1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 |
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6 | <!ENTITY sdl-download-http "http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-&sdl-version;.tar.gz">
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7 | <!ENTITY sdl-download-ftp " ">
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8 | <!ENTITY sdl-size "2.5 MB">
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9 | <!ENTITY sdl-buildsize "33 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY sdl-time "0.99 SBU">
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11 | ]>
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12 | <sect1 id="sdl" xreflabel="SDL-&sdl-version;">
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13 | <sect1info>
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14 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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15 | <date>$Date$</date>
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16 | </sect1info>
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="sdl.html"?>
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18 | <title>SDL-&sdl-version;</title>
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19 |
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20 | <sect2>
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21 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application></title>
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22 |
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23 | <para>The Simple DirectMedia Layer
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24 | (<application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application> for short) is a
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25 | cross-platform library designed to make it easy to write multimedia software,
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26 | such as games and emulators.</para>
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27 |
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28 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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29 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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30 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sdl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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31 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sdl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download size: &sdl-size;</para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &sdl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &sdl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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35 | </sect3>
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36 |
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37 | <sect3><title><application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application>
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38 | dependencies</title>
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39 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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40 | <para>
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41 | <xref linkend="alsa"/>,
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42 | <xref linkend="esound"/>,
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43 | <xref linkend="arts"/>,
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44 | <xref linkend="nas"/>,
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45 | <xref linkend="NASM"/>,
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46 | X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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47 | <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
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48 | <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink>,
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49 | <ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
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50 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/">GNU Pth</ulink>,
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51 | <ulink url="http://www.trolltech.com/download/qtopia/">Qtopia</ulink> and
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52 | <ulink url="http://picogui.org/">PicoGUI</ulink>
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53 | </para></sect4>
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54 | </sect3>
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55 |
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56 | </sect2>
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57 |
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58 | <sect2>
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59 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application></title>
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60 |
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61 | <para>Install <application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application> by running the
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62 | following commands:</para>
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63 |
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64 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-debug &&
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65 | make &&
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66 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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67 |
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68 | </sect2>
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69 |
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70 | <sect2>
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71 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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72 |
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73 | <para><parameter>--disable-debug</parameter>: This switch configures
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74 | <application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application> to build with aggressive
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75 | optimizations.</para>
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76 |
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77 | <para><option>--enable-video-aalib</option>: This switch
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78 | is required to build <application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application>
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79 | with <acronym>AA</acronym>lib video support.</para>
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80 |
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81 | </sect2>
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82 |
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83 | <sect2>
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84 | <title>Configuring <application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application></title>
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85 |
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86 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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87 |
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88 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../../lib-config.xml"/>
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89 |
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90 | </sect3>
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91 |
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92 | </sect2>
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93 |
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94 | <sect2>
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95 | <title>Contents</title>
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96 |
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97 | <para>The <application><acronym>SDL</acronym></application> package contains
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98 | the <userinput>Simple DirectMedia Layer</userinput> libraries.</para>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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103 |
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104 | <sect3><title>Simple DirectMedia Layer</title>
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105 | <para>The Simple DirectMedia Layer is a generic <acronym>API</acronym> that
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106 | provides low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick,
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107 | <acronym>3D</acronym> hardware via OpenGL, and <acronym>2D</acronym> frame
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108 | buffer across multiple platforms.</para></sect3>
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109 |
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110 | </sect2>
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111 |
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112 | </sect1>
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