1 

     2                          Simple DirectMedia Layer

     3 

     4                                   (SDL)

     5 

     6                                 Version 1.2

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     8 ---

     9 http://www.libsdl.org/

    10 

    11 This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a generic API that provides low

    12 level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL,

    13 and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms.

    14 

    15 SDL is written in C, but works with C++ natively, and has bindings to

    16 several other languages, including Ada, Eiffel, ML, Perl, and Python. 

    17 

    18 The current version supports Linux, Windows, BeOS, MacOS, MacOS X,

    19 FreeBSD, Solaris, and IRIX.  The code contains support for Windows CE,

    20 OpenBSD, NetBSD, AIX, OSF/Tru64, and QNX, but these are not yet

    21 officially supported.

    22 

    23 This library is distributed under GNU LGPL version 2, which can be

    24 found in the file  "COPYING".  This license allows you to use SDL

    25 freely in commercial programs as long as you link with the dynamic

    26 library.

    27 

    28 The best way to learn how to use SDL is to check out the header files in

    29 the "include" subdirectory and the programs in the "test" subdirectory.

    30 The header files and test programs are well commented and always up to date.

    31 More documentation is available in HTML format in "./docs/index.html"

    32 

    33 The test programs in the "test" subdirectory are in the public domain.

    34 

    35 Frequently asked questions are answered online:

    36 	http://www.libsdl.org/faqs.html

    37 

    38 If you need help with the library, or just want to discuss SDL related

    39 issues, you can join the developers mailing list:

    40 	http://www.libsdl.org/mailing-list.html

    41 

    42 Enjoy!

    43 	Sam Lantinga				(slouken@libsdl.org)

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