SDL & KDevelop mini-HOWTO

SDL Development
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Alright, I finally got around to writing a little mini-HOWTO for using
KDevelop to properly manage an SDL-based project.

Please note that this mini-HOWTO is intended to resolve the problems with
Phoenix Kokido’s SDL & KDevelop mini-HOWTO (his HOWTO does not create very
portable or versatile SDL projects).

My mini-HOWTO will help you create SDL projects in KDevelop that:
* Are portable -include “SDL.h” instead of <SDL/SDL.h>
* Use “sdl-config”
* Use configure to check for whatever SDL libs you want
* Use KDevelop’s doc browser for browsing SDL docs

You can find my document online at:
http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/files/docs/sdl-kdev/

and browse it at:
http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/files/docs/sdl-kdev/sdl-kdev-mini-how2.html

Any feedback is appreciated. This is the first release, so I am certain that
there will be bugs/problems with it.

This is intended to conform to LinuxDoc standards, but it may very-well not
;-)–
Sam “Criswell” Hart <@Sam_Hart> AIM, Yahoo!:
Homepage: < http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/ >
PGP Info: < http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/contact/ >
Advogato: < http://advogato.org/person/criswell/ >

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Samuel Hart wrote:

Alright, I finally got around to writing a little mini-HOWTO for using
KDevelop to properly manage an SDL-based project.

Please note that this mini-HOWTO is intended to resolve the problems with
Phoenix Kokido’s SDL & KDevelop mini-HOWTO (his HOWTO does not create very
portable or versatile SDL projects).

My mini-HOWTO will help you create SDL projects in KDevelop that:

  • Are portable -include “SDL.h” instead of <SDL/SDL.h>
  • Use “sdl-config”
  • Use configure to check for whatever SDL libs you want
  • Use KDevelop’s doc browser for browsing SDL docs

You can find my document online at:
http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/files/docs/sdl-kdev/

and browse it at:
http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/files/docs/sdl-kdev/sdl-kdev-mini-how2.html

Any feedback is appreciated. This is the first release, so I am certain that
there will be bugs/problems with it.

This is intended to conform to LinuxDoc standards, but it may very-well not
:wink:

I really would love it, if I hadn?t set up my own auto{conf|make}
environment.

But it will be useful for all Newbies who want to use KDevelop to write
portable code.
There should be a link on the libSDL homepage pointing to your mini-HOWTO.

cu,
Johannes

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Okay, I have updated my SDL & KDevelop mini-HOWTO with suggestions from
people, as well as some new information I have discovered:

http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/files/docs/sdl-kdev/

Note that this document will need to be heavily revised once KDevelop 2.0 is
out officially. KDevelop 2.0 solves many of the problems the 1.x series has
caused SDL developers.–
Sam “Criswell” Hart <@Sam_Hart> AIM, Yahoo!:
Homepage: < http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/ >
PGP Info: < http://www.geekcomix.com/snh/contact/ >
Advogato: < http://advogato.org/person/criswell/ >