rectangle. In such cases we use CGL for better
    // low level control and to exclude the desktop compositor from interfering:
    PsychGetScreenRect(screenSettings->screenNumber, screenrect);
    if (PsychMatchRect(screenrect, windowRecord->rect)) windowRecord->specialflags |= kPsychIsFullscreenWindow;

    PsychGetGlobalScreenRect(screenSettings->screenNumber, screenrect);
    if (PsychMatchRect(screenrect, windowRecord->rect)) windowRecord->specialflags |= kPsychIsFullscreenWindow;

    if ((windowRecord->specialflags & kPsychIsFullscreenWindow) && (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity() > 3)) {
        printf("PTB-INFO: Always using Cocoa for fullscreen windows to work around graphics driver bugs in OSX.\n");
        printf("PTB-INFO: Presentation timing precision is not yet known for this configuration on most machines. Check your results.\n");
    }

    // Display for fullscreen window not captured? Timing precision is unclear in this mode. In theory the compositor should disable
    // itself for fullscreen windows on modern OSX versions. If it really does that, who knows?
    if ((windowRecord->specialflags & kPsychIsFullscreenWindow) && (PsychPrefStateGet_ConserveVRAM() & kPsychUseAGLCompositorForFullscreenWindows)) {
        // Force a window rectangle that matches the global screen rectangle for that windows screen:
        PsychCopyRect(windowRecord->rect, screenrect);

        // Warn user about what's going on:
        if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>1) printf("PTB-INFO: No display capture / compositor lockout for fullscreen window. Timing precision is unknown.\n");
    }

    if ((windowRecord->specialflags & kPsychGUIWindow) && (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity() > 3)) {
        printf("PTB-INFO: Onscreen window is configured as regular GUI window.\n");
    }

    // Create onscreen Cocoa window of requested position and size:
    if (PsychCocoaCreateWindow(windowRecord, windowLevel, &cocoaWindow)) {
        printf("\nPTB-ERROR[CreateNewWindow failed]: Failed to open Cocoa onscreen window\n\n");
        return(FALSE);
    }

    // Transparent window requested?
    if ((windowLevel >= 1000) && (windowLevel < 2000)) {
        // Setup of global window alpha value for transparency. This is premultiplied to
        // the individual per-pixel alpha values if transparency is enabled by Cocoa code.
        //
        // Levels 1000 - 1499 and 1500 to 1999 map to a master opacity level of 0.0 - 1.0:
        PsychCocoaSetWindowAlpha(cocoaWindow, ((float) (windowLevel % 500)) / 499.0);
    }

    // Show it! Unless a windowLevel of -1 requests hiding the window:
    if (windowLevel != -1) PsychCocoaShowWindow(cocoaWindow);

    // If usercode wants a black startup screen then we add a pause of 0.5 seconds here
    // before proceeding. This will avoid a white flash at window open time, which might
    // be something the user wanted to avoid. Why does this help or is needed at all?
    // Nobody knows, but this is Apples ridiculous toy OS, so why even ask such questions?
    if (PsychPrefStateGet_VisualDebugLevel() < 4)
        PsychYieldIntervalSeconds(0.5);

    // Level zero means: Place behind all other windows:
    if (windowLevel == 0) PsychCocoaSendBehind(cocoaWindow);

    // Levels 1 to 999 define window levels for the group of the window.
    // A level of -2 would leave this to the system:
    if (windowLevel > 0 && windowLevel < 1000) PsychCocoaSetWindowLevel(cocoaWindow, windowLevel);

    // Is the target display captured for a fullscreen window?
    if (PsychIsScreenCaptured(screenSettings->screenNumber)) {
        // Yes. Make sure our window is above the shielding window level:
        PsychCocoaSetWindowLevel(cocoaWindow, (int) CGShieldingWindowLevel());
    }

    // Store window handle in windowRecord:
    windowRecord->targetSpecific.windowHandle = cocoaWindow;

    // Store vblank startline aka true height of physical display screen in pixels:
    PsychGetScreenPixelSize(screenSettings->screenNumber, &scw, &sch);
    windowRecord->VBL_Startline = (int) sch;

    // Define pixelformat attributes for OpenGL contexts:

    // No pixelformat attribs to start with:
    attribcount = 0;

    attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFADisplayMask;
    attribs[attribcount++]=displayMask;

    // 10 bit per component integer framebuffer requested (10-10-10-2)?
    if (windowRecord->depth == 30) {
        // Request a 10 bit per color component framebuffer with 2 bit alpha channel:
        printf("PTB-INFO: Trying to enable 10 bpc, 30 bit integer framebuffer...\n");
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFANoRecovery;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAMinimumPolicy;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAColorSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=10*3;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAAlphaSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=2;
    }

    // 11 bit per component integer framebuffer requested (11-11-10-0)?
    if (windowRecord->depth == 33) {
        // Request a ~ 11 bit per color component framebuffer without alpha channel:
        printf("PTB-INFO: Trying to enable 11 bpc, 32 bit integer framebuffer...\n");
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFANoRecovery;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAMinimumPolicy;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAColorSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=32;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAAlphaSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=0;
    }

    // 16 bit per component integer framebuffer requested (16-16-16-16)?
    if (windowRecord->depth == 48) {
        // Request a 16 bit per color component framebuffer:
        printf("PTB-INFO: Trying to enable 16 bpc, 64 bit integer framebuffer...\n");
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFANoRecovery;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAMinimumPolicy;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAColorSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=16*3;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAAlphaSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=16;
    }

    // 16 bit per component, 64 bit framebuffer requested (16-16-16-16)?
    if (windowRecord->depth == 64) {
        // Request a floating point framebuffer in 16-bit half-float format, i.e., RGBA = 16 bits per component.
        printf("PTB-INFO: Trying to enable 16 bpc float framebuffer...\n");
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAColorFloat;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAMinimumPolicy;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAColorSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=16*3;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAAlphaSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=16;
    }

