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7 This source is in development. It may contain API changes, and may not be
8 fully tested on all supported platforms. The current stable release may
9 be found at the <A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/"> main SDL page</A>.
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12 <H2> <A HREF="docs/index.html">API Documentation</A> </H2>
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14
15 <H2>
16 Major changes since SDL 1.0.0:
17 </H2>
18 <UL>
19 <LI> 1.2.0: Added initial support for HP-UX (thanks Stephanie)
20 <LI> 1.2.0: Added initial support for BSDI (thanks Kurt)
21 <LI> 1.2.0: Fixed blitting 32-bit ARGB images to SDL_OPENGLBLIT screens
22 <LI> 1.2.0: Fixed automake build dependencies (thanks Markus!)
23 <LI> 1.2.0: Added 24 bpp support to software YUV display functions
24 <LI> 1.2.0: Don't bomb trying to get DGA mouse on XFree86 4.0
25 <LI> 1.2.0: Added initial support for OSF/Tru64 (thanks Anders)
26 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed joystick hat motion on MacOS
27 <LI> 1.1.8: Don't detect mouse and keyboard as joystick on MacOS
28 <LI> 1.1.8: Check for OpenGL 1.2 before using 16-bit SDL_OPENGLBLIT
29 <LI> 1.1.8: Added support for /dev/sound/* in Linux 2.4
30 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed crash when blitting to RLE encoded surfaces
31 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed 8-bit audio on MacOS X
32 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed keyboard handling on MacOS X and MacOS classic
33 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed mouse cursor visibility when switching apps on MacOS
34 <LI> 1.1.8: Implemented semaphore support on MacOS X
35 <LI> 1.1.8: Worked around broken sem_getvalue() on MacOS X
36 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed 16-bit big-endian audio on MacOS X and MacOS classic
37 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed mutex locking on Linux glibc 2.0
38 <LI> 1.1.8: SDL_Quit() removes the parachute signal handlers
39 <LI> 1.1.8: Added NAS audio server support (thanks Erik!)
40 <LI> 1.1.8: Added SDL_NOFRAME for frameless windows (thanks Andreas)
41 <LI> 1.1.8: Added support for resizable windows on MacOS
42 <LI> 1.1.8: Added a function to query the surface clip rectangle
43 <LI> 1.1.8: Added a function to query the current event filter
44 <LI> 1.1.8: The X11 XVideo adapter is now locked (thanks Jeffrey)
45 <LI> 1.1.8: Improved the speed of fullscreen OpenGL on Windows
46 <LI> 1.1.8: Added ELO touchscreen support for fbcon (thanks Alex)
47 <LI> 1.1.8: Added accelerated MacOS X OpenGL support
48 <LI> 1.1.8: Surface lock and unlock operations can now be nested
49 <LI> 1.1.8: Optimized fillrect for PPC video memory (thanks Mattias)
50 <LI> 1.1.8: Work around "blackout" problem with XVideo acceleration
51 <LI> 1.1.8: Obtain correct key state on X11 focus (thanks Mattias)
52 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed keyboard handling on the framebuffer console
53 <LI> 1.1.8: Added basic support for VGA16 framebuffer console
54 <LI> 1.1.8: Open a new virtual terminal if possible on fbcon
55 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed default audio driver on FreeBSD (thanks Maxim)
56 <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed joystick crash on Windows (thanks Pete)
57 <LI> 1.1.7: Expanded documentation from the SDL Documentation Project
58 <LI> 1.1.7: Report X11 client message events if SYSWMEVENTS enabled
59 <LI> 1.1.7: Added support for a single hat on Windows joysticks
60 <LI> 1.1.7: The gamma ramp routines now take arrays of Uint16 values
61 <LI> 1.1.7: Added initial support for QNX RTP (thanks Patrick)
62 <LI> 1.1.7: Added ALSA sound driver (thanks Patrick Trainor)
63 <LI> 1.1.7: Added aRts UNIX sound driver (thanks Neil Stevens)
64 <LI> 1.1.7: Get keyboard modifier state on input focus on Win32
