KTiger

I've managed to get a SDL program to run, but I have a little problem with finding right lib. for showing text, does someone got some experience with this, I'd love to know about it.
I'm using this as base-code: http://arnold.4950.net/progn/opengl/sdl/test/sdlmove/
and I would be happy if someone for example could add text support from this code. :banana:

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Benoit

For a start, check out SDL_TTF

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Harakim

I won't lie, I don't know what you're talking about, but...

SDL API
Installation Guide

The first one is pretty helpful to me.
The second one is because you mentioned library, so no harm in posting it.

jayme

This should help you.

http://www.google.com

More specifically:

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/art...rticle1960.asp

Hope this helps.

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Mocker

I did some quick stuff in SDL, love how easy they make some stuff. Text though.. there isn't really a quick thing for that. You need to import the SDL_ttf library to get into the text functions. Once you do that though you get a lot of options.
Check out the doc wiki which is great for showing the different functions:
http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/

Getting started with sdl_ttf:
http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cg...ting_20Started

Also, there is a pretty active IRC channel for SDL on afternet.org , #sdl

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KTiger

oki, so SDL_ttf is the unofficial font library.
But then is it possible to write reuseable code, ie. having a main.c and font.c
where every thing conserned about all font functions like loading, set fontsize, ...
is written in font.c and only to have it called from main.c: (something like this)

#include "font.h"
#include <sdl.h>

int main()
{
init_sdl(); // start up SDL, change screen resolution, etc..
init_sdl_ttf(); // fire up ttf functions

// A: make this font number 1 with following configurations.. (see: USEFONT)
// B: using courier.ttf
// C: set size to 12
// D: mode: 0=normal, 1=bold, 2=italic
// E: fontcolor: rgb() or rgba()
//
// LoadFont( A, B, C, D, E(red,greeb,blue) );
LoadFont(1, "courier.ttf", 12, 0, rgb(50,100,200) );

//PrintText( TEXT, X, Y, USEFONT );
PrintText("This is written to the screen", 100, 200, 1);

kill_sdl_ttf(); // unload fonts..
kill_sdl(); // unload sdl stuffs, change res..
return 0;
}

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DaWei

As a new member, it would be a good idea for you to read the forum's rules/FAQ and possibly the "How to Post" thread. It will give you an idea of the community's policies. For instance, had you done so, you would have put your code in tags. Not to put too fine a point on it, it's like walking into a church and farting simply because you're used to doing so everywhere else without checking mores.

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KTiger

oops! I'll remember to use #CODE# next time..
After many days of preparation for my exam in circuit analysis, im back & done with the exam.
But anyway, I have searced on the web and found what I was looking for,, some basic SDL sourcecodes and another lib. called FLTK... thanks for all your help.
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