.TH vga_addmode 3 "7 April 1999" "Svgalib (>= 1.4.0)" "Svgalib User Manual"
.SH NAME
vga_addmode \- add a mode to svgalib modes list
.SH SYNOPSIS

.B "#include <vga.h>"

.BI "int vga_addmode(int width, int height, int num_cols, int offset, int bytesperpixel )"

.SH DESCRIPTION
Adds a mode to the list of modes, with the given parameters. 
The function returns the mode number. If such a mode already exists on the list,
its number is returned, and no mode is added.

.SH NOTE
Adding a mode to the list is not enough in order to use it. There must
also be a timing line that fits that mode. This can be added either as a modeline in the config file,
or with one of the functions
.BR vga_addtiming (3)
and
.BR vga_guesstiming (3). 
.SH SEE ALSO

.BR vga_addtiming (3)
.BR vga_guesstiming (3)
.BR addmodetest (6)

.SH AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matan Ziv-Av