65 <LI> 1.1.7: SDL_ConvertSurface() now accepts SDL_RLEACCEL as a flag
66 <LI> 1.1.7: Added initial UnixWare 7 support (thanks rr)
67 <LI> 1.1.7: Added working YUY -> RGB conversion code (thanks Eugene)
68 <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed video initialization crash on IRIX
69 <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed MacOS fullscreen palette code (thanks Darrell)
70 <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed background brush flicker on Win32 (thanks Gautier)
71 <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed incorrect pitch when switching to window on Win32
72 <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed memory leak when switching video modes on Win32
73 <LI> 1.1.7: Init of fbcon shouldn't automatically set graphics mode
74 <LI> 1.1.6: Allow SDL_VIDEO_INIT when built without thread support
75 <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed palette problems with non-X11 fullscreen displays
76 <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed Win32 crash with SDL_OPENGLBLIT and GL functions
77 <LI> 1.1.6: Improved default MacOS millisecond time resolution
78 <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed X11 overlapping endian blit bug (thanks Mattias)
79 <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed starting directory on BeOS (thanks Samuel)
80 <LI> 1.1.6: Integrated FreeBSD SVGAlib support (thanks folks)
81 <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed middle-button handling on DirectInput
82 <LI> 1.1.6: Added SDL_GetThreadID() to get a specific thread's ID
83 <LI> 1.1.6: Worked around a crash in pthreads on RedHat 7
84 <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed a brown-bag crash in clipping code
85 <LI> 1.1.5: Convert from '/' to ':' opening files on MacOS
86 <LI> 1.1.5: Clean up empty output files on Win32 and MacOS
87 <LI> 1.1.5: Run command dialog if command key on startup on MacOS
88 <LI> 1.1.5: Initial NetBSD support (thanks Krister Walfridsson)
89 <LI> 1.1.5: Expanded the YUV overlay to handle odd (ATI) hardware
90 <LI> 1.1.5: Fixed MacOS GL attribute selection (thanks Darrell)
91 <LI> 1.1.5: Implemented gamma correction on 8-bit hardware displays
92 <LI> 1.1.5: Performed logical/physical palette split (thanks Mattias)
93 <LI> 1.1.5: Added initial MacOS X support (thanks Stan)
94 <LI> 1.1.5: SDL_WarpMouse() now works on BeOS (thanks Christian)
95 <LI> 1.1.5: Windows GDI driver now supports 565 modes (thanks Ben)
96 <LI> 1.1.5: Correctly load OpenGL extensions on Win32 (thanks Beosil)
97 <LI> 1.1.5: Fixed crash with some threaded audio drivers
98 <LI> 1.1.5: Audio is now closed in SDL_Quit(), if necessary
99 <LI> 1.1.5: Win32 version now uses MSVC multi-threaded DLL runtime
100 <LI> 1.1.5: Replaced useless SDL_SetClipping() with SDL_SetClipRect()
101 <LI> 1.1.5: Added a flag to YUV overlays to show hardware support
102 <LI> 1.1.5: Added SDL_WasInit() to see what is currently initialized
103 <LI> 1.1.5: YUV overlays can now be accelerated with DirectX
104 <LI> 1.1.5: YUV overlays now have working pitch (thanks Vivien)
105 <LI> 1.1.5: Prompt the user if MacOS mode change may damage hardware
106 <LI> 1.1.5: Fixed DrawSprocket video mode lists and mode changes
107 <LI> 1.1.5: Added DrawSprocket acceleration of colorkey blits
108 <LI> 1.1.5: MacOS event handling is much more responsive by default
109 <LI> 1.1.5: MacOS modifier keys now generate key events
110 <LI> 1.1.5: Mattias Engdegård did the "Great Alpha Flip"
111 <LI> 1.1.5: Added SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha() for fast alpha blits
112 <LI> 1.1.5: Added SDL_MapRGBA() and SDL_GetRGBA() to handle alpha
113 <LI> 1.1.5: SDL_SetAlpha() now accepts the SDL_RLEACCEL flag
114 <LI> 1.1.5: Blit semantics involving alpha are now well defined
115 <LI> 1.1.5: Added support for X11 DirectColor visuals for gamma API
116 <LI> 1.1.5: Added initial AmigaOS support (thanks Gabriele Greco)
