pods::SDL(3pm)

NAME
SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer for Perl

CATEGORY
Core

SYNOPSIS
 use SDL;

DESCRIPTION
SDL_perl is a package of Perl modules that provide both functional and object oriented interfaces to the Simple DirectMedia Layer for Perl 5. This package takes some liberties with the SDL API, and attempts to adhere to the spirit of both the SDL and Perl. This document describes the low-level functional SDL Perl API. For the object oriented programming interface please see the documentation provided on a per-class basis.

CONSTANTS
The constants are not exported by default. You can export them by doing:

 use SDL ':all';

or access them directly:

 SDL::SDL_INIT_AUDIO;

or by choosing the export tags below:

Export tag: ':init'

 SDL_INIT_AUDIO
 SDL_INIT_VIDEO
 SDL_INIT_CDROM
 SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING
 SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE
 SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK
 SDL_INIT_TIMER

METHODS

  init
 SDL::init( $flags );

As with the C language API, SDL Perl initializes the SDL environment with the "SDL::init" subroutine. This routine takes a mode flag constructed through the bitwise OR product of the "SDL_INIT_*" constants. The $flags tell "SDL::init" which subsystems to initialize.

 SDL::init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO | SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK);

"SDL::init" returns 0 on success, or -1 on error.

  init_sub_system
 SDL::init_sub_system( $flags );

After SDL has been initialized with "SDL::init" you may initialize any uninitialized subsystems with "SDL::init_sub_system". The $flags tell "SDL::init_sub_system" which subsystems to initialize, and are taken in the same way as "SDL::init".

"SDL::init_sub_system" returns 0 on success, or -1 on error.

  quit_sub_system
 SDL::quit_sub_system( $flags );

"SDL::quit_sub_system" allows you to shut down a subsystem that has been previously initialized by "SDL::init" or "SDL::init_sub_system". The $flags tell "SDL::quit_sub_system" which subsystems to shut down, and are taken in the same way as "SDL::init".

"SDL::quit_sub_system" doesn't return any values.

  quit
 SDL::quit;

"SDL::quit" Shuts down all SDL subsystems, unloads the dynamically linked library and frees the allocated resources.

Note: This will be called automatically when Perl exits. You don't need to call this, except if you want to initialize SDL again after this.

"SDL::quit" doesn't return any values.

  was_init
 my $flags = SDL::was_init( $flags );

"SDL::was_init" allows you to see which SDL subsystems have been initialized. The $flags tell "SDL::was_init" which subsystems to check, and are taken in the same way as "SDL::init".

"SDL::was_init" returns a mask of the initialized subsystems it checks. If $flags is 0 or "SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING", a mask of all initialized subsystems will be returned (this does not include "SDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD" or "SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE").

 use SDL ':all';

 my $mask = SDL::was_init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO | SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK);
 if($mask & SDL_INIT_AUDIO and $mask & SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK) {
     # Both subsystems are initialized!
 }

  get_error
 my $error = SDL::get_error;

Returns a scalar value containing the last error message set by the SDL library (if any).

  set_error_real
 SDL::set_error_real( $printf_format, @values )

"SDL::set_error_real" sets the SDL error to a "printf" style formatted string.

"SDL::set_error_real" doesn't return any values.

  clear_error
 SDL::clear_error;

"SDL::clear_error" deletes all information about the last SDL error. This is useful if the error has been handled by the program.

"SDL::clear_error" doesn't return any values.

  version
 my $version = SDL::version;

Returns an "SDL::Version" object of the SDL library at compile-time.

 use SDL;
 use SDL::Version;

 my $v = SDL::version;
 printf("got version: %d.%d.%d\n", $v->major, $v->minor, $v->patch);

  linked_version
"SDL::linked_version" works in the same way as "SDL::version", but returns an "SDL::Version" object of the SDL library at link-time.

  get_ticks
 my $ticks = SDL::get_ticks;

Returns the number of milliseconds since SDL library initialization. This value wraps around if the program runs for more than 49.7 days

  get_handle
 my $win32_handle = SDL::get_handle;

A video surface must be inited to get a handle.

  delay
 SDL::delay( $ms );

"SDL::delay" waits the specified number of milliseconds before returning. The actual delay may be longer than specified depending on the underlying OS.

"SDL::delay" doesn't return anything.

 # Delay for half a second
 SDL::delay(500);

SDL Manual: Getting Started
A new book has been started to provide a complete tutorial for SDL. See <http://bit.ly/hvxc9V>.

AUTHORS

  Project Founder
David J. Goehrig

  Current Maintainers
Kartik Thakore (kthakore)

Tobias Leich (FROGGS)

  Core Developers and Contributors
The following people have dedicated blood sweat and tears to making SDL Perl possible.

See the impact graph <https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL/graphs/impact> on our github repository.

Andy Bakun <sdlperl@thwartedefforts.org>

Benedikt Meurer <bmeurer@fwdn.de>

Blaise Roth (Blaizer) <blaizer@cpan.org>

Breno G. de Oliveira (garu)

Brian Cassidy (bricas)

chromatic <chromatic@wgz.org>

Daniel Mantovani <daniel.oliveira.mantovani@gmail.com>

Daniel Ruoso http://daniel.ruoso.com/

David J. Goehrig <dgoehrig@cpan.org>

Dustin Mays (dorkfish) <dork.fish.wat.@gmail.com>

Fedora

Gabor Szabo (szabgab) <szabgab@gmail.com>

Guillaue Cottenceau (gc) <gc@mandrakesoft.com>

Heikki MehtÃnen (hmehta/hejki) <heikki@mehtanen.fi>

James King

James Wright <jwright@cpan.org>

Jeffrey T. Palmer (jtpalmer) <jeffrey.t.palmer@gmail.com>

Kartik Thakore (kthakore) <thakore.kartik@gmail.com>

KatrinaTheLamia

kmx <kmx@cpan.org>

Luke

Michael Lamertz <mike@perl-ronin.de>

morgoth.666

Peter BARABAS <z0d@artifact.hu>

Russell Valentine <russ_allegro@yahoo.com>

Ryan Hanlon

Stephane Desneux <sdx@desneux.com>

Tels <http://www.bloodgate.com>

Thomas Tongue

Tobias Leich (FROGGS)

Tony C

Yuval Kogman (nothingmuch)

Wayne Keenan <wayne@metaverse.fsnet.co.uk>

If you would like to contribute to SDL Perl, please post a message on the mailing list:

sdl-devel@perl.org

And request access to the github repository. Or drop us a line on #sdl over at irc.perl.org

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2002-2010 SDL Authors as listed above, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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