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| author | Sam Lantinga <slouken@lokigames.com> |
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| date | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:45:43 +0000 |
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The current stable release may +be found at the <A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/"> main SDL page</A>. +<P> + +<H2> <A HREF="docs/index.html">API Documentation</A> </H2> +<P> + +<H2> +Major changes since SDL 1.0.0: +</H2> +<UL> + <LI> 1.2.0: Added initial support for HP-UX (thanks Stephanie) + <LI> 1.2.0: Added initial support for BSDI (thanks Kurt) + <LI> 1.2.0: Fixed blitting 32-bit ARGB images to SDL_OPENGLBLIT screens + <LI> 1.2.0: Fixed automake build dependencies (thanks Markus!) + <LI> 1.2.0: Added 24 bpp support to software YUV display functions + <LI> 1.2.0: Don't bomb trying to get DGA mouse on XFree86 4.0 + <LI> 1.2.0: Added initial support for OSF/Tru64 (thanks Anders) + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed joystick hat motion on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.8: Don't detect mouse and keyboard as joystick on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.8: Check for OpenGL 1.2 before using 16-bit SDL_OPENGLBLIT + <LI> 1.1.8: Added support for /dev/sound/* in Linux 2.4 + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed crash when blitting to RLE encoded surfaces + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed 8-bit audio on MacOS X + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed keyboard handling on MacOS X and MacOS classic + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed mouse cursor visibility when switching apps on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.8: Implemented semaphore support on MacOS X + <LI> 1.1.8: Worked around broken sem_getvalue() on MacOS X + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed 16-bit big-endian audio on MacOS X and MacOS classic + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed mutex locking on Linux glibc 2.0 + <LI> 1.1.8: SDL_Quit() removes the parachute signal handlers + <LI> 1.1.8: Added NAS audio server support (thanks Erik!) + <LI> 1.1.8: Added SDL_NOFRAME for frameless windows (thanks Andreas) + <LI> 1.1.8: Added support for resizable windows on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.8: Added a function to query the surface clip rectangle + <LI> 1.1.8: Added a function to query the current event filter + <LI> 1.1.8: The X11 XVideo adapter is now locked (thanks Jeffrey) + <LI> 1.1.8: Improved the speed of fullscreen OpenGL on Windows + <LI> 1.1.8: Added ELO touchscreen support for fbcon (thanks Alex) + <LI> 1.1.8: Added accelerated MacOS X OpenGL support + <LI> 1.1.8: Surface lock and unlock operations can now be nested + <LI> 1.1.8: Optimized fillrect for PPC video memory (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.8: Work around "blackout" problem with XVideo acceleration + <LI> 1.1.8: Obtain correct key state on X11 focus (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed keyboard handling on the framebuffer console + <LI> 1.1.8: Added basic support for VGA16 framebuffer console + <LI> 1.1.8: Open a new virtual terminal if possible on fbcon + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed default audio driver on FreeBSD (thanks Maxim) + <LI> 1.1.8: Fixed joystick crash on Windows (thanks Pete) + <LI> 1.1.7: Expanded documentation from the SDL Documentation Project + <LI> 1.1.7: Report X11 client message events if SYSWMEVENTS enabled + <LI> 1.1.7: Added support for a single hat on Windows joysticks + <LI> 1.1.7: The gamma ramp routines now take arrays of Uint16 values + <LI> 1.1.7: Added initial support for QNX RTP (thanks Patrick) + <LI> 1.1.7: Added ALSA sound driver (thanks Patrick Trainor) + <LI> 1.1.7: Added aRts