117 <LI> 1.1.5: Added an initial gamma correction API (thanks Daniel)
118 <LI> 1.1.5: Disable DGA mouse while X11 application is iconified
119 <LI> 1.1.5: Allow 16-bit audio on Solaris (thanks Mattias)
120 <LI> 1.1.5: Added RLE acceleration of alpha blits (thanks Mattias)
121 <LI> 1.1.5: New documentation from the SDL Documentation Project
122 <LI> 1.1.4: Work around window resize bug in KDE 1.2
123 <LI> 1.1.4: Command-click is interpreted as right click on MacOS
124 <LI> 1.1.4: Removed ESounD detection on Solaris
125 <LI> 1.1.4: Updated to libtool 1.3.5 and latest config.guess
126 <LI> 1.1.4: testgl now works on 8-bit displays under X11
127 <LI> 1.1.4: SDL_WINDOWID hack now works with OpenGL on Linux
128 <LI> 1.1.4: Builds correctly on UNIX without X11 installed
129 <LI> 1.1.4: Fixed default GL driver loading on Win32
130 <LI> 1.1.4: Implemented fullscreen toggle on BeOS (thanks David)
131 <LI> 1.1.4: No longer use DirectDraw with OpenGL modes on Win32
132 <LI> 1.1.4: Added support for 320x200x8 in SVGAlib (thanks Michele)
133 <LI> 1.1.4: Implemented resizable windows on BeOS (thanks David)
134 <LI> 1.1.4: RLE colorkey encoding reduces memory use (thanks Mattias)
135 <LI> 1.1.4: The CD track length variable is now 32-bits (thanks Martin)
136 <LI> 1.1.4: Fixed crashing bug in Win32 semaphores (thanks Markus)
137 <LI> 1.1.4: Disabled aggresive gcc optimizations on X86
138 <LI> 1.1.4: Added support for blitting with GL (thanks Daniel Vogel)
139 <LI> 1.1.4: Improved the speed of the 16-bit colorkey copy blit
140 <LI> 1.1.4: Fixed pthread condition variable timeout
141 <LI> 1.1.3: Use timeGetTime() instead of GetTickCount() on Win32
142 <LI> 1.1.3: Release mouse when popped out of fullscreen on X11
143 <LI> 1.1.3: IRIX 6.5 and FreeBSD 4.0 are now officially supported
144 <LI> 1.1.3: Added optimization flags when compiling on x86 with gcc
145 <LI> 1.1.3: On BeOS, change to app directory when launched by Tracker
146 <LI> 1.1.3: Hold the option key on launch to get dialog on MacOS
147 <LI> 1.1.3: Added DrawSprockets on MacOS (thanks Darrell Walisser)
148 <LI> 1.1.3: Added support for Linux 2.4 input interface (HID)
149 <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed 24-bpp blits on big-endian systems (thanks Mattias)
150 <LI> 1.1.3: Don't try to use DGA mouse support on XFree86 4.00
151 <LI> 1.1.3: Don't create an X11 shared memory buffer for GL displays
152 <LI> 1.1.3: Framebuffer console acceleration disabled (broken) on G200
153 <LI> 1.1.3: Allow maximize on resizable Win32 surfaces (thanks Randi)
154 <LI> 1.1.3: Much faster RLE colorkey blit (thanks Xark and Mattias)
155 <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed some problems with iconification and focus in X11
156 <LI> 1.1.3: Added IMPS/2 protocol support for framebuffer console
157 <LI> 1.1.3: Added user-resizable video mode support
158 <LI> 1.1.3: Added arbitrary scaling of YUV overlay surfaces
159 <LI> 1.1.3: Added support for semaphores and condition variables
160 <LI> 1.1.3: Added SDL_ASYNCBLIT flag for asynchronous video updates
161 <LI> 1.1.3: Don't let the WM place window in X11 fullscreen mode
162 <LI> 1.1.3: Unload GL library after X11 display has closed
163 <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed X11 error when a clipped rectangle is updated
164 <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed crash when surface memory can't be allocated
165 <LI> 1.1.3: Added a check for DirectX 5 audio (thanks Markus)
166 <LI> 1.1.3: Added inline MMX assembly for YUV -> RGB conversion
167 <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed startup crash in X11_RefreshDisplay()
168 <LI> 1.1.3: SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) no longer fails with no soundcard
169 <LI> 1.1.3: Initial YUV video overlay support (supports XvImages)
170 <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed BadMatch X11 error with GLX 1.3
171 <LI> 1.1.3: Worked around incompatibilities with XFree86 4.0 vidmode