    // 32 bit per component, 128 bit framebuffer requested (32-32-32-32)?
    if (windowRecord->depth == 128) {
        // Request a floating point framebuffer in 32-bit float format, i.e., RGBA = 32 bits per component.
        printf("PTB-INFO: Trying to enable 32 bpc float framebuffer...\n");
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAColorFloat;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAMinimumPolicy;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAColorSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=32*3;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAAlphaSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=32;
    }

    // Possible to request use of the Apple floating point software renderer:
    if (conserveVRAM & kPsychUseSoftwareRenderer) {
        #ifndef kCGLRendererGenericFloatID
        #define kCGLRendererGenericFloatID    0x00020400
        #endif

        attribs[attribcount++]=AGL_RENDERER_ID;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLRendererGenericFloatID;
    }

    // Support for 3D rendering requested?
    if (PsychPrefStateGet_3DGfx()) {
        // Yes. Allocate a 24-Bit depth and 8-Bit stencilbuffer for this purpose:
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFADepthSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=24;
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAStencilSize;
        attribs[attribcount++]=8;
        // Alloc an accumulation buffer as well?
        if (PsychPrefStateGet_3DGfx() & 2) {
            // Yes: Alloc accum buffer, request 64 bpp, aka 16 bits integer per color component if possible:
            attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAAccumSize;
            attribs[attribcount++]=64;
        }
    }

    if(numBuffers>=2){
        // Enable double-buffering:
        attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFADoubleBuffer;
        if ((conserveVRAM & kPsychDisableAUXBuffers) == 0) {
            // Allocate one or two (for mono vs. stereo display) AUX buffers for "don't clear" mode of Screen('Flip'):
            // Not clearing the framebuffer after "Flip" is implemented by storing a backup-copy of
            // the backbuffer to AUXs before flip and restoring the content from AUXs after flip.
            // Unless the imaging pipeline is active, which doesn't need AUX buffers due to internal
            // storage of fb content in its drawbufferFBO's:
            attribs[attribcount++]=kCGLPFAAuxBuffers;
            attribs[attribcount++]=(stereomode==kPsychOpenGLStereo || stereomode==kPsychCompressedTLBRStereo || stereomode==kPsychCompressedTRBLStereo) ? 2 : 1;
        }
    }

    // If stereo display output is requested with OpenGL native stereo, request a stereo-enabled rendering context.
    // This is deprecated since 10.11 El Capitan, and in fact does no longer work - OpenGL quad buffered stereo is
    // dead on 10.11 on all tested GPU's from Intel, NVidia, AMD.
    if(stereomode==kPsychOpenGLStereo) {
        attribs[attribcount++] = kCGLPFAStereo;
    }

    // Multisampled Anti-Aliasing requested?
    if (windowRecord->multiSample > 0) {
        // Request a multisample buffer:
        attribs[attribcount++]= kCGLPFASampleBuffers;
        attribs[attribcount++]= 1;
        // Request at least multiSample samples per pixel:
        attribs[attribcount++]= kCGLPFASamples;
        attribs[attribcount++]= windowRecord->multiSample;
    }

    // Finalize attribute array with NULL.
    attribs[attribcount++]=(CGLPixelFormatAttribute)NULL;

    // Init to zero:
    windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject = NULL;
    windowRecord->targetSpecific.glusercontextObject = NULL;
    windowRecord->targetSpecific.glswapcontextObject = NULL;

    // Try to find matching pixelformat:
    error = CGLChoosePixelFormat(attribs, &(windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject), &numVirtualScreens);

    // No valid pixelformat found and stereo format requested?
    if ((error || (windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject == NULL)) && (stereomode == kPsychOpenGLStereo)) {
        // Yep: Stereo may be the culprit. Remove the stereo attribute by overwriting it with something
        // that is essentially a no-op, specifically kCGLPFAAccelerated which is supported by all real
        // renderers that might end up in this code-path:
        for (i = 0; i < attribcount && attribs[i] != kCGLPFAStereo; i++);
        attribs[i] = kCGLPFAAccelerated;
        
        // Retry query of pixelformat without request for native OpenGL quad-buffered stereo. If we succeed, we're
        // sort of ok, as the higher-level code will fallback to stereomode kPsychFrameSequentialStereo - our own
        // homegrown frame-sequential stereo support, which may be good enough.
        error = CGLChoosePixelFormat(attribs, &(windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject), &numVirtualScreens);
        if (error || (windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject == NULL)) {
            windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject = NULL;
            printf("\nPTB-ERROR[ChoosePixelFormat failed: %s]: Disabling OpenGL native quad-buffered stereo did not help. Moving on...\n\n", CGLErrorString(error));
        }
    }

    // Now try if choosing a matching format for a lower multisample mode helps to get unstuck:
    if (windowRecord->multiSample > 0) {
        if (windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject==NULL && windowRecord->multiSample > 0) {
            // Failed. Probably due to too demanding multisample requirements: Lets lower them...
            for (i = 0; i < attribcount && attribs[i] != kCGLPFASamples; i++);
            while (windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject == NULL && windowRecord->multiSample > 0) {
                attribs[i+1]--;
                windowRecord->multiSample--;
                error = CGLChoosePixelFormat(attribs, &(windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject), &numVirtualScreens);
            }

            if (windowRecord->multiSample == 0 && windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject == NULL) {
                // Ok, multisampling is now at zero and we still don't succeed. Disable multisampling completely:
                for (i=0; i<attribcount && attribs[i]!=kCGLPFASampleBuffers; i++);
                attribs[i+1] = 0;
                printf("\nPTB-ERROR[ChoosePixelFormat failed: %s]: Disabling multisample anti-aliasing did not help. Moving on...\n\n", CGLErrorString(error));
            }
        }
    }

