SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL).
'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 "Civilization: Call To Power."' --www.libsdl.org
SDL Perl is an active and exciting project with many facets. Explore this website to learn more.
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.
Talk to us on channel #sdl .
Send us an email at mailing list.
Our archives are located at mail-archive and nntp.perl.
We also have a rssfeed.
For help send an empty email to sdl-devel-help@perl.org.
To subscribe to the mailing lists send an empty email to sdl-devel-subscribe@perl.org.
To unsubscribe send an empty email to sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org.
Join us on the trac site to get started on making and grabbing tickets.
To begin testing read the wiki page on testing.
SDL 2.524 is on CPAN! The new API has many changes and much more improvements. So check it out.
SDL Perl at v2.2.6 on CPAN is the last of its kind which will have the old API.
The grant proposal has been accepted by The Perl Foundation. SDL_Manual is being developed on github, you can see the draft in PDF and HTML.
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.