172 <LI> 1.1.3: The audio Makefile no longer takes forever to create
173 <LI> 1.1.3: The joystick hat positions changed to constants
174 <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed overlapping copy blit with odd widths
175 <LI> 1.1.3: Fix for SDL_WINDOWID crash contributed by Mattias
176 <LI> 1.1.3: Speeded up 32-bit alpha channel blits by nearly 100%
177 <LI> 1.1.3: Added experimental DGA 2.0 support (set SDL_VIDEODRIVER)
178 <LI> 1.1.2: Fixed crash running on NT with a read-only filesystem
179 <LI> 1.1.2: Re-use thread creation mutex on glibc-2.0 systems
180 <LI> 1.1.2: SDL_WM_SetIcon() now uses icon colorkey if mask is NULL
181 <LI> 1.1.2: Win32 relative mouse mode fixes (thanks Randi Relander)
182 <LI> 1.1.2: Not being able to set audio frags is no longer fatal
183 <LI> 1.1.2: Added support for multiple timers (thanks Stephane Peter)
184 <LI> 1.1.2: Copy blits optimized using inline assembly on x86 Linux
185 <LI> 1.1.2: Copy blit can now handle overlapping blits
186 <LI> 1.1.2: Fixed GL direct rendering on Utah GLX (thanks John Fulmer)
187 <LI> 1.1.2: Added unofficial support for AIX (thanks Carsten Griwodz)
188 <LI> 1.1.2: Enabled X11 VidMode extension on remote displays
189 <LI> 1.1.2: Load libGL.so.1 under X11 if an app isn't linked with GL
190 <LI> 1.1.2: Don't restack windows in the X11 environment
191 <LI> 1.1.2: Multiple X11 visual support (thanks Mattias Engdegård)
192 <LI> 1.1.0: Internal event state is updated before filter is called
193 <LI> 1.1.0: Worked around DGA mouse cursor bug in Voodoo X server
194 <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL OpenGL documentation (thanks Nicholas Vining)
195 <LI> 1.1.0: Added AAlib video driver support (thanks Stephane Peter)
196 <LI> 1.1.0: Added fullscreen support for Win32 GDI video driver
197 <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_GetAudioState() to get current audio status
198 <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_GetRelativeMouseState() to get relative motion
199 <LI> 1.1.0: Added 32-bit PII MMX optimized blitters from Hermes
200 <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_bool datatype for functions returning true/false
201 <LI> 1.1.0: Improved alpha blend speed (thanks Alexandre Courbot)
202 <LI> 1.1.0: Added function to queue events: SDL_PushEvent()
203 <LI> 1.1.0: Added user-defined event type to SDL_Event structure
204 <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_InitSubSystem() and SDL_QuitSubSystem()
205 <LI> 1.1.0: Added BDirectWindow fullscreen support on BeOS
206 <LI> 1.1.0: Added initial joystick support (Linux, Win32, BeOS, MacOS)
207 <LI> 1.1.0: The timer now runs in a separate thread if possible
208 <LI> 1.1.0: Added initial OpenGL support (Linux, Win32, BeOS, MacOS)
209 <LI> 1.0.9: Avoid potential crash in Win32 mouse handling (thanks Cliff)
210 <LI> 1.0.9: Fixed bug where /dev/dsp was incorrectly marked available
211 <LI> 1.0.9: Fixed DirectX crash if video height is larger than width
212 <LI> 1.0.9: Fixed win32 timer error message typo (thanks Martin Dvorak)
213 <LI> 1.0.8: Fixed deadlock if SDL_LockAudio() called from audio thread
214 <LI> 1.0.8: Fixed a race condition in thread creation
215 <LI> 1.0.7: Added detection for Linux supermount CD-ROM drives
216 <LI> 1.0.6: Added --static-libs option to sdl-config
217 <LI> 1.0.6: Fixed a clipping bug in the RLE colorkey blitting
218 <LI> 1.0.6: Mouse window manager routines implemented on MacOS
219 <LI> 1.0.6: Fixed SDL_HWPALETTE in fullscreen X11 video driver
220 <LI> 1.0.6: Improved relative mouse warping in X11 video driver
221 <LI> 1.0.6: DGA mouse mode is now enabled by SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE
222 <LI> 1.0.6: Grab input by default in fullscreen mode
223 <LI> 1.0.6: Detect hanging (incorrectly configured) Linux soundcard
224 <LI> 1.0.6: If ESPEAKER env variable is set, use ESD audio driver
225 <LI> 1.0.5: Fixed audio structure alignment for packing compilers