UNIX sound driver (thanks Neil Stevens) + <LI> 1.1.7: Get keyboard modifier state on input focus on Win32 + <LI> 1.1.7: SDL_ConvertSurface() now accepts SDL_RLEACCEL as a flag + <LI> 1.1.7: Added initial UnixWare 7 support (thanks rr) + <LI> 1.1.7: Added working YUY -> RGB conversion code (thanks Eugene) + <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed video initialization crash on IRIX + <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed MacOS fullscreen palette code (thanks Darrell) + <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed background brush flicker on Win32 (thanks Gautier) + <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed incorrect pitch when switching to window on Win32 + <LI> 1.1.7: Fixed memory leak when switching video modes on Win32 + <LI> 1.1.7: Init of fbcon shouldn't automatically set graphics mode + <LI> 1.1.6: Allow SDL_VIDEO_INIT when built without thread support + <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed palette problems with non-X11 fullscreen displays + <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed Win32 crash with SDL_OPENGLBLIT and GL functions + <LI> 1.1.6: Improved default MacOS millisecond time resolution + <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed X11 overlapping endian blit bug (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed starting directory on BeOS (thanks Samuel) + <LI> 1.1.6: Integrated FreeBSD SVGAlib support (thanks folks) + <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed middle-button handling on DirectInput + <LI> 1.1.6: Added SDL_GetThreadID() to get a specific thread's ID + <LI> 1.1.6: Worked around a crash in pthreads on RedHat 7 + <LI> 1.1.6: Fixed a brown-bag crash in clipping code + <LI> 1.1.5: Convert from '/' to ':' opening files on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.5: Clean up empty output files on Win32 and MacOS + <LI> 1.1.5: Run command dialog if command key on startup on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.5: Initial NetBSD support (thanks Krister Walfridsson) + <LI> 1.1.5: Expanded the YUV overlay to handle odd (ATI) hardware + <LI> 1.1.5: Fixed MacOS GL attribute selection (thanks Darrell) + <LI> 1.1.5: Implemented gamma correction on 8-bit hardware displays + <LI> 1.1.5: Performed logical/physical palette split (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.5: Added initial MacOS X support (thanks Stan) + <LI> 1.1.5: SDL_WarpMouse() now works on BeOS (thanks Christian) + <LI> 1.1.5: Windows GDI driver now supports 565 modes (thanks Ben) + <LI> 1.1.5: Correctly load OpenGL extensions on Win32 (thanks Beosil) + <LI> 1.1.5: Fixed crash with some threaded audio drivers + <LI> 1.1.5: Audio is now closed in SDL_Quit(), if necessary + <LI> 1.1.5: Win32 version now uses MSVC multi-threaded DLL runtime + <LI> 1.1.5: Replaced useless SDL_SetClipping() with SDL_SetClipRect() + <LI> 1.1.5: Added a flag to YUV overlays to show hardware support + <LI> 1.1.5: Added SDL_WasInit() to see what is currently initialized + <LI> 1.1.5: YUV overlays can now be accelerated with DirectX + <LI> 1.1.5: YUV overlays now have working pitch (thanks Vivien) + <LI> 1.1.5: Prompt the user if MacOS mode change may damage hardware + <LI> 1.1.5: Fixed DrawSprocket video mode lists and mode changes + <LI> 1.1.5: Added DrawSprocket acceleration of colorkey blits + <LI> 1.1.5: MacOS event handling is much more responsive by default + <LI> 1.1.5: MacOS modifier keys now generate key events + <LI> 1.1.5: Mattias Engdegård did the "Great Alpha Flip" + <LI> 1.1.5: Added SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha() for fast alpha blits + <LI> 1.1.5: Added SDL_MapRGBA() and SDL_GetRGBA() to handle alpha + <LI> 1.1.5: SDL_SetAlpha() now accepts the SDL_RLEACCEL flag + <LI> 1.1.5: Blit semantics involving alpha are now well defined + <LI> 1.1.5: Added