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2 | Simple DirectMedia Layer |
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4 | (SDL) |
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6 | Version 1.2 |
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8 | --- |
9 | http://www.libsdl.org/ |
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11 | This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a general API that provides low |
12 | level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, |
13 | and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms. |
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15 | The current version supports Linux, Windows CE/95/98/ME/XP/Vista, BeOS, |
16 | MacOS Classic, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Solaris, IRIX, |
17 | and QNX. The code contains support for Dreamcast, Atari, AIX, OSF/Tru64, |
18 | RISC OS, SymbianOS, Nintendo DS, and OS/2, but these are not officially |
19 | supported. |
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21 | SDL is written in C, but works with C++ natively, and has bindings to |
22 | several other languages, including Ada, C#, Eiffel, Erlang, Euphoria, |
23 | Guile, Haskell, Java, Lisp, Lua, ML, Objective C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, |
24 | Pike, Pliant, Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk. |
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26 | This library is distributed under GNU LGPL version 2, which can be |
27 | found in the file "COPYING". This license allows you to use SDL |
28 | freely in commercial programs as long as you link with the dynamic |
29 | library. |
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31 | The best way to learn how to use SDL is to check out the header files in |
32 | the "include" subdirectory and the programs in the "test" subdirectory. |
33 | The header files and test programs are well commented and always up to date. |
34 | More documentation is available in HTML format in "docs/index.html", and |
35 | a documentation wiki is available online at: |
36 | http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi |
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38 | The test programs in the "test" subdirectory are in the public domain. |
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40 | Frequently asked questions are answered online: |
41 | http://www.libsdl.org/faq.php |
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43 | If you need help with the library, or just want to discuss SDL related |
44 | issues, you can join the developers mailing list: |
45 | http://www.libsdl.org/mailing-list.php |
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47 | Enjoy! |
48 | Sam Lantinga (slouken@libsdl.org) |
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