#136: Consider SDL, GLFW, SFML, Allegro

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#136: Consider SDL, GLFW, SFML, Allegro
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Reporter: Carsten | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone:
Component: other | Version: svn-head
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At this time, we use wxWidgets in Cafu to open and manage the OpenGL main
window.

This works well, but we may consider some alternatives as well:

- SDL
- http://www.libsdl.org
- http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Multimedia-Bibliothek-SDL-
in-Version-2-0-1934210.html

- GLFW
- http://www.glfw.org

- SFML
- http://www.sfml-dev.org/

- Allegro

Some additional information:
- http://open.gl/context
- http://rastergrid.com/blog/2010/01/flawless-alternative-to-sdl/
- http://www.jeffwofford.com/?p=1097


Note that we don't need these libs e.g. for font rendering, sound, or
networking -- for these, we use dedicated libraries anyway.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.cafu.de/ticket/136>
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#136: Consider SDL, GLFW, SFML, Allegro

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Reporter: Carsten | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone:
Component: other | Version: svn-head

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Comment (by Carsten):

As a side note, regarding SDL, magazine c't 17/2014 had on page 168 a
short review about the new book „The Black Art of Multiplatform Game
Programming“ by Jazon Yamamoto, featuring SDL 1.2 and (in an appendix) SDL
2.0.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.cafu.de/ticket/136#comment:1>

[Cafu Trac]

#136: Consider SDL, GLFW, SFML, Allegro

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Reporter: Carsten | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone:
Component: other | Version: svn-head

Resolution: | Keywords:
Platform: |
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Comment (by Carsten):

Also see #17.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.cafu.de/ticket/136#comment:2>