support for X11 DirectColor visuals for gamma API + <LI> 1.1.5: Added initial AmigaOS support (thanks Gabriele Greco) + <LI> 1.1.5: Added an initial gamma correction API (thanks Daniel) + <LI> 1.1.5: Disable DGA mouse while X11 application is iconified + <LI> 1.1.5: Allow 16-bit audio on Solaris (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.5: Added RLE acceleration of alpha blits (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.5: New documentation from the SDL Documentation Project + <LI> 1.1.4: Work around window resize bug in KDE 1.2 + <LI> 1.1.4: Command-click is interpreted as right click on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.4: Removed ESounD detection on Solaris + <LI> 1.1.4: Updated to libtool 1.3.5 and latest config.guess + <LI> 1.1.4: testgl now works on 8-bit displays under X11 + <LI> 1.1.4: SDL_WINDOWID hack now works with OpenGL on Linux + <LI> 1.1.4: Builds correctly on UNIX without X11 installed + <LI> 1.1.4: Fixed default GL driver loading on Win32 + <LI> 1.1.4: Implemented fullscreen toggle on BeOS (thanks David) + <LI> 1.1.4: No longer use DirectDraw with OpenGL modes on Win32 + <LI> 1.1.4: Added support for 320x200x8 in SVGAlib (thanks Michele) + <LI> 1.1.4: Implemented resizable windows on BeOS (thanks David) + <LI> 1.1.4: RLE colorkey encoding reduces memory use (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.4: The CD track length variable is now 32-bits (thanks Martin) + <LI> 1.1.4: Fixed crashing bug in Win32 semaphores (thanks Markus) + <LI> 1.1.4: Disabled aggresive gcc optimizations on X86 + <LI> 1.1.4: Added support for blitting with GL (thanks Daniel Vogel) + <LI> 1.1.4: Improved the speed of the 16-bit colorkey copy blit + <LI> 1.1.4: Fixed pthread condition variable timeout + <LI> 1.1.3: Use timeGetTime() instead of GetTickCount() on Win32 + <LI> 1.1.3: Release mouse when popped out of fullscreen on X11 + <LI> 1.1.3: IRIX 6.5 and FreeBSD 4.0 are now officially supported + <LI> 1.1.3: Added optimization flags when compiling on x86 with gcc + <LI> 1.1.3: On BeOS, change to app directory when launched by Tracker + <LI> 1.1.3: Hold the option key on launch to get dialog on MacOS + <LI> 1.1.3: Added DrawSprockets on MacOS (thanks Darrell Walisser) + <LI> 1.1.3: Added support for Linux 2.4 input interface (HID) + <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed 24-bpp blits on big-endian systems (thanks Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.3: Don't try to use DGA mouse support on XFree86 4.00 + <LI> 1.1.3: Don't create an X11 shared memory buffer for GL displays + <LI> 1.1.3: Framebuffer console acceleration disabled (broken) on G200 + <LI> 1.1.3: Allow maximize on resizable Win32 surfaces (thanks Randi) + <LI> 1.1.3: Much faster RLE colorkey blit (thanks Xark and Mattias) + <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed some problems with iconification and focus in X11 + <LI> 1.1.3: Added IMPS/2 protocol support for framebuffer console + <LI> 1.1.3: Added user-resizable video mode support + <LI> 1.1.3: Added arbitrary scaling of YUV overlay surfaces + <LI> 1.1.3: Added support for semaphores and condition variables + <LI> 1.1.3: Added SDL_ASYNCBLIT flag for asynchronous video updates + <LI> 1.1.3: Don't let the WM place window in X11 fullscreen mode + <LI> 1.1.3: Unload GL library after X11 display has closed + <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed X11 error when a clipped rectangle is updated + <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed crash when surface memory can't be allocated + <LI> 1.1.3: Added a check for DirectX 5 audio (thanks Markus) + <LI> 1.1.3: Added inline MMX assembly for YUV -> RGB conversion + <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed startup crash in X11_RefreshDisplay() + <LI> 1.1.3: SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) no longer fails