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2 | <!-- INDEX START --> |
3 | <h3 id="TOP">Index</h3> |
4 | |
5 | <ul><li><a href="#Simple_DirectMedia_Library_Bindings_">Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for Perl</a> |
6 | <ul><li><a href="#Welcome">Welcome</a> |
7 | <ul><li><a href="#Getting_Started">Getting Started</a></li> |
8 | <li><a href="#Contribute">Contribute</a></li> |
9 | </ul> |
10 | </li> |
11 | </ul> |
12 | </li> |
13 | <li><a href="#Latest_News">Latest News</a> |
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14 | <ul><li><a href="#December_26th_2010">December 26th 2010</a> |
15 | <ul><li><a href="#CPAN_Release_SDL_2_524">CPAN Release SDL 2.524</a></li> |
16 | <li><a href="#SDL_Manual_Writing_Games_with_SDL_Pe">SDL Manual: Writing Games with SDL Perl</a></li> |
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17 | <li><a href="#Active_Development">Active Development</a> |
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26 | <h1 id="Simple_DirectMedia_Library_Bindings_">Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for Perl</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p> |
27 | <div id="Simple_DirectMedia_Library_Bindings_-2"> |
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29 | </div> |
30 | <h2 id="Welcome">Welcome</h2> |
31 | <div id="Welcome_CONTENT"> |
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32 | <p>SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL).</p> |
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33 | <p>'Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, |
34 | 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the |
35 | award winning Linux port of "Civilization: Call To Power."' --<cite>www.libsdl.org</cite></p> |
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36 | <p>SDL Perl is an active and exciting project with many facets. Explore this website to learn more. </p> |
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38 | </div> |
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39 | <h3 id="Getting_Started">Getting Started</h3> |
40 | <div id="Getting_Started_CONTENT"> |
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41 | <p>A new SDL::Manual is being prepared for new users. In the mean time take a look at the documentation, ask for help on the mailing lists or irc channel, and see the examples in the source code.</p> |
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43 | </div> |
44 | <h3 id="Contribute">Contribute</h3> |
45 | <div id="Contribute_CONTENT"> |
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46 | <dl> |
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47 | <dt>IRC</dt> |
48 | <dd> |
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49 | <p>Talk to us on channel <a href="http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=89f140215d60860684cee2f6a917607f&server=irc.perl.org&channel=%23sdl">#sdl</a> .</p> |
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50 | </dd> |
51 | <dt>Mailing List</dt> |
52 | <dd> |
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53 | <p>Send us an email at <a href="mailto:sdl-devel@perl.org">mailing list</a>.</p> |
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54 | <p>Our archives are located at <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/sdl-devel@perl.org/">mail-archive</a> and <a href="http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.sdl.devel">nntp.perl</a>.</p> |
55 | <p>We also have a <a href="http://www.nntp.perl.org/rss/perl.sdl.devel.rdf">rssfeed</a>.</p> |
56 | <p>For help send an empty email to <a href="mailto:sdl-devel-help@perl.org">sdl-devel-help@perl.org</a>.</p> |
57 | <p>To subscribe to the mailing lists send an empty email to <a href="mailto:sdl-devel-subscribe@perl.org">sdl-devel-subscribe@perl.org</a>.</p> |
58 | <p>To unsubscribe send an empty email to <a href="mailto:sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org">sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org</a>.</p> |
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59 | </dd> |
60 | <dt>Testing and Development</dt> |
61 | <dd> |
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62 | <p>Join us on the trac <a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl">site</a> to get started on making and grabbing tickets. </p> |
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63 | <p>To begin testing read <a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl/wiki/Testing">the wiki page on testing</a>.</p> |
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64 | </dd> |
65 | </dl> |
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67 | </div> |
68 | <h1 id="Latest_News">Latest News</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p> |
69 | <div id="Latest_News_CONTENT"> |
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71 | </div> |
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72 | <h2 id="December_26th_2010">December 26th 2010</h2> |
73 | <div id="December_26th_2010_CONTENT"> |
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75 | </div> |
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76 | <h3 id="CPAN_Release_SDL_2_524">CPAN Release SDL 2.524</h3> |
77 | <div id="CPAN_Release_SDL_2_524_CONTENT"> |
78 | <p><a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?query=SDL&mode=module">SDL 2.524</a> is on CPAN! The new API has many changes and much more improvements. So check it out.</p> |
79 | <p>SDL Perl at v2.2.6 on CPAN is the last of its kind which will have the old API.</p> |
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81 | </div> |
82 | <h3 id="SDL_Manual_Writing_Games_with_SDL_Pe">SDL Manual: Writing Games with SDL Perl</h3> |
83 | <div id="SDL_Manual_Writing_Games_with_SDL_Pe-2"> |
84 | <p>The grant <a href="http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/2010q3-grant-proposal-manual-f.html">proposal</a> has been accepted by <a href="http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/accepted-grants-for-2010q3.html">The Perl Foundation</a>. SDL_Manual is being developed on <a href="http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual">github</a>, you can see the draft in <a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf">PDF</a> and <a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.html">HTML</a>.</p> |
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85 | <p>More up to date versions of the books are also available in <a href="https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual/blob/master/dist/SDL_Manual.html">HTML</a> and <a href="https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual/blob/master/dist/SDL_Manual.pdf">PDF</a> formats. </p> |
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87 | </div> |
88 | <h3 id="Active_Development">Active Development</h3> |
89 | <div id="Active_Development_CONTENT"> |
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90 | <p>SDL Perl is being actively developed to v3.0. We are adding many new SDLx::* modules to provide a more Perly interface to SDL. Please review, request or even hack the code. Talk to us on the irc channel or mailing lists.</p> |
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93 | </div> |