    // Try choosing a matching display configuration again and create the window and rendering context:
    // If one of these two fails, then the installed gfx hardware is not good enough to satisfy our
    // requirements, or we have massive ressource shortage in the system. -> Screwed up anyway, so we abort.
    if (windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject == NULL) error = CGLChoosePixelFormat(attribs, &(windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject), &numVirtualScreens);
    if (error) {
        printf("\nPTB-ERROR[ChoosePixelFormat failed: %s]: Reason unknown. There could be insufficient video memory or a driver malfunction. Giving up.\n\n", CGLErrorString(error));
        return(FALSE);
    }

    // Create an OpenGL rendering context with the selected pixelformat: Share its ressources with 'slaveWindow's context, if slaveWindow is non-NULL.
    // If slaveWindow is non-NULL here, then slaveWindow is typically another onscreen window. Therefore this establishes OpenGL resource sharing across
    // different onscreen windows in a session, e.g., for multi-display operation:
    error=CGLCreateContext(windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject, ((windowRecord->slaveWindow) ? windowRecord->slaveWindow->targetSpecific.contextObject : NULL),
                           &(windowRecord->targetSpecific.contextObject));
    if (error) {
        printf("\nPTB-ERROR[ContextCreation failed: %s]: Could not create master OpenGL context for new onscreen window. Insufficient video memory?\n\n", CGLErrorString(error));
        return(FALSE);
    }

    // Enable the OpenGL rendering context associated with our window:
    error=CGLSetCurrentContext(windowRecord->targetSpecific.contextObject);
    if (error) {
        printf("\nPTB-ERROR[SetCurrentContext failed: %s]: Insufficient video memory\n\n", CGLErrorString(error));
        return(FALSE);
    }

    // NULL-out the AGL context field, just for safety...
    windowRecord->targetSpecific.deviceContext = NULL;

    // Ok, the master OpenGL rendering context for this new onscreen window is up and running.
    // Auto-detect and bind all available OpenGL extensions via GLEW:
    glerr = glewInit();
    if (GLEW_OK != glerr)
    {
        /* Problem: glewInit failed, something is seriously wrong. */
        printf("\nPTB-ERROR[GLEW init failed: %s]: Please report this to the forum. Will try to continue, but may crash soon!\n\n", glewGetErrorString(glerr));
        fflush(NULL);
    }
    else {
        if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Using GLEW version %s for automatic detection of OpenGL extensions...\n", glewGetString(GLEW_VERSION));
    }

    // Enable multisampling if it was requested:
    if (windowRecord->multiSample > 0) glEnable(GL_MULTISAMPLE);

    // External 3D graphics support enabled?
    if (PsychPrefStateGet_3DGfx()) {
        // Yes. We need to create an extra OpenGL rendering context for the external
        // OpenGL code to provide optimal state-isolation. The context shares all
        // heavyweight ressources likes textures, FBOs, VBOs, PBOs, shader, display lists and
        // starts off as an identical copy of PTB's context as of here.
        error=CGLCreateContext(windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject, windowRecord->targetSpecific.contextObject, &(windowRecord->targetSpecific.glusercontextObject));
        if (error) {
            printf("\nPTB-ERROR[UserContextCreation failed: %s]: Creating a private OpenGL context for userspace OpenGL failed.\n\n", CGLErrorString(error));
            return(FALSE);
        }
    }

    // Create glswapcontextObject - An OpenGL context for exclusive use by parallel background threads,
    // e.g., our thread for async flip operations and self-made frame-sequential stereo:
    error=CGLCreateContext(windowRecord->targetSpecific.pixelFormatObject, windowRecord->targetSpecific.contextObject, &(windowRecord->targetSpecific.glswapcontextObject));
    if (error) {
        printf("\nPTB-ERROR[SwapContextCreation failed: %s]: Creating a private OpenGL context for async-bufferswaps failed.\n\n", CGLErrorString(error));
        CGLSetCurrentContext(NULL);
        return(FALSE);
    }

    // Store Cocoa onscreen window handle:
    windowRecord->targetSpecific.windowHandle = cocoaWindow;

    // Objective-C setup path, using Cocoa + NSOpenGLContext wrapped around already
    // existing and setup CGLContext:
    if (PsychCocoaSetupAndAssignOpenGLContextsFromCGLContexts(cocoaWindow, windowRecord)) {
        printf("\nPTB-ERROR[Cocoa OpenGL setup failed]: Setup failed for unknown reasons.\n\n");
        PsychCocoaDisposeWindow(windowRecord);
        return(FALSE);
    }

    // Check for output display rotation enabled. Will impair timing/timestamping because
    // it uses the desktop compositor for a rotated copy blit, instead of via rotated crtc
    // scanout, as most crtc's don't support this in hardware:
    if ((((int) CGDisplayRotation(cgDisplayID)) != 0) && (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity() > 1)) {
        printf("PTB-WARNING: Your onscreen windows output display has rotation enabled. It is not displaying in upright orientation.\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: On most graphics cards this will cause unreliable stimulus presentation timing and timestamping.\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: If you want non-upright stimulus presentation, look at 'help PsychImaging' on how to achieve this in\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: a way that doesn't impair timing. The subfunctions 'FlipHorizontal' and 'FlipVertical' are what you probably need.\n");
    }