with no soundcard + <LI> 1.1.3: Initial YUV video overlay support (supports XvImages) + <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed BadMatch X11 error with GLX 1.3 + <LI> 1.1.3: Worked around incompatibilities with XFree86 4.0 vidmode + <LI> 1.1.3: The audio Makefile no longer takes forever to create + <LI> 1.1.3: The joystick hat positions changed to constants + <LI> 1.1.3: Fixed overlapping copy blit with odd widths + <LI> 1.1.3: Fix for SDL_WINDOWID crash contributed by Mattias + <LI> 1.1.3: Speeded up 32-bit alpha channel blits by nearly 100% + <LI> 1.1.3: Added experimental DGA 2.0 support (set SDL_VIDEODRIVER) + <LI> 1.1.2: Fixed crash running on NT with a read-only filesystem + <LI> 1.1.2: Re-use thread creation mutex on glibc-2.0 systems + <LI> 1.1.2: SDL_WM_SetIcon() now uses icon colorkey if mask is NULL + <LI> 1.1.2: Win32 relative mouse mode fixes (thanks Randi Relander) + <LI> 1.1.2: Not being able to set audio frags is no longer fatal + <LI> 1.1.2: Added support for multiple timers (thanks Stephane Peter) + <LI> 1.1.2: Copy blits optimized using inline assembly on x86 Linux + <LI> 1.1.2: Copy blit can now handle overlapping blits + <LI> 1.1.2: Fixed GL direct rendering on Utah GLX (thanks John Fulmer) + <LI> 1.1.2: Added unofficial support for AIX (thanks Carsten Griwodz) + <LI> 1.1.2: Enabled X11 VidMode extension on remote displays + <LI> 1.1.2: Load libGL.so.1 under X11 if an app isn't linked with GL + <LI> 1.1.2: Don't restack windows in the X11 environment + <LI> 1.1.2: Multiple X11 visual support (thanks Mattias Engdegård) + <LI> 1.1.0: Internal event state is updated before filter is called + <LI> 1.1.0: Worked around DGA mouse cursor bug in Voodoo X server + <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL OpenGL documentation (thanks Nicholas Vining) + <LI> 1.1.0: Added AAlib video driver support (thanks Stephane Peter) + <LI> 1.1.0: Added fullscreen support for Win32 GDI video driver + <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_GetAudioState() to get current audio status + <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_GetRelativeMouseState() to get relative motion + <LI> 1.1.0: Added 32-bit PII MMX optimized blitters from Hermes + <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_bool datatype for functions returning true/false + <LI> 1.1.0: Improved alpha blend speed (thanks Alexandre Courbot) + <LI> 1.1.0: Added function to queue events: SDL_PushEvent() + <LI> 1.1.0: Added user-defined event type to SDL_Event structure + <LI> 1.1.0: Added SDL_InitSubSystem() and SDL_QuitSubSystem() + <LI> 1.1.0: Added BDirectWindow fullscreen support on BeOS + <LI> 1.1.0: Added initial joystick support (Linux, Win32, BeOS, MacOS) + <LI> 1.1.0: The timer now runs in a separate thread if possible + <LI> 1.1.0: Added initial OpenGL support (Linux, Win32, BeOS, MacOS) + <LI> 1.0.9: Avoid potential crash in Win32 mouse handling (thanks Cliff) + <LI> 1.0.9: Fixed bug where /dev/dsp was incorrectly marked available + <LI> 1.0.9: Fixed DirectX crash if video height is larger than width + <LI> 1.0.9: Fixed win32 timer error message typo (thanks Martin Dvorak) + <LI> 1.0.8: Fixed deadlock if SDL_LockAudio() called from audio thread + <LI> 1.0.8: Fixed a race condition in thread creation + <LI> 1.0.7: Added detection for Linux supermount CD-ROM drives + <LI> 1.0.6: Added --static-libs option to sdl-config + <LI> 1.0.6: Fixed a clipping bug in the RLE colorkey blitting + <LI> 1.0.6: Mouse window manager routines implemented on MacOS + <LI> 1.0.6: Fixed SDL_HWPALETTE in fullscreen X11 video driver + <LI> 1.0.6: Improved relative mouse warping in X11 video driver + <LI> 1.0.6: DGA mouse mode is now enabled by SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE + <LI> 1.0.6: Grab input by default in fullscreen mode + <LI> 1.0.6: Detect hanging (incorrectly configured) Linux