=head1 NAME

SDL_perl - Simple DirectMedia Layer for Perl

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use SDL;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

SDL_perl is a package of perl modules that provides both functional and object orient
interfaces to the Simple DirectMedia Layer for Perl 5.  This package does take 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.

=head1 The SDL Perl 2009 Development Team

=head2 Documentation

	Nick: magnet

=head2 Perl Development

	Nick: Garu
	Name: Breno G. de Oliveira
	
	Nick: Dngor
	Name: Rocco Caputo

	Nick: nferraz
	Name: Nelson Ferraz

	Nick: acme
	Name: Leon Brocard
	
	Nick: FROGGS
	Name: Tobias Leich

=head2 Maintainance 
	
	Nick: kthakore
	Name: Kartik Thakore

=head1 MacOSX Experimental Usage

Please get libsdl packages from Fink
	
	perl Build.PL
	perl Build test
	perl Build bundle
	perl Build install

=head2 Running SDL Perl Scripts in MacOSX

First set the PERL5LIB environment variable to the dependencies of your script
	
	%export PERL5LIB=$PERL5LIB:./lib

Use the SDLPerl executable made in the bundle and call your scripts

	%SDLPerl.app/Contents/MacOS/SDLPerl yourScript.pl

=head1 Functions exported by SDL.pm

=head2 init(flags) 

As with the C language API, SDL_perl initializes the SDL environment through
the C<SDL::init> subroutine.  This routine takes a mode flag constructed through
the bitwise OR product of the following constants:

=over 4

=item *
INIT_AUDIO

=item *
INIT_VIDEO

=item *
INIT_CDROM

=item *
INIT_EVERYTHING

=item *
INIT_NOPARACHUTE

=item *
INIT_JOYSTICK

=item *
INIT_TIMER

=back

C<SDL::Init> returns 0 on success, or -1 on error.

=head2 init_subsystem(flags)

After SDL has been initialized with SDL::init you may initialize uninitialized subsystems with SDL::init_subsystem.
The flags parameter is the same as that used in SDL::init. 

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

=head2 quit_subsystem(flags)

SDL::quit_subsystem allows you to shut down a subsystem that has been previously initialized by SDL::init or SDL::init_subsystem.
The flags tells SDL::quit_subSystem which subsystems to shut down, it uses the same values that are passed to SDL::init. 

SDL::quit_subsystem doesn't returns any value.

=head2 quit

Shuts down all SDL subsystems, unloads the dynamically linked library and frees the allocated resources. This should always be called before you exit.

SDL::quit doesn't returns any value.

=head2 was_init(flags)

SDL::was_init allows you to see which SDL subsytems have been initialized.
flags is a bitwise OR'd combination of the subsystems you wish to check (see SDL::init for a list of subsystem flags). 
If 'flags' is 0 or SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING, it returns a mask of all initialized subsystems (this does not include SDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD or SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE).


=head2 get_error()

The last error message set by the SDL library can be retrieved using the subroutine
C<SDL::get_error>, which returns a scalar containing the text of the message if any.

=head2 set_error(error)  *need to be coded

SDL::get_error sets the SDL error to a printf style formatted string. 
it doesn't returns any values.

=head2 error(code) * need to be coded

Sets the SDL error message to one of several predefined strings specified by code. 

code can be :

=over 4

		SDL_errorcode  	The corresponding error string

		SDL_ENOMEM     	Out of memory
		SDL_EFREAD	Error reading from datastream
		SDL_EFWRITE	Error writing to datastream
		SDL_EFSEEK	Error seeking in datastream
		SDL_UNSUPPORTED	Unknown SDL error
		SDL_LASTERROR	Unknown SDL error
		any other value	Unknown SDL error


		Note 1: SDL_LASTERROR marks the highest numbered predefined error.
		Note 2: SDL also defines SDL_OutOfMemory() and SDL_Unsupported() for internal use
		which are equivalent to SDL_Error(SDL_ENOMEM) and SDL_Error(SDL_UNSUPPORTED) respectively. 

=back

SDL::Error doesn't returns any value.


=head2 clear_error() * need to be coded

SDL::clear_error deletes all information about the last internal SDL error. Useful if the error has been handled by the program.
it doesn't returns any value.

=head2 load_object()

Need to be coded.

=head2 load_function()

Need to be coded.

=head2 unload_object()

Need to be coded.

=head2 VERSION()

Need to be coded. 

=head2 version()

Need to be coded.

=head2 linked_version

Need to be coded.

=head2 get_error()

The last error message set by the SDL library can be retrieved using the subroutine
C<SDL::get_error>, which returns a scalar containing the text of the message if any.

=head2 delay(ms)

This subroutine allows an application to delay further operations for atleast a
number of milliseconds provided as the argument.  The actual delay may be longer
than the specified depending on the underlying OS.