    // First reference to this screen by a window?
    if (screenRefCount[screenSettings->screenNumber] == 0) {
        // High precision timestamping enabled? If so, we need to setup the fallback
        // timestamping methods in case beamposition timestamping doesn't work:
        if (PsychPrefStateGet_VBLTimestampingMode() > 0) {
            // Use of CoreVideo is needed on 10.7 and later due to brokeness of the old method (thanks Apple!):
            if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity() > 2) {
                printf("PTB-INFO: Will use fragile CoreVideo timestamping as fallback if beamposition timestamping doesn't work.\n");
                // Recommend use of kernel driver if it isn't installed already for all but Intel GPU's:
                if (!PsychOSIsKernelDriverAvailable(screenSettings->screenNumber) && !strstr((char*) glGetString(GL_VENDOR), "Intel")) {
                    printf("PTB-INFO: Installation of the PsychtoolboxKernelDriver is strongly recommended if you care about precise visual\n");
                    printf("PTB-INFO: onset timestamping or timing. See 'help PsychtoolboxKernelDriver' for installation instructions.\n");
                }
            }

            if (NULL == cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber]) {
                // CoreVideo timestamping:
                //
                // Create and start a CVDisplayLink for this screen.
                if (kCVReturnSuccess != CVDisplayLinkCreateWithCGDisplay(cgDisplayID, &cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber])) {
                    if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>1) printf("PTB-WARNING: Failed to create CVDisplayLink for screenId %i. This may impair VBL timestamping.\n", screenSettings->screenNumber);
                } else {
                    // Assign dummy output callback, as this is mandatory to get the link up and running:
                    CVDisplayLinkSetOutputCallback(cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber], &PsychCVDisplayLinkOutputCallback, (void*) (long int) screenSettings->screenNumber);

                    // Setup shared data structure and mutex:
                    memset(&cvDisplayLinkData[screenSettings->screenNumber], 0, sizeof(cvDisplayLinkData[screenSettings->screenNumber]));
                    PsychInitMutex(&(cvDisplayLinkData[screenSettings->screenNumber].mutex));

                    // Start the link:
                    if (kCVReturnSuccess != CVDisplayLinkStart(cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber])) {
                        // Failed to start: Release it again and report error:
                        CVDisplayLinkRelease(cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber]);
                        cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber] = NULL;

                        // Teardown shared data structure and mutex:
                        PsychDestroyMutex(&(cvDisplayLinkData[screenSettings->screenNumber].mutex));
                        if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>1) printf("PTB-WARNING: Failed to start CVDisplayLink for screenId %i. This may impair VBL timestamping.\n", screenSettings->screenNumber);
                    }
                    else {
                        // Display link started: Report some stuff for the fun of it...
                        if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity() > 3) {
                            // Wait for 50 msecs before query of video refresh from display link to give it a chance to start up:
                            PsychWaitIntervalSeconds(0.050);

                            printf("PTB-INFO: CVDisplayLink for screen %i created to work around the brokenness of Apple Mac OS/X 10.7 and later:\n", screenSettings->screenNumber);
                            printf("PTB-INFO: Video refresh interval as measured by CoreVideo display link: %f msecs.\n", (float) CVDisplayLinkGetActualOutputVideoRefreshPeriod(cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber]) * 1000.0);
                            CVTime outLatency = CVDisplayLinkGetOutputVideoLatency(cvDisplayLink[screenSettings->screenNumber]);
                            printf("PTB-INFO: Video display output delay as reported by CoreVideo display link: %f msecs.\n", screenSettings->screenNumber, (float) (((double) outLatency.timeValue / (double) outLatency.timeScale) * 1000.0));
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            // VBLtimestampingmode 0 or -1 -- No CoreVideo fallback for timestamping if beamposition timestamping is unavailable:
            // This is the new default as of Psychtoolbox 3.0.12 to avoid the buggy, crashy, unreliably CoreVideo fallback.

            // Recommend use of kernel driver if it isn't installed already for all but Intel GPU's:
            if (!PsychOSIsKernelDriverAvailable(screenSettings->screenNumber) && !strstr((char*) glGetString(GL_VENDOR), "Intel")) {
                printf("PTB-INFO: Installation of the PsychtoolboxKernelDriver is strongly recommended if you care about precise visual\n");
                printf("PTB-INFO: onset timestamping or timing. See 'help PsychtoolboxKernelDriver' for installation instructions.\n");
            }
        }
    }

    // Retain reference of this window to its screen:
    screenRefCount[screenSettings->screenNumber]++;

    // Done.
    return(TRUE);
}
PsychError SCREENOpenWindow(void) 

{
    int						screenNumber, numWindowBuffers, stereomode, multiSample, imagingmode, specialflags;
    PsychRectType 			rect, screenrect;
    PsychColorType			color;
    psych_bool				isArgThere, didWindowOpen, useAGL;
    PsychScreenSettingsType	screenSettings;
    PsychWindowRecordType	*windowRecord;
    PsychDepthType			specifiedDepth, possibleDepths, currentDepth, useDepth;
	int                     dummy1;
	double                  dummy2, dummy3, dummy4;

	psych_bool EmulateOldPTB = PsychPrefStateGet_EmulateOldPTB();

    //all sub functions should have these two lines
    PsychPushHelp(useString, synopsisString, seeAlsoString);
    if(PsychIsGiveHelp()){PsychGiveHelp();return(PsychError_none);};

    //cap the number of inputs
    PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumInputArgs(9));   //The maximum number of inputs
    PsychErrorExit(PsychCapNumOutputArgs(2));  //The maximum number of outputs

    //get the screen number from the windowPtrOrScreenNumber.  This also checks to make sure that the specified screen exists.  
    PsychCopyInScreenNumberArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, TRUE, &screenNumber);
    if(screenNumber==-1)
        PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "The specified onscreen window has no ancestral screen."); 