226 <LI> 1.0.5: Exposed SDL_AudioInit() and SDL_VideoInit()
227 <LI> 1.0.5: Added SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(), implemented for X11
228 <LI> 1.0.5: Removed ALT-Enter functionality - should be in apps
229 <LI> 1.0.5: The DSP audio driver is used by default on Linux
230 <LI> 1.0.4: Added optional DMA support for the Linux audio driver
231 <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed CD-ROM opening on the iBook under MacOS
232 <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed a crash in 8-bit mode when using X11 video
233 <LI> 1.0.4: Initial audio support on MacOS (thanks Darrell Walisser)
234 <LI> 1.0.4: The audio thread runs at high priority on Win32
235 <LI> 1.0.4: ESD audio support is now a separate selectable driver
236 <LI> 1.0.4: Initial OpenBSD support (thanks Federico Schwindt)
237 <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed hang when closing audio on Windows 2000
238 <LI> 1.0.4: Warn about monochrome X displays (thanks Christian Bauer)
239 <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed spurious X11 mouse focus events at ALT-ENTER
240 <LI> 1.0.4: Perform input ungrab at video quit, just in case
241 <LI> 1.0.4: Corrected X11 depth reporting in SDL_VideoModeOK()
242 <LI> 1.0.3: Disable mouse threshold when X11 mouse is in warp mode
243 <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed black-screen on exit in fbcon video driver
244 <LI> 1.0.3: Much improved console switching in fbcon video driver
245 <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed X11 UNICODE translation bug (thanks Andreas Arens)
246 <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed WaveOut mutex logic bug (thanks Markus Oberhum)
247 <LI> 1.0.3: Use X11 mouse warping when cursor hidden and input grabbed
248 <LI> 1.0.3: Doesn't try to use TrackMouseEvent() on Win95
249 <LI> 1.0.3: DirectColor support in fbcon driver (thanks Adam Meyerowitz)
250 <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed ALT-ENTER key state problem on X11
251 <LI> 1.0.2: Fixed Win32 code to run on VMWare with DIB video driver
252 <LI> 1.0.2: Added window manager function: SDL_WM_GrabInput()
253 <LI> 1.0.2: Added window manager function: SDL_WM_IconifyWindow()
254 <LI> 1.0.2: Added ALT-ENTER fullscreen toggle for X11 video driver
255 <LI> 1.0.2: X11 fullscreen mode uses DGA mouse if cursor is hidden
256 <LI> 1.0.2: New X11 fullscreen code doesn't require root
257 <LI> 1.0.2: Mouse focus and position is now updated at video mode set
258 <LI> 1.0.2: Mouse focus loss is now detected under Win32
259 <LI> 1.0.2: Menubar hiding is more robust on MacOS (thanks Matt Slott)
260 <LI> 1.0.2: Added CD-ROM support on MacOS (thanks Matt Slott)
261 <LI> 1.0.2: Added non-root fullscreen modes under X11 (thanks Stephane)
262 <LI> 1.0.2: Added docs for time functions (thanks Christian Biesinger)
263 <LI> 1.0.2: Squeezed a little more speed out of blitters (Duff's device)
264 <LI> 1.0.2: Added hardware acceleration for 3Dfx to fbcon driver.
265 <LI> 1.0.2: Added hardware acceleration for Matrox to fbcon driver.
266 <LI> 1.0.2: Windows mouse driver now recognizes the middle button.
267 <LI> 1.0.2: X11 driver now recognizes the "unix:0" display as local.
268 <LI> 1.0.2: Fixed a bug in DGA support which crashed some X servers.
269 <LI> 1.0.2: Added GPM repeater support (gpm -R) to fbcon driver
270 <LI> 1.0.2: Added support for hardware surfaces to fbcon driver
271 <LI> 1.0.2: Implemented console switching in fbcon driver
272 <LI> 1.0.2: Implemented graphics mode detection in fbcon driver
273 <LI> 1.0.2: Added SDL_EnableKeyRepeat() (thanks Jim Kutter)
274 <LI> 1.0.2: Enabled DirectSound on Windows 2000
275 <LI> 1.0.1: Fixed the frame buffer video driver on LinuxPPC
276 <LI> 1.0.1: Stopped using DirectSound on Windows NT.
277 <LI> 1.0.1: Stopped using DirectX when DINPUT.DLL is not installed.
278 <LI> 1.0.1: Added pthread detection to configure.in for FreeBSD.
