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I know the basics of C and I'm looking into SDL. What I need at this point are some tutorials, documentation or perhaps a book about using the SDL libraries in C, especially about graphics.
The problem is that every online resource that I have found deals with C++, where I am looking for resources in C.
I have looked at gpwiki.org, which had an entire section on C but mingw won't compile it because some of the includes are C++ libraries (I only installed the C compiler). Other sources like sol.gfxile.net/gp/ say that they are a C tutorial, but "use C++ for its conveniently loosened variable placement rules.". Most of the tutorials on the SDL site itself are based in C++.
Does anyone know of a good learning resource in C for SDL programming?
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SDL is written in C, works natively with C++, and there are bindings available for several other languages, including C# and Python. SDL 2.0 is distributed under the zlib license. This license allows you to use SDL freely in any software.
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform software development library designed to provide a hardware abstraction layer for computer multimedia hardware components.
SFML: Easier, developed in C++, easy to setup and make your very own project in a matter of minutes. SDL: A bit harder, developed in C, but has native C++ support, as easy to setup, but you'll need some fundamentals beforehand.
What is SDL? Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.
Have a look at this tutorial series at Parallel Realities. It covers SDL with C.
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