    /*
      The depth checking is ugly because of this stupid depth structure stuff.  
      Instead get a descriptor of the current video settings, change the depth field,
      and pass it to a validate function wich searches a list of valid video modes for the display.
      There seems to be no point in checking the depths alone because the legality of a particular
      depth depends on the other settings specified below.  Its probably best to wait until we have
      digested all settings and then test the full mode, declarin an invalid
      mode and not an invalid pixel size.  We could notice when the depth alone is specified 
      and in that case issue an invalid depth value.
     */  

    //find the PixelSize first because the color specifier depends on the screen depth.  
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&currentDepth);  //get the current depth
    PsychGetScreenDepth(screenNumber, &currentDepth);
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&possibleDepths); //get the possible depths
    PsychGetScreenDepths(screenNumber, &possibleDepths);

    #if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX || PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_WINDOWS
       // MK Experimental Hack: Add the special depth values 64 and 128 to the depth struct. This should 
       // allows for 16 bpc, 32 bpc floating point color buffers on the latest ATI and NVidia hardware.
	   // "Should" means: It doesn't really work with any current driver, but we leave the testcode in
	   // in the hope for future OS and driver releases ;-)
       // Unfortunately at this point of the init sequence, we are not able
       // to check if these formats are supported by the hardware. Ugly ugly ugly...
       PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(64, &possibleDepths);
       PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(128, &possibleDepths);
    #endif

//    #if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX || PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_LINUX
		// On MacOS/X and Linux with ATI Radeon X1000/HD2000/HD3000 hardware and the special
		// kernel support driver installed, we should be able to configure the hardwares
		// framebuffers into ABGR2101010 mode, ie. 2 bits alpha, 10 bpc for red, green, blue.
		// This needs support from the imaging pipeline, or manually converted stimuli, as
		// the GPU doesn't format pixel data properly, only the CRTC scans out in that format.
		// Anyway, allow this setting on OS/X and Linux:
		
		// Update: Some FireGL cards (2008 and later) claim to support this on MS-Windows. Enable
		// this option on Windows as well, so it is at least testable:
		PsychAddValueToDepthStruct(30, &possibleDepths);
//    #endif


    PsychInitDepthStruct(&specifiedDepth); //get the requested depth and validate it.  
    isArgThere = PsychCopyInSingleDepthArg(4, FALSE, &specifiedDepth);

    PsychInitDepthStruct(&useDepth);
    if(isArgThere){ //if the argument is there check that the screen supports it...
        if(!PsychIsMemberDepthStruct(&specifiedDepth, &possibleDepths))
            PsychErrorExit(PsychError_invalidDepthArg);
        else
            PsychCopyDepthStruct(&useDepth, &specifiedDepth);
    }else //otherwise use the default
        PsychCopyDepthStruct(&useDepth, &currentDepth);

    // Initialize the rect argument to the screen rectangle:
    PsychGetGlobalScreenRect(screenNumber, rect); 	//get the rect describing the screen bounds.  This is the default Rect.  

    // Override it with a user supplied rect, if one was supplied:
    isArgThere=PsychCopyInRectArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, FALSE, rect );
    if (IsPsychRectEmpty(rect)) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "OpenWindow called with invalid (empty) rect argument.");

	if (PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX) {
		// OS/X system: Need to decide if we use a Carbon window + AGL
		// or a fullscreen context with CGL:
		
		// Default to AGL, switch to CGL if below constraints are met:
		useAGL = TRUE;
	
		// Window rect provided which has a different size than screen?

		// We do not use windowed mode if the provided window rectangle either
		// matches the target screens rectangle (and therefore its exact size)
		// or its screens global rectangle.
		PsychGetScreenRect(screenNumber, screenrect);
		if (PsychMatchRect(screenrect, rect)) useAGL=FALSE;
		PsychGetGlobalScreenRect(screenNumber, screenrect);
		if (PsychMatchRect(screenrect, rect)) useAGL=FALSE;

		// Override for use on f$%#$Fd OS/X 10.5.3 - 10.5.6 with NVidia GF 8800 GPU's:
		if (PsychPrefStateGet_ConserveVRAM() & kPsychUseAGLCompositorForFullscreenWindows) useAGL = TRUE;
	}
	else {
		// Non OS/X system: Do not use AGL ;-)
		useAGL = FALSE;
	}
	
    //find the number of specified buffers. 

    //OS X:	The number of backbuffers is not a property of the display mode but an attribute of the pixel format.
    //		Therefore the value is held by a window record and not a screen record.    

    numWindowBuffers=2;	
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(5,FALSE,&numWindowBuffers);
    if(numWindowBuffers < 1 || numWindowBuffers > kPsychMaxNumberWindowBuffers) PsychErrorExit(PsychError_invalidNumberBuffersArg);

    stereomode=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(6,FALSE,&stereomode);
    if(stereomode < 0 || stereomode > 11) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid stereomode provided (Valid between 0 and 11).");
	if (stereomode!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, stereo display functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");

    multiSample=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(7,FALSE,&multiSample);
    if(multiSample < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid multisample value provided (Valid are positive numbers >= 0).");
	if (multiSample!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, anti-aliasing functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");

	imagingmode=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(8,FALSE,&imagingmode);
    if(imagingmode < 0) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid imaging mode provided (See 'help PsychImagingMode' for usage info).");
	if (imagingmode!=0 && EmulateOldPTB) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Sorry, imaging pipeline functions are not supported in OS-9 PTB emulation mode.");
	
	specialflags=0;
    PsychCopyInIntegerArg(9,FALSE,&specialflags);
    if (specialflags < 0 || (specialflags > 0 && specialflags!=kPsychGUIWindow)) PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Invalid 'specialflags' provided.");

	// We require use of the imaging pipeline if stereomode for dualwindow display is requested.
	// This makes heavy use of FBO's and blit operations, so imaging pipeline is needed.
	if ((stereomode==kPsychDualWindowStereo) || (imagingmode & kPsychNeedDualWindowOutput)) {
		// Dual window stereo requested, but imaging pipeline not enabled. Enable it:
		imagingmode|= kPsychNeedFastBackingStore;
		if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Trying to enable imaging pipeline for dual-window stereo display mode or dual-window output mode...\n");
	}
	