279 <LI> 1.0.1: Updated the Solaris audio code for the 1.0 API
280 <LI> 1.0.1: Updated the MacOS code for the 1.0 internal API
281 </UL>
282
283 <H2>
284 Major changes since SDL 0.10.0:
285 </H2>
286 <UL>
287 <LI> 0.11.5: Fixed mouse warping in fullscreen mode
288 <LI> 0.11.5: Added a new function SDL_GetVideoSurface()
289 <LI> 0.11.5: Renamed SDL_AllocSurface() SDL_CreateRGBSurface()
290 <LI> 0.11.5: Added a new function SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom()
291 <LI> 0.11.4: Added support for multiple compiled-in video drivers
292 <LI> 0.11.3: Fixed 16 --> 32 bpp blitting - using C instead of Hermes.
293 <LI> 0.11.3: Fixed double-buffering bug in the DirectX driver
294 <LI> 0.11.3: Added GGI video driver (thanks Jon Taylor)
295 <LI> 0.11.2: Added automake/aclocal/autoconf support
296 <LI> 0.11.1: Added an initial (buggy) MacOS CD-ROM driver
297 <LI> 0.11.1: Improved Linux CD-ROM detection
298 <LI> 0.11.1: Added a workaround for DGA mouse bug on Voodoo 3
299 <LI> 0.11.1: Fixed 24bpp --> 8bpp blit crash
300 <LI> 0.11.1: Fixed a bug in blit mapping when palette changed
301 <LI> 0.11.1: Added a Linux SBLive beta driver workaround
302 <LI> 0.11.1: Fixed Win32 cross-compile problem with mingw32
303 <LI> 0.11.1: Loss of keyboard focus now causes keys to be reset
304 <LI> 0.11.1: DGA DirectMouse is conditionally compiled (default off)
305 </UL>
306
307 <H2>
308 Major changes since SDL 0.8.0:
309 </H2>
310 <UL>
311 <LI> 0.9.16: Made SDL error messages thread-safe
312 <LI> 0.9.15: If you have r/w access to /dev/mem, DGA works on Linux
313 <LI> 0.9.15: Added support for Linux on the ARM (Netwinder)
314 <LI> 0.9.14: Removed color cursor support, fixed b/w cursors
315 <LI> 0.9.14: Fixed long-standing X11 DGA colormap problem
316 <LI> 0.9.13: Added dynamic load function: SDL_SetLibraryPath()
317 <LI> 0.9.13: Added unofficial support for MacOS
318 <LI> 0.9.13: Added unofficial support for FreeBSD
319 <LI> 0.9.13: Added unofficial support for IRIX
320 <LI> 0.9.13: Updated support for BeOS from R3 to R4.5
321 <LI> 0.9.13: Added SDL_SetLibraryPath() function (thanks Karsten Laux)
322 <LI> 0.9.13: Fixed 8-bit audio conversion when using SDL_MixAudio()
323 <LI> 0.9.13: Fixed audio thread lingering when app dies on Linux
324 <LI> 0.9.13: Fixed color problem in X display to other-endian systems
325 <LI> 0.9.13: Finally able to detect X11 key repeat (thanks GII team!)
326 <LI> 0.9.13: Added support for Visual C++ 5.0 development environment
327 <LI> 0.9.13: Added support for Linux on the Alpha
328 <LI> 0.9.13: Added support for international keyboards (see WhatsNew)
329 <LI> 0.9.12: Added support for loading IMA ADPCM compressed WAV files
330 <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed bug when mixing 8-bit audio in SDL_MixAudio()
331 <LI> 0.9.12: Added Enlightenment Sound Daemon audio support on Linux
332 <LI> 0.9.12: Added MTRR support for Linux/X11 (thanks David Barth)
333 <LI> 0.9.12: Added support for LinuxPPC 5.0
334 <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed place where some audio conversions aren't detected
335 <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed serious bug in installation script
336 <LI> 0.9.12: Added SDL_FreeWAV() function for freeing DLL memory
337 <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed potential memory leak in SDL_LoadWAV_RW()
338 <LI> 0.9.11: Freeing video surface has no longer crashes SDL_Quit()
339 <LI> 0.9.11: Included new asm blitters from Hermes library 1.2.4
340 <LI> 0.9.11: SDL_WaitThread() now gets the thread's return status
341 <LI> 0.9.11: SDL_MixAudio() takes a larger volume range (0-128)
342 <LI> 0.9.11: SDL no longer changes the X11 keyboard repeat
343 <LI> 0.9.11: Added a data source abstraction for loading/saving data
344 <LI> 0.9.11: Added three built in data abstractions:<BR>
345 SDL_RWFromFile(), SDL_RWFromFP(), SDL_RWFromMem()
346 <LI> 0.9.11: Added stdio-like functions for using data sources:<BR>
347 SDL_RWseek(), SDL_RWread(), SDL_RWwrite(), SDL_RWclose()
348 <LI> 0.9.11: Replaced SDL_CalculateEndian() with SDL_BYTEORDER macro
349 <LI> 0.9.11: Endian swapping functions are now macros, for speed.