soundcard + <LI> 1.0.6: If ESPEAKER env variable is set, use ESD audio driver + <LI> 1.0.5: Fixed audio structure alignment for packing compilers + <LI> 1.0.5: Exposed SDL_AudioInit() and SDL_VideoInit() + <LI> 1.0.5: Added SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(), implemented for X11 + <LI> 1.0.5: Removed ALT-Enter functionality - should be in apps + <LI> 1.0.5: The DSP audio driver is used by default on Linux + <LI> 1.0.4: Added optional DMA support for the Linux audio driver + <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed CD-ROM opening on the iBook under MacOS + <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed a crash in 8-bit mode when using X11 video + <LI> 1.0.4: Initial audio support on MacOS (thanks Darrell Walisser) + <LI> 1.0.4: The audio thread runs at high priority on Win32 + <LI> 1.0.4: ESD audio support is now a separate selectable driver + <LI> 1.0.4: Initial OpenBSD support (thanks Federico Schwindt) + <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed hang when closing audio on Windows 2000 + <LI> 1.0.4: Warn about monochrome X displays (thanks Christian Bauer) + <LI> 1.0.4: Fixed spurious X11 mouse focus events at ALT-ENTER + <LI> 1.0.4: Perform input ungrab at video quit, just in case + <LI> 1.0.4: Corrected X11 depth reporting in SDL_VideoModeOK() + <LI> 1.0.3: Disable mouse threshold when X11 mouse is in warp mode + <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed black-screen on exit in fbcon video driver + <LI> 1.0.3: Much improved console switching in fbcon video driver + <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed X11 UNICODE translation bug (thanks Andreas Arens) + <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed WaveOut mutex logic bug (thanks Markus Oberhum) + <LI> 1.0.3: Use X11 mouse warping when cursor hidden and input grabbed + <LI> 1.0.3: Doesn't try to use TrackMouseEvent() on Win95 + <LI> 1.0.3: DirectColor support in fbcon driver (thanks Adam Meyerowitz) + <LI> 1.0.3: Fixed ALT-ENTER key state problem on X11 + <LI> 1.0.2: Fixed Win32 code to run on VMWare with DIB video driver + <LI> 1.0.2: Added window manager function: SDL_WM_GrabInput() + <LI> 1.0.2: Added window manager function: SDL_WM_IconifyWindow() + <LI> 1.0.2: Added ALT-ENTER fullscreen toggle for X11 video driver + <LI> 1.0.2: X11 fullscreen mode uses DGA mouse if cursor is hidden + <LI> 1.0.2: New X11 fullscreen code doesn't require root + <LI> 1.0.2: Mouse focus and position is now updated at video mode set + <LI> 1.0.2: Mouse focus loss is now detected under Win32 + <LI> 1.0.2: Menubar hiding is more robust on MacOS (thanks Matt Slott) + <LI> 1.0.2: Added CD-ROM support on MacOS (thanks Matt Slott) + <LI> 1.0.2: Added non-root fullscreen modes under X11 (thanks Stephane) + <LI> 1.0.2: Added docs for time functions (thanks Christian Biesinger) + <LI> 1.0.2: Squeezed a little more speed out of blitters (Duff's device) + <LI> 1.0.2: Added hardware acceleration for 3Dfx to fbcon driver. + <LI> 1.0.2: Added hardware acceleration for Matrox to fbcon driver. + <LI> 1.0.2: Windows mouse driver now recognizes the middle button. + <LI> 1.0.2: X11 driver now recognizes the "unix:0" display as local. + <LI> 1.0.2: Fixed a bug in DGA support which crashed some X servers. + <LI> 1.0.2: Added GPM repeater support (gpm -R) to fbcon driver + <LI> 1.0.2: Added support for hardware surfaces to fbcon driver + <LI> 1.0.2: Implemented console switching in fbcon driver + <LI> 1.0.2: Implemented graphics mode detection in fbcon driver + <LI> 1.0.2: Added SDL_EnableKeyRepeat() (thanks Jim Kutter) + <LI> 1.0.2: Enabled DirectSound on Windows 2000 + <LI> 1.0.1: Fixed the frame buffer video driver on LinuxPPC + <LI> 1.0.1: Stopped using DirectSound on Windows NT. + <LI> 1.0.1: Stopped using DirectX when DINPUT.DLL is not installed. + <LI> 1.0.1: Added pthread detection