    //set the video mode to change the pixel size.  TO DO: Set the rect and the default color  
    PsychGetScreenSettings(screenNumber, &screenSettings);    
    PsychInitDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth));
    PsychCopyDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth), &useDepth);

    // Here is where all the work goes on:

    // If the screen is not already captured then to that:
    if(!PsychIsScreenCaptured(screenNumber) && !useAGL) {
        PsychCaptureScreen(screenNumber);
    }

#if PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_WINDOWS
    // On M$-Windows we currently only support - and therefore require >= 30 bpp color depth.
    if (PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber) < 30) {
		// Display running at less than 30 bpp. OpenWindow will fail on M$-Windows anyway, so let's abort
		// now.

		// Output warning text:
        printf("PTB-ERROR: Your display screen %i is not running at the required color depth of at least 30 bit.\n", screenNumber);
        printf("PTB-ERROR: The current setting is %i bit color depth..\n", PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber));
        printf("PTB-ERROR: This will not work on Microsoft Windows operating systems.\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: Please use the 'Display settings' control panel of Windows to change the color depth to\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: 32 bits per pixel ('True color' or 'Highest' setting) and then retry. It may be neccessary\n");
        printf("PTB-ERROR: to restart Matlab after applying the change...\n");
        fflush(NULL);

		// Release the captured screen:
		PsychRestoreScreenSettings(screenNumber);
		PsychReleaseScreen(screenNumber);

        // Reset master assignment to prepare possible further dual-window config operations:
		sharedContextWindow = NULL;

		// Abort with Matlab error:
		PsychErrorExitMsg(PsychError_user, "Insufficient color depth setting for display device (smaller than 30 bpp).");
    }

#endif

    //if (PSYCH_DEBUG == PSYCH_ON) printf("Entering PsychOpenOnscreenWindow\n");
    PsychCopyDepthStruct(&(screenSettings.depth), &useDepth);
	
	// Create the onscreen window and perform initialization of everything except
	// imaging pipeline and a few other special quirks. If sharedContextWindow is non-NULL,
	// the new window will share its OpenGL context ressources with sharedContextWindow.
	// This is typically used for dual-window stereo mode. Btw. If imaging pipeline is really
	// active, we force multiSample to zero: This way the system backbuffer / pixelformat
	// is enabled without multisampling support, as we do all the multisampling stuff ourselves
	// within the imaging pipeline with multisampled drawbuffer FBO's...
    didWindowOpen=PsychOpenOnscreenWindow(&screenSettings, &windowRecord, numWindowBuffers, stereomode, rect, ((imagingmode==0 || imagingmode==kPsychNeedFastOffscreenWindows) ? multiSample : 0), sharedContextWindow, specialflags);
    if (!didWindowOpen) {
        if (!useAGL) {
			PsychRestoreScreenSettings(screenNumber);
			PsychReleaseScreen(screenNumber);
		}

		// Reset master assignment to prepare possible further dual-window config operations:
		sharedContextWindow = NULL;

        // We use this dirty hack to exit with an error, but without printing
        // an error message. The specific error message has been printed in
        // PsychOpenOnscreenWindow() already..
        PsychErrMsgTxt("");
    }

    // Sufficient display depth for full alpha-blending and such?
    if (PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber) < 24) {
        // Nope. Output a little warning.
        printf("PTB-WARNING: Your display screen %i is not running at 24 bit color depth or higher.\n", screenNumber);
        printf("PTB-WARNING: The current setting is %i bit color depth..\n", PsychGetScreenDepthValue(screenNumber));
        printf("PTB-WARNING: This could cause failure to work correctly or visual artifacts in stimuli\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: that involve Alpha-Blending. It can also cause drastically reduced color resolution\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: for your stimuli! Please try to switch your display to 'True Color' (Windows)\n");
        printf("PTB-WARNING: our 'Millions of Colors' (MacOS-X) to get rid of this warning and the visual artifacts.\n");
        fflush(NULL);
    }
    
	// Define clear color: This depends on the color range of our onscreen window...
    isArgThere=PsychCopyInColorArg(kPsychUseDefaultArgPosition, FALSE, &color); //get from user
    if(!isArgThere) PsychLoadColorStruct(&color, kPsychIndexColor, PsychGetWhiteValueFromWindow(windowRecord)); //or use the default
    PsychCoerceColorMode(&color);

    // The imaging pipeline and graphics drivers had over 5 years of time to mature. As of 2012, imaging pipeline based
    // support for fast offscreen windows and for stereoscopic display modes is far superior in performance,
    // robustness, flexibility and convenience to the legacy method which was used in ptb by default so far.
    // Now it is 2012+ and we switch the defaults: If the GPU+driver combo supports it, and usercode doesn't
    // actively opt-out of it, we auto-enable use of FBO backed fast offscreen windows. We don't auto-enable
    // the full pipeline for stereoscopic display modes, but we print some recommendations to the user to
    // consider enabling the full pipeline for stereo display:
    if ((windowRecord->gfxcaps & kPsychGfxCapFBO) && !(PsychPrefStateGet_ConserveVRAM() & kPsychDontAutoEnableImagingPipeline)) {
        // Support for basic use of the PTB imaging pipeline and/or for fast offscreen windows
        // is available - a GPU + driver combo with support for OpenGL framebuffer objects with
        // at least RGBA8 format and rectangle rendertargets.
        // Usercode doesn't disallow automatic use of imaging pipeline or fast offscreen windows,
        // ie. it didn't set the kPsychDontAutoEnableImagingPipeline conserveVRAM flag.
        // Good!
        