350 <LI> 0.9.11: Endian read/write functions now use data sources
351 <LI> 0.9.11: Added function SDL_LoadWAV_RW() for data sources
352 <LI> 0.9.11: Added function SDL_LoadBMP_RW() for data sources
353 <LI> 0.9.11: Added function SDL_SaveBMP_RW() for data sources
354 <LI> 0.9.10: Mixer no longer fails if timidity isn't installed
355 <LI> 0.9.10: Mixer restarts MOD files on play (thanks Bill Kendrick)
356 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed occasional crashing of the mixer library
357 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed icon display on Afterstep under Linux
358 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed occasional crash in mixer example
359 <LI> 0.9.10: Linux cdrom list now comes from /etc/fstab
360 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed support for UK keyboard (thanks John Elliott)
361 <LI> 0.9.10: The event queue is now thread-safe
362 <LI> 0.9.10: Added event queue pump function: SDL_PumpEvents()
363 <LI> 0.9.10: Added low level event function: SDL_PeepEvents()
364 <LI> 0.9.10: Added a new thread function: SDL_ThreadID()
365 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed an audio rate conversion memory overrun
366 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed crash with RLE acceleration on big surfaces
367 <LI> 0.9.10: Improved MacOS display driver - added fullscreen
368 <LI> 0.9.10: Removed spurious warnings from Linux X11 driver
369 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed memory leak in SDL_InvalidateMap()
370 <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed right button of 2-button mice on Win32
371 <LI> 0.9.10: Enabled XFree86 mode changes on older servers
372 <LI> 0.9.9: SDL_LoadBMP() handles BMP files created with GIMP
373 <LI> 0.9.9: SDL_LoadWAV() handles WAV files with "LIST" chunks
374 <LI> 0.9.9: Fixed problem with audio underflow on Solaris
375 <LI> 0.9.9: Initial support for 4-speaker audio output devices
376 <LI> 0.9.8: Fixed corrupt VC++ 5.0 desktop file
377 <LI> 0.9.8: Now detects fixed version of Metro-X X11 server
378 <LI> 0.9.8: Fixed XFree86 DGA banked mode update
379 <LI> 0.9.8: Fixed mouse press viewport shift on XFree86 DGA
380 <LI> 0.9.7: Fixed problem with displaying remotely via X11
381 <LI> 0.9.7: Win32 uses software cursor when fullscreen
382 <LI> 0.9.7: Win32 mouse uses DirectInput when fullscreen
383 <LI> 0.9.7: Added OpenGL software rendering via Mesa (demos archive)
384 <LI> 0.9.7: Fixed memory leak in ADPCM WAV decoding
385 <LI> 0.9.6: Added CD-ROM audio API documentation
386 <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed potential BeOS audio-related crash
387 <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed crash when resetting the video mode in DirectX
388 <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed errors compiling with the SparcWorks compiler
389 <LI> 0.9.6: Replaced SDL_GetDisplayFormat() with SDL_GetVideoInfo()
390 <LI> 0.9.6: Added a new fast fill function: SDL_FillRect()
391 <LI> 0.9.6: Added blit acceleration flags to SDL_AllocSurface()
392 <LI> 0.9.6: Added new double-buffering function: SDL_Flip()
393 <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed problem with buggy Metro-X X11 server
394 <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed 8-bit audio on Solaris with dbri hardware
395 <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed alarm clock problem with Solaris pthreads
396 <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed BeOS compilation problem
397 <LI> 0.9.5: Added tools to create Win32 icons in directx/icon/
398 <LI> 0.9.5: You can now pass a NULL mask to SDL_WM_SetIcon()
399 <LI> 0.9.5: Added support files for compiling with VC++ 5.0
400 <LI> 0.9.5: Fixed icon color bug under Win32
401 <LI> 0.9.5: Re-added SDL_LowerBlit() - not safe for use on display
402 <LI> 0.9.5: Fixed 0.9.x cursor blit deadlock
403 <LI> 0.9.5: Added SDL_FPLoadWAV(), SDL_FPLoadBMP(), SDL_FPSaveBMP()
404 <LI> 0.9.5: Added Linux, Win32, and BeOS CD audio support
