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Version 2.0 |
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http://www.libsdl.org/ |
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This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a general API that provides low |
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level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, |
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and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms. |
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Nobody is maintaining RISC OS code, so I'm removing it for now.
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The current version supports Windows, Windows CE, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, |
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Nobody is currently maintaining the QNX code, so removing it for now.
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NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Solaris, iOS, and Android. The code contains |
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support for other operating systems but those are not officially supported. |
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SDL is written in C, but works with C++ natively, and has bindings to |
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several other languages, including Ada, C#, Eiffel, Erlang, Euphoria, |
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There are bindings to Go at https://github.com/banthar/Go-SDL
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Go, Guile, Haskell, Java, Lisp, Lua, ML, Objective C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, |
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Pike, Pliant, Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk. |
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This library is distributed under the zlib license, which can be found |
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in the file "COPYING". |
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The best way to learn how to use SDL is to check out the header files in |
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the "include" subdirectory and the programs in the "test" subdirectory. |
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The header files and test programs are well commented and always up to date. |
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More documentation is available in HTML format in "docs/index.html", and |
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a documentation wiki is available online at: |
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http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi |
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The test programs in the "test" subdirectory are in the public domain. |
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Frequently asked questions are answered online: |
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http://www.libsdl.org/faq.php |
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If you need help with the library, or just want to discuss SDL related |
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issues, you can join the developers mailing list: |
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Enjoy! |
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Sam Lantinga (slouken@libsdl.org) |
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