        // We will therefore auto-enable use of fast offscreen windows:
        imagingmode |= kPsychNeedFastOffscreenWindows;
        
        // Is a stereomode requested which would benefit from enabling the full imaging pipeline?
        if (stereomode > 0) {
	    if (((stereomode == kPsychOpenGLStereo) && !(windowRecord->gfxcaps & kPsychGfxCapNativeStereo)) || (stereomode == kPsychFrameSequentialStereo)) {
		// Native OpenGL quad-buffered frame-sequential stereo requested, but unsupported by gpu & driver.
		// Or use of our own method requested. We have FBO and framebuffer blit support, so we can roll our
		// own framesequential stereo by use of the imaging pipeline. Enable basic imaging pipeline:
		imagingmode |= kPsychNeedFastBackingStore;

		// Override stereomode to our own homegrown implementation:
		stereomode = kPsychFrameSequentialStereo;
		windowRecord->stereomode = stereomode;

		if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity() > 2) {
		    printf("\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: Your script requests use of frame-sequential stereo, but your graphics card\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: and driver doesn't support this. I will now fully enable the imaging pipeline\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: and use my own home-grown frame-sequential stereo implementation. Note that this\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: may not be as robust and high-performance as using a graphics card with native\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: frame-sequential stereo support. But let's see what i can do for you...\n\n");
		}
	    }
	    else {
		// Yes: Provide the user with recommendations to enable the pipeline.
		if (!(imagingmode & kPsychNeedFastBackingStore) && (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity() > 2)) {
		    printf("\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: Your script requests use of a stereoscopic display mode (stereomode = %i).\n", stereomode);
		    printf("PTB-INFO: Stereoscopic stimulus display is usually more flexible, convenient and robust if\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: the Psychtoolbox imaging pipeline is enabled. Your graphics card is capable\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: of using the pipeline but your script doesn't enable use of the pipeline.\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: I recommend you enable use of the pipeline for enhanced stereo stimulus display.\n");
		    printf("PTB-INFO: Have a look at the demoscript ImagingStereoDemo.m on how to do this.\n\n");
		}
	    }
        }
    }

	// Query if OpenGL stereo is natively supported or if our own emulation mode will work:
	if ((((stereomode == kPsychOpenGLStereo) && !(windowRecord->gfxcaps & kPsychGfxCapNativeStereo)) || (stereomode == kPsychFrameSequentialStereo)) &&
	    (!(imagingmode & kPsychNeedFastBackingStore) || (windowRecord->stereomode != kPsychFrameSequentialStereo) || !(windowRecord->gfxcaps & kPsychGfxCapFBO))) {
		// OpenGL native stereo was requested, but is obviously not supported and we can't roll our own implementation either :-(
		printf("\nPTB-ERROR: Asked for OpenGL native stereo (frame-sequential mode) but this doesn't seem to be supported by your graphics hardware or driver.\n");
		printf("PTB-ERROR: Unfortunately using my own implementation via imaging pipeline did not work either, due to lack of hardware support, or because\n");
		printf("PTB-ERROR: did not allow me to auto-enable the pipeline and use this method. This means game over!\n");
		if (PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX) {
			printf("PTB-ERROR: Frame-sequential stereo should be supported on all recent ATI/AMD and NVidia cards on OS/X, except for the Intel onboard chips,\n");
			printf("PTB-ERROR: at least in fullscreen mode with OS/X 10.5, and also mostly on OS/X 10.4. If it doesn't work, check for OS updates etc.\n\n");
		}
		else {
			printf("PTB-ERROR: Frame-sequential native stereo on Windows or Linux is usually only supported with the professional line of graphics cards\n");
			printf("PTB-ERROR: from NVidia and ATI/AMD, e.g., NVidia Quadro series or ATI Fire series. If you happen to have such a card, check\n");
			printf("PTB-ERROR: your driver settings and/or update your graphics driver.\n\n");
		}
		PsychErrMsgTxt("Frame-Sequential stereo display mode requested, but unsupported. Emulation unsupported as well. Game over!");
	}

	// Special setup code for dual window stereomode or output mode:
	if (stereomode == kPsychDualWindowStereo || (imagingmode & kPsychNeedDualWindowOutput)) {
		if (sharedContextWindow) {
			// This is creation & setup of the slave onscreen window, ie. the one
			// representing the right-eye or channel 1 view. This window doesn't do much. It
			// is not used or referenced in the users experiment script. It receives
			// its final image content during Screen('Flip') operation of the master
			// onscreen window, then gets flipped in sync with the master window.
			
			// Ok, we already have the slave window open and it shares its OpenGL context
			// with the master window. Reset its internal reference to the master:
			windowRecord->slaveWindow = NULL;
			
			// Reset imagingmode for this window prior to imaging pipeline setup. This
			// window is totally passive so it doesn't need the imaging pipeline.
			imagingmode = 0;

			// Assign this window to the master window as a slave:
			sharedContextWindow->slaveWindow = windowRecord;
			
			// Try to optionally enable framelock / swaplock extensions for the window-pair
			// if this is supported by the given system configuration. If supported, this
			// should guarantee perfect synchronization of bufferswaps across the window-pair:
			PsychOSSetupFrameLock(sharedContextWindow, windowRecord);

			// Reset master assignment to prepare possible further dual-window config operations:
			sharedContextWindow = NULL;

			// Activate the IdentitiyBlitChain for the slave window and add a single identity blit
			// operation to it: This is needed in PsychPreFlipOperations() for final copy of stimulus
			// image into this slave window:
			PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "IdentityBlitChain", "Builtin:IdentityBlit", INT_MAX, "");
			PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "IdentityBlitChain");

			if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Created master-slave window relationship for dual-window stereo/output display mode...\n");

			// Special config finished. The master-slave combo should work from now on...			
		}
		else {
			// This is initial setup & creation of the master onscreen window, ie. the one
			// representing the left-eye or channel 0 view and doing all the heavy work, acting as a
			// proxy for both windows.
			