to configure.in for FreeBSD. + <LI> 1.0.1: Updated the Solaris audio code for the 1.0 API + <LI> 1.0.1: Updated the MacOS code for the 1.0 internal API +</UL> + +<H2> +Major changes since SDL 0.10.0: +</H2> +<UL> + <LI> 0.11.5: Fixed mouse warping in fullscreen mode + <LI> 0.11.5: Added a new function SDL_GetVideoSurface() + <LI> 0.11.5: Renamed SDL_AllocSurface() SDL_CreateRGBSurface() + <LI> 0.11.5: Added a new function SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom() + <LI> 0.11.4: Added support for multiple compiled-in video drivers + <LI> 0.11.3: Fixed 16 --> 32 bpp blitting - using C instead of Hermes. + <LI> 0.11.3: Fixed double-buffering bug in the DirectX driver + <LI> 0.11.3: Added GGI video driver (thanks Jon Taylor) + <LI> 0.11.2: Added automake/aclocal/autoconf support + <LI> 0.11.1: Added an initial (buggy) MacOS CD-ROM driver + <LI> 0.11.1: Improved Linux CD-ROM detection + <LI> 0.11.1: Added a workaround for DGA mouse bug on Voodoo 3 + <LI> 0.11.1: Fixed 24bpp --> 8bpp blit crash + <LI> 0.11.1: Fixed a bug in blit mapping when palette changed + <LI> 0.11.1: Added a Linux SBLive beta driver workaround + <LI> 0.11.1: Fixed Win32 cross-compile problem with mingw32 + <LI> 0.11.1: Loss of keyboard focus now causes keys to be reset + <LI> 0.11.1: DGA DirectMouse is conditionally compiled (default off) +</UL> + +<H2> +Major changes since SDL 0.8.0: +</H2> +<UL> + <LI> 0.9.16: Made SDL error messages thread-safe + <LI> 0.9.15: If you have r/w access to /dev/mem, DGA works on Linux + <LI> 0.9.15: Added support for Linux on the ARM (Netwinder) + <LI> 0.9.14: Removed color cursor support, fixed b/w cursors + <LI> 0.9.14: Fixed long-standing X11 DGA colormap problem + <LI> 0.9.13: Added dynamic load function: SDL_SetLibraryPath() + <LI> 0.9.13: Added unofficial support for MacOS + <LI> 0.9.13: Added unofficial support for FreeBSD + <LI> 0.9.13: Added unofficial support for IRIX + <LI> 0.9.13: Updated support for BeOS from R3 to R4.5 + <LI> 0.9.13: Added SDL_SetLibraryPath() function (thanks Karsten Laux) + <LI> 0.9.13: Fixed 8-bit audio conversion when using SDL_MixAudio() + <LI> 0.9.13: Fixed audio thread lingering when app dies on Linux + <LI> 0.9.13: Fixed color problem in X display to other-endian systems + <LI> 0.9.13: Finally able to detect X11 key repeat (thanks GII team!) + <LI> 0.9.13: Added support for Visual C++ 5.0 development environment + <LI> 0.9.13: Added support for Linux on the Alpha + <LI> 0.9.13: Added support for international keyboards (see WhatsNew) + <LI> 0.9.12: Added support for loading IMA ADPCM compressed WAV files + <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed bug when mixing 8-bit audio in SDL_MixAudio() + <LI> 0.9.12: Added Enlightenment Sound Daemon audio support on Linux + <LI> 0.9.12: Added MTRR support for Linux/X11 (thanks David Barth) + <LI> 0.9.12: Added support for LinuxPPC 5.0 + <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed place where some audio conversions aren't detected + <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed serious bug in installation script + <LI> 0.9.12: Added SDL_FreeWAV() function for freeing DLL memory + <LI> 0.9.12: Fixed potential memory leak in SDL_LoadWAV_RW() + <LI> 0.9.11: Freeing video surface has no longer crashes SDL_Quit() + <LI> 0.9.11: Included new asm blitters from Hermes library 1.2.4 + <LI> 0.9.11: SDL_WaitThread() now gets the thread's return status + <LI> 0.9.11: SDL_MixAudio() takes a larger volume range (0-128) + <LI> 0.9.11: SDL no longer changes the X11 keyboard repeat + <LI> 0.9.11: Added a data source abstraction for loading/saving data + <LI> 0.9.11: Added three built in data abstractions:<BR> + SDL_RWFromFile(), SDL_RWFromFP(), SDL_RWFromMem() + <LI> 0.9.11: Added stdio-like functions for using data sources:<BR> + SDL_RWseek(), SDL_RWread(), SDL_RWwrite(), SDL_RWclose() + <LI> 0.9.11: Replaced SDL_CalculateEndian() with SDL_BYTEORDER macro + <LI> 0.9.11: Endian swapping functions are now macros, for speed. + <LI> 0.9.11: Endian read/write functions now use data sources + <LI> 0.9.11: Added function SDL_LoadWAV_RW() for data sources + <LI> 0.9.11: Added function SDL_LoadBMP_RW() for data sources + <LI> 0.9.11: Added function SDL_SaveBMP_RW() for data sources + <LI> 0.9.10: Mixer no longer fails if timidity isn't installed + <LI> 0.9.10: Mixer restarts MOD files on play (thanks Bill Kendrick) + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed occasional crashing of the mixer library + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed icon display on Afterstep under Linux + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed occasional crash in mixer example + <LI> 0.9.10: Linux cdrom list now comes from /etc/fstab + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed support for UK keyboard (thanks John Elliott) + <LI> 0.9.10: The event queue is now thread-safe + <LI> 0.9.10: Added event queue pump function: SDL_PumpEvents() + <LI> 0.9.10: Added low level event function: SDL_PeepEvents() + <LI> 0.9.10: Added a new thread function: SDL_ThreadID() + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed an audio rate conversion memory overrun + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed crash with RLE acceleration on big surfaces + <LI> 0.9.10: Improved MacOS display driver - added fullscreen + <LI> 0.9.10: Removed spurious warnings from Linux X11 driver + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed memory leak in SDL_InvalidateMap() + <LI> 0.9.10: Fixed right button of 2-button mice on Win32 + <LI> 0.9.10: Enabled XFree86 mode changes on older servers + <LI> 0.9.9: SDL_LoadBMP() handles BMP files created with GIMP + <LI> 0.9.9: SDL_LoadWAV() handles WAV files with "LIST" chunks + <LI> 0.9.9: Fixed problem with audio underflow on Solaris + <LI> 0.9.9: Initial support for 4-speaker audio output devices + <LI> 0.9.8: Fixed corrupt VC++ 5.0 desktop file + <LI> 0.9.8: Now detects fixed version of Metro-X X11 server + <LI> 0.9.8: Fixed XFree86 DGA banked mode update + <LI> 0.9.8: Fixed mouse press viewport shift on XFree86 DGA + <LI> 0.9.7: Fixed problem with displaying remotely via X11 + <LI> 0.9.7: Win32 uses software cursor when fullscreen + <LI> 0.9.7: Win32 mouse uses DirectInput when fullscreen + <LI> 0.9.7: Added OpenGL software rendering via Mesa (demos archive) + <LI> 0.9.7: Fixed memory leak in ADPCM WAV decoding + <LI> 0.9.6: Added CD-ROM audio API documentation + <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed potential BeOS audio-related crash + <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed crash when resetting the video mode in DirectX + <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed errors compiling with the SparcWorks compiler + <LI> 0.9.6: Replaced SDL_GetDisplayFormat() with SDL_GetVideoInfo() + <LI> 0.9.6: Added a new fast fill function: SDL_FillRect() + <LI> 0.9.6: Added blit acceleration flags to SDL_AllocSurface() + <LI> 0.9.6: Added new double-buffering function: SDL_Flip() + <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed problem with buggy Metro-X X11 server + <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed 8-bit audio on Solaris with dbri hardware + <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed alarm clock problem with Solaris pthreads + <LI> 0.9.6: Fixed BeOS compilation problem + <LI> 0.9.5: Added tools to create Win32 icons in directx/icon/ + <LI> 0.9.5: You can now pass a NULL mask to SDL_WM_SetIcon() + <LI> 0.9.5: Added support files for compiling with VC++ 5.0 + <LI> 0.9.5: Fixed icon color bug under Win32 + <LI> 0.9.5: Re-added SDL_LowerBlit() - not safe for use on display + <LI> 0.9.5: Fixed 0.9.x cursor blit deadlock + <LI> 0.9.5: Added SDL_FPLoadWAV(), SDL_FPLoadBMP(), SDL_FPSaveBMP() + <LI> 0.9.5: Added Linux, Win32, and BeOS CD audio support + <LI> 0.9.5: MMX accelerated blit disabled -- temporarily broken + <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed endianness issue with BeOS x86 blitting + <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed quit interrupt delivery on BeOS + <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed dynamic loading on BeOS + <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed DirectX audio on Win98 + <LI> 0.9.4: Fixed possible sound-related crash on Linux PPC + <LI> 0.9.3: Mouse motion arrives as absolute and relative coordinates + <LI> 0.9.3: Fixed Visual C++ structure packing + <LI> 0.9.3: Fixed UNIX dynamic link library installation + <LI> 0.9.2: DirectX audio no longer hangs when app loses focus + <LI> 0.9.2: Fixed DirectX HiColor crash (palette bug) + <LI> 0.9.1: Fixed DirectX <ALT> key handling + <LI> 0.9.1: Fixed DirectX windowed palette problems + <LI> 0.9.1: Removed SDL_MapSurface() and SDL_UnmapSurface() + <LI> 0.9.0: Initial port to IRIX 6.x + <LI> 0.9.0: Initial port to OSF/1 3.2 (no sound yet) + <LI> 0.9.0: MacOS port in progress +</UL> + +<H2> +Major changes since SDL 0.7: +</H2> +<UL> + <LI> Separated the demos and examples into a separate archive + <LI> Added support for loading Microsoft compressed WAV files + <LI> Added "soft" application crash recovery (signal handlers) + <LI> Fixed POSIX signal handling interaction with threads + <LI> Fixed audio output on MKLinux + <LI> Added dynamic library version checking + <LI> Updated for DirectX 6.0 + <LI> Cleaned up dynamic linking and added static linking + <LI> Added automatic audio format and rate conversion + <LI> Optimized some blitter cases (8 --> 16/32 and 32 --> 16/8) + <LI> Removed precalculated alpha blending acceleration + <LI> Key and mouse button events are split into up/down events + <LI> It is now much easier to set an optimal video mode +</UL> + +<H2> +Major changes since SDL 0.5: +</H2> +<UL> + <LI> Ported to Solaris 2.6 + <LI> Added XFree86 Direct Graphic Access support + <LI> Supports LinuxPPC without threads + <LI> Completely rewritten video/surface API -- see SDL_video.h + <LI> Completely rewritten event API + <LI> Optimized black-white cursor creation + <LI> Added support for run-length-encoded colorkeying + <LI> Added support for hardware accelerated blits + <LI> Added support for blitting from 1-bit surfaces (bitmaps) + <LI> Added a function to simplify setting video modes + <LI> Added support for loading WAV files + <LI> Added endian swapping functions for memory values + <LI> Added alpha blending using alpha value or channel + <LI> Added precalculated alpha blending acceleration + <LI> Added function to return current time in milliseconds + <LI> New event type SDL_ACTIVEEVENT, to detect iconification + <LI> New event type SDL_SYSWMEVENT, for custom window hooks + <LI> Added a platform dependent function to get window handle + <LI> Added a function to check the run-time version of SDL + <LI> Added periodic timer support at 10 ms resolution + <LI> Added support for the SDL_DEBUG environment variable + <LI> Miscellaneous internal cleanups +</UL> + +<H2> +Major changes since SDL 0.4: +</H2> +<UL> + <LI> SDL library code is now dynamically loaded + <LI> Added support for pthreads (Linux glibc2) + <LI> Removed SDL_mutexN() and SDL_mutexIncr() +</UL> + +<H2> +Major changes since SDL 0.3: +</H2> +<UL> + <LI> Added support for DirectX 5.0 + <LI> Added support for surfaces in video memory + <LI> Added support for source color-key blitting + <LI> Added support for single-rectangle clipping + <LI> Added support for warping (moving) the cursor + <LI> Added support for color cursors + <LI> Greatly simplified internal event queue + <LI> Minor bug-fixes +</UL> + +<P> +<IMG SRC="docs/images/rainbow.gif" ALT="[separator]" WIDTH="100%"> + +</BODY> +</HTML>