-Migrating Sol's Tutorial of SDL to SDL_Perl +SDL 2.511 + Using SDL for quick visualizations
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Only If you are on Linux (debian/ubuntu) you need the following dependencies:
On Windows we recommend using Strawberry Perl. It comes with SDL-1.2.13 header files and libs included.
Both Windows and Linux needs to install Alien::SDL
The bleeding SDL is on github. Click download on this site .
Extract it and cd into the folder run
** in Linux you may need to do sudo
Then you can run this script by doing
If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants. --Newton
Sol's Tutorials
When I was struggling with SDL C a while ago, someone recommended Sol's Tutorial to me. It had not only help me understand video in SDL, but I believe my code has improved using Sol's code style. I would like to pass these along to fellow SDL_Perl users too. So here is the Ch 02 code of Sol's Tutorial in SDL_Perl. It will be getting more and more Perly as our team hacks on it. There is more to come!
To use this code you need the new Redesigned SDL_Perl Library
Getting SDL Dependencies
Only If you are on Linux (debian/ubuntu) you need the following dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get install libsdl-net1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsmpeg-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev
On Windows we recommend using Strawberry Perl. It comes with SDL-1.2.13 header files and libs included.
Both Windows and Linux needs to install Alien::SDL
$ cpan Alien::SDL** Add sudo to this for Linux
Getting Bleeding SDL
The bleeding SDL is on github. Click download on this site .
Extract it and cd into the folder run
$ cpan .** The dot is needed
** in Linux you may need to do sudo
Then you can run this script by doing
$ perl examples/sols/ch02.pl
