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<ul><li><a href="#Simple_DirectMedia_Library_Bindings_">Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for Perl</a>
<ul><li><a href="#Welcome">Welcome</a>
<ul><li><a href="#Getting_Started">Getting Started</a></li>
<li><a href="#Contribute">Contribute</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Latest_News">Latest News</a>
<ul><li><a href="#Feb_22_2010">Feb 22 2010</a>
<ul><li><a href="#CPAN_Release">CPAN Release</a></li>
<li><a href="#Active_Development">Active Development</a></li>
<li><a href="#TODO">TODO</a>
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<h1 id="Simple_DirectMedia_Library_Bindings_">Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for Perl</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
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<h2 id="Welcome">Welcome</h2>
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<p>SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL).</p>
<p>'Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the award winning Linux port of &quot;Civilization: Call To Power.&quot;' --<cite>www.libsdl.org</cite></p>
<p>SDL Perl is an active and exciting project with many facets. Explore this website to learn more. </p>

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<h3 id="Getting_Started">Getting Started</h3>
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<p>To begin using SDL Perl read the tutorials and documentation. </p>

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<h3 id="Contribute">Contribute</h3>
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	<dt>IRC</dt>
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		<p>Talk to us on channel <a href="http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=89f140215d60860684cee2f6a917607f&amp;server=irc.perl.org&amp;channel=%23sdl">#sdl</a> .</p>
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	<dt>Mailing List</dt>
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		<p>Send us an email at <a href="mailto:sdl-devel@perl.org">mailing list</a>.</p>
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	<dt>Testing and Development</dt>
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		<p>Join us on the trac <a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl">site</a> to get started on making and grabing tickets. </p>
		<p>To begin testing read <a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl/wiki/Testing">this</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="Feb_22_2010">Feb 22 2010</h2>
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<h3 id="CPAN_Release">CPAN Release</h3>
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<p><a href="http://search.cpan.org/~kthakore">SDL 2.3_5(Alpha)</a> is on CPAN. The new API has many changes, read the <a href="http://sdl.perl.org/blog-0001.html">release notes</a>. </p>
<p>SDL Perl is v2.2.6 on CPAN. The last of it's kind. This is the last release which will have the old API. </p>





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<h3 id="Active_Development">Active Development</h3>
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<p>SDL Perl is being actively developed to v3.0. The process is as below:</p>

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	<dt>Release 2.3_7</dt>
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<pre> Mixer Docs, tests, and XS

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	<dt>Release 2.3_8</dt>
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<pre> TTF Docs, tests and XS

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	<dt>Release 2.3_9</dt>
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<pre> Pango Docs, tests and XS

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	<dt>Release 2.4.5</dt>
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<pre>  Sugar for Core SDL objects
  Make SDL work with Frozen Bubble

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