			// Not much to do here. Just store its windowRecord as a reference for creation
			// of the slave window. We'll need it for that purpose...
			sharedContextWindow = windowRecord;
		}
	}

	// Set special half-width flag for window if we are either in a dual-display/dual-view stereo mode or if
	// if is requested as part of the imagingMode flag. This will cause PTB 2D drawing routines and window size
	// query routines etc. to return an effective window width or window rect only half the real width.
	if (windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychFreeFusionStereo || windowRecord->stereomode==kPsychFreeCrossFusionStereo || (imagingmode & kPsychHalfWidthWindow)) {
		windowRecord->specialflags = windowRecord->specialflags | kPsychHalfWidthWindow;
		imagingmode = imagingmode & (~kPsychHalfWidthWindow);
	}

    // Similar handling for twice-width windows: Used for certain packed-pixels (2 stimulus pixels in one fb pixel) formats:
	if (imagingmode & kPsychTwiceWidthWindow) {
		windowRecord->specialflags = windowRecord->specialflags | kPsychTwiceWidthWindow;
		imagingmode = imagingmode & (~kPsychTwiceWidthWindow);
	}

	// Similar handling for windows of half the real height, except that none of our built-in stereo modes requires these,
	// so this is only done on request from external code via the imagingmode flag kPsychHalfHeightWindow.
	// One use of this is when using interleaved line stereo mode (PsychImaging(...'InterleavedLineStereo')) where windows
	// only have a useable net height of half their physical height:
	if (imagingmode & kPsychHalfHeightWindow) {
		windowRecord->specialflags = windowRecord->specialflags | kPsychHalfHeightWindow;
		imagingmode = imagingmode & (~kPsychHalfHeightWindow);
	}

	// Define windows clientrect. It is a copy of windows rect, but stretched or compressed
    // to twice or half the width or height of the windows rect, depending on the special size
    // flags. clientrect is used as reference for all size query functions Screen('Rect'), Screen('WindowSize')
    // and for all Screen 2D drawing functions:
    PsychSetupClientRect(windowRecord);

	// Initialize internal image processing pipeline if requested:
	if (numWindowBuffers > 0) PsychInitializeImagingPipeline(windowRecord, imagingmode, multiSample);
	
	// On OS-X, if we are in quad-buffered frame sequential stereo mode, we automatically generate
	// blue-line-sync style sync lines for use with stereo shutter glasses. We don't do this
	// by default on Windows or Linux: These systems either don't have stereo capable hardware,
	// or they have some and its drivers already take care of sync signal generation.
	if (((PSYCH_SYSTEM == PSYCH_OSX) && (windowRecord->stereomode == kPsychOpenGLStereo)) || (windowRecord->stereomode == kPsychFrameSequentialStereo)) {
		if (PsychPrefStateGet_Verbosity()>3) printf("PTB-INFO: Enabling internal blue line sync renderer for quad-buffered stereo...\n");
		PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "LeftFinalizerBlitChain", "Builtin:RenderStereoSyncLine", INT_MAX, "");
		PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "LeftFinalizerBlitChain");		
		PsychPipelineAddBuiltinFunctionToHook(windowRecord, "RightFinalizerBlitChain", "Builtin:RenderStereoSyncLine", INT_MAX, "");
		PsychPipelineEnableHook(windowRecord, "RightFinalizerBlitChain");		
	}

	// Activate new onscreen window for userspace drawing: If imaging pipeline is active, this
	// will bind the correct rendertargets for the first time. We soft-reset first to get
	// into a defined state:
	PsychSetDrawingTarget((PsychWindowRecordType*) 0x1);
	PsychSetDrawingTarget(windowRecord);

    // Set the clear color and perform a backbuffer-clear:
    PsychConvertColorToDoubleVector(&color, windowRecord, windowRecord->clearColor);
    PsychGLClear(windowRecord);

    // Mark end of drawing op. This is needed for single buffered drawing:
    PsychFlushGL(windowRecord);

    // Make sure no OpenGL errors happened up to this point:
    PsychTestForGLErrors();

    // If we are in logo-startup mode (former blue-screen mode) and double-buffering
    // is enabled, then do an initial bufferswap & clear, so the display starts in
    // the user selected background color instead of staying at the blue screen or
    // logo display until the Matlab script first calls 'Flip'.
    if (((PsychPrefStateGet_VisualDebugLevel()>=4) || (windowRecord->stereomode > 0)) && numWindowBuffers>=2) {
      // Do three immediate bufferswaps by an internal call to Screen('Flip'). This will also
      // take care of clearing the backbuffer in preparation of first userspace drawing
      // commands and such. We need up-to 3 calls to clear triple-buffered setups from framebuffer junk.
      PsychFlipWindowBuffers(windowRecord, 0, 0, 0, 0, &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, &dummy4);
      PsychFlipWindowBuffers(windowRecord, 0, 0, 0, 0, &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, &dummy4);
      PsychFlipWindowBuffers(windowRecord, 0, 0, 0, 0, &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, &dummy4);
      // Display now shows background color, so user knows that PTB's 'OpenWindow'
      // procedure is successfully finished.
    }

    PsychTestForGLErrors();

    // Reset flipcounter to zero:
    windowRecord->flipCount = 0;
	
    //Return the window index and the rect argument.
    PsychCopyOutDoubleArg(1, FALSE, windowRecord->windowIndex);

    // Optionally return the windows clientrect:
    PsychCopyOutRectArg(2, FALSE, windowRecord->clientrect);

    return(PsychError_none);   
}