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Fixed bug #166 From the autoconf obsolete macros documentation: Macro: AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM Determine the system type and set output variables to the names of the canonical system types. See section Getting the Canonical System Type, for details about the variables this macro sets. The user is encouraged to use either AC_CANONICAL_BUILD, or AC_CANONICAL_HOST, or AC_CANONICAL_TARGET, depending on the needs. Using AC_CANONICAL_