405 <LI> 0.9.5: MMX accelerated blit disabled -- temporarily broken
406 <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed endianness issue with BeOS x86 blitting
407 <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed quit interrupt delivery on BeOS
408 <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed dynamic loading on BeOS
409 <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed DirectX audio on Win98
410 <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed possible sound-related crash on Linux PPC
411 <LI> 0.9.3: Mouse motion arrives as absolute and relative coordinates
412 <LI> 0.9.3: Fixed Visual C++ structure packing
413 <LI> 0.9.3: Fixed UNIX dynamic link library installation
414 <LI> 0.9.2: DirectX audio no longer hangs when app loses focus
415 <LI> 0.9.2: Fixed DirectX HiColor crash (palette bug)
416 <LI> 0.9.1: Fixed DirectX &lt;ALT&gt; key handling
417 <LI> 0.9.1: Fixed DirectX windowed palette problems
418 <LI> 0.9.1: Removed SDL_MapSurface() and SDL_UnmapSurface()
419 <LI> 0.9.0: Initial port to IRIX 6.x
420 <LI> 0.9.0: Initial port to OSF/1 3.2 (no sound yet)
421 <LI> 0.9.0: MacOS port in progress
422 </UL>
423
424 <H2>
425 Major changes since SDL 0.7:
426 </H2>
427 <UL>
428 <LI> Separated the demos and examples into a separate archive
429 <LI> Added support for loading Microsoft compressed WAV files
430 <LI> Added "soft" application crash recovery (signal handlers)
431 <LI> Fixed POSIX signal handling interaction with threads
432 <LI> Fixed audio output on MKLinux
433 <LI> Added dynamic library version checking
434 <LI> Updated for DirectX 6.0
435 <LI> Cleaned up dynamic linking and added static linking
436 <LI> Added automatic audio format and rate conversion
437 <LI> Optimized some blitter cases (8 --> 16/32 and 32 --> 16/8)
438 <LI> Removed precalculated alpha blending acceleration
439 <LI> Key and mouse button events are split into up/down events
440 <LI> It is now much easier to set an optimal video mode
441 </UL>
442
443 <H2>
444 Major changes since SDL 0.5:
445 </H2>
446 <UL>
447 <LI> Ported to Solaris 2.6
448 <LI> Added XFree86 Direct Graphic Access support
449 <LI> Supports LinuxPPC without threads
450 <LI> Completely rewritten video/surface API -- see SDL_video.h
451 <LI> Completely rewritten event API
452 <LI> Optimized black-white cursor creation
453 <LI> Added support for run-length-encoded colorkeying
454 <LI> Added support for hardware accelerated blits
455 <LI> Added support for blitting from 1-bit surfaces (bitmaps)
456 <LI> Added a function to simplify setting video modes
457 <LI> Added support for loading WAV files
458 <LI> Added endian swapping functions for memory values
459 <LI> Added alpha blending using alpha value or channel
460 <LI> Added precalculated alpha blending acceleration
461 <LI> Added function to return current time in milliseconds
462 <LI> New event type SDL_ACTIVEEVENT, to detect iconification
463 <LI> New event type SDL_SYSWMEVENT, for custom window hooks
464 <LI> Added a platform dependent function to get window handle
465 <LI> Added a function to check the run-time version of SDL
466 <LI> Added periodic timer support at 10 ms resolution
467 <LI> Added support for the SDL_DEBUG environment variable
468 <LI> Miscellaneous internal cleanups
469 </UL>
470
471 <H2>
472 Major changes since SDL 0.4:
473 </H2>
474 <UL>
475 <LI> SDL library code is now dynamically loaded
476 <LI> Added support for pthreads (Linux glibc2)
477 <LI> Removed SDL_mutexN() and SDL_mutexIncr()
478 </UL>
479
480 <H2>
481 Major changes since SDL 0.3:
482 </H2>
483 <UL>
484 <LI> Added support for DirectX 5.0
485 <LI> Added support for surfaces in video memory
486 <LI> Added support for source color-key blitting
487 <LI> Added support for single-rectangle clipping
488 <LI> Added support for warping (moving) the cursor
489 <LI> Added support for color cursors
490 <LI> Greatly simplified internal event queue
491 <LI> Minor bug-fixes
492 </UL>
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