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-Hello Mouse? An Example of the New Event Code
+Getting people to use SDL Perl: Docs, API, and Distribution
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-<div style="text-align: right;"><i>Any code that is not marketed is dead code <br />
---mst</i><br />
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-You need the new code from the <b> <a href="http://http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_Perl/tree/redesign">redesign branch</a></b> to use this . <br />
+<h4><i>The road so far</i></h4><br />
+Things have been busy but fruitful. Our two core modules are getting to be a bit more stable. <a href="http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Alien-SDL+1.403">Alien::SDL 1.405</a> is behaving well. This foundational stability will start to show results in <a href="http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=SDL+2.405">SDL</a> too I believe. Most excitingly the main developer of frozen-bubble is reviewing our <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~kthakore/Games-FrozenBubble-2.202/lib/Games/FrozenBubble.pm">Games::FrozenBubble</a> port to CPAN. All good and well, but to keep this project going we need to improve.<br />
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-<pre class="fake-gist" id="fake-gist-231987">#!/usr/bin/env perl
+<h4><i>Getting people to use SDL Perl</i></h4><br />
+After a long chat with a new SDL user on #sdl today, I realize we still have some way to go. Currently it seems we are lacking in a few areas. We can definitely use some feedback and help in these areas. <br />
+<br />
+<ul><li>Tutorials/Documentation<br />
+</li>
+
+<ul><li>We have more docs now on http://sdl.perl.org but they suck</li>
+<li>What type of tutorials do you think will be good for beginners?</li>
+
+<ul><li>A project start to finish?</li>
+<li>Individual tutorials for various topics?</li>
+<li>What needs to go in SDL::CookBook?</li>
+</ul></ul>
+<li>API sweetness</li>
-use SDL;
-use SDL::Events;
-use SDL::Event;
-use SDL::Video;
+<ul><li>SDL Perl depends on distinct C libraries</li>
-SDL::init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
+<ul><li>This makes naming conventions, data formats different the SDL:: namespaces</li>
+<li>How do people design this stuff?</li>
-my $display = SDL::Video::set_video_mode(640,480,32, SDL_SWSURFACE );
-my $event = SDL::Event->new();
+<ul><li>We are hackers and we just go do stuff but I think this needs some prior thought</li>
+<li>Any takers?</li>
+</ul></ul></ul>
+<li>Distribution</li>
-while(1)
-{
- SDL::Events::pump_events();
+<ul><li>If SDL scripts can be packaged up simply for game developers to distribute their games it will be a big plus</li>
- if(SDL::Events::poll_event($event) && $event->type == SDL_ACTIVEEVENT)
- {
- print "Hello Mouse!!!\n" if ($event->active_gain && ($event->active_state == SDL_APPMOUSEFOCUS) );
- print "Bye Mouse!!!\n" if (!$event->active_gain && ($event->active_state == SDL_APPMOUSEFOCUS) );
- }
-
- exit if($event->type == SDL_QUIT);
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+<ul><li>One way is a Wx::Perl::Packer clone</li>
+<li>Another is a CPAN/Steam clone that game devs can upload games too and people can point and click download games? </li>
+</ul></ul></ul><div>If anyone wants to help in these areas please talk to us on sdl-devel@perl.org. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102167581424744259-7164362190686365958?l=yapgh.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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