Hey y’all,
I’d like to let you know that a new C++ wrapper for SDL is now available -
mine! 
It’s called SDLucid, and it aims to not only be a wrapper, but
also to offer a cleaner interface than the original SDL as well as more
functionality. Examples of such additional functionality are
- fonts
- PNG loading
- graphical primitives
- builtin mixing
- MOD/MP3 playing
- affine transformations on surfaces
Of course, that stuff is already available in different SDL_something
libraries, but IMHO the benefit in SDLucid’s case is integration.
Also, I guess you’d like to see some proof of where SDLucid’s interface
is cleaner - for example, to play an audio stream, all you need is:
audio_manager audio;
ifstream mod_file(“whatever.mod”);
audio.addStream(new audio_mod_stream(mod_file));
audio.play();
Or to automatically convert a surface for fastest possible blitting,
whether it contains alpha or not:
new_surface.convertForAcceleratedBlitFrom(old_surface);
If you want more, just have a look at examples/example.cc in the
distribution.
You can find SDLucid at http://sdlucid.sourceforge.net/, if you’d like to
contact me, just write to inducer at users.sourceforge.net.
Andreas
PS: Sam, could you please add SDLucid to the SDL-related library listing?