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1 | =pod |
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| 3 | =head1 Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for Perl |
| 4 | |
| 5 | =head2 Welcome |
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7 | SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL). |
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9 | 'Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, |
| 10 | 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the |
| 11 | award winning Linux port of "Civilization: Call To Power."' --L<www.libsdl.org> |
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13 | SDL Perl is an active and exciting project with many facets. Explore this website to learn more. |
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| 15 | =head3 Getting Started |
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17 | 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. |
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| 19 | =head3 Contribute |
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| 21 | =over |
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| 23 | =item IRC |
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25 | Talk to us on channel L<#sdl|http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=89f140215d60860684cee2f6a917607f&server=irc.perl.org&channel=%23sdl> . |
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| 27 | =item Mailing List |
| 28 | |
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29 | Send us an email at L<mailing list| mailto:sdl-devel@perl.org>. |
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30 | |
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31 | Our archives are located at L<mail-archive | http://www.mail-archive.com/sdl-devel@perl.org/> and L<nntp.perl | http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.sdl.devel>. |
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| 33 | We also have a L<rssfeed | http://www.nntp.perl.org/rss/perl.sdl.devel.rdf>. |
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| 35 | For help send an empty email to L< sdl-devel-help@perl.org| mailto:sdl-devel-help@perl.org>. |
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| 37 | To subscribe to the mailing lists send an empty email to L< sdl-devel-subscribe@perl.org| mailto:sdl-devel-subscribe@perl.org>. |
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| 39 | To unsubscribe send an empty email to L< sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org | mailto:sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org>. |
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41 | =item Testing and Development |
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43 | Join us on L<GitHub|https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL/issues> to get started on making and grabbing issues. |
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44 | |
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45 | To get started on testing SDL see our L<Testing Wiki Page|https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL/wiki/Testing>. |
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47 | =back |
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| 49 | =head1 Latest News |
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51 | =head2 December 26th 2010 |
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52 | |
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53 | =head3 CPAN Release SDL 2.524 |
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55 | L<SDL 2.524|http://search.cpan.org/search?query=SDL&mode=module> is on CPAN! The new API has many changes and much more improvements. So check it out. |
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56 | |
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57 | SDL Perl at v2.2.6 on CPAN is the last of its kind which will have the old API. |
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58 | |
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59 | =head3 SDL Manual: Writing Games with SDL Perl |
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61 | The grant L<proposal| http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/2010q3-grant-proposal-manual-f.html> has been accepted by L<The Perl Foundation|http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/accepted-grants-for-2010q3.html>. SDL_Manual is in continous development on L<github|http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual>. |
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63 | More up to date versions of the books are also available in L<HTML| https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual/blob/master/dist/SDL_Manual.html> and L<PDF| https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual/blob/master/dist/SDL_Manual.pdf> formats. |
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65 | =head3 Active Development |
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67 | 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. |
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| 69 | =cut |
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