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Fixed bug #852 Jesse Anders 2009-10-17 14:17:25 PDT In VC++, the build script that creates SDL_config.h and SDL_revision.h fails when the project directory path includes spaces. For example, if the project directory path is: c:\Documents and Settings\Jesse\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\SDL 1.3\VisualC\SDL\ The following error is generated: 'and' is not recognized as an internal or external command Placing all paths in quotes fixes this.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:46:08 +0000
parents 1ed5d432e468
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                         Simple DirectMedia Layer

                                  (SDL)

                                Version 1.2

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http://www.libsdl.org/

This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a general API that provides low
level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL,
and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms.

The current version supports Linux, Windows, Windows CE, BeOS, MacOS,
Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Solaris, IRIX, and QNX.
The code contains support for AIX, OSF/Tru64, RISC OS, and SymbianOS,
but these are not officially supported.

SDL is written in C, but works with C++ natively, and has bindings to
several other languages, including Ada, C#, Eiffel, Erlang, Euphoria,
Guile, Haskell, Java, Lisp, Lua, ML, Objective C, Pascal, Perl, PHP,
Pike, Pliant, Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk.

This library is distributed under GNU LGPL version 2, which can be
found in the file  "COPYING".  This license allows you to use SDL
freely in commercial programs as long as you link with the dynamic
library.

The best way to learn how to use SDL is to check out the header files in
the "include" subdirectory and the programs in the "test" subdirectory.
The header files and test programs are well commented and always up to date.
More documentation is available in HTML format in "docs/index.html", and
a documentation wiki is available online at:
	http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi

The test programs in the "test" subdirectory are in the public domain.

Frequently asked questions are answered online:
	http://www.libsdl.org/faq.php

If you need help with the library, or just want to discuss SDL related
issues, you can join the developers mailing list:
	http://www.libsdl.org/mailing-list.php

Enjoy!
	Sam Lantinga				(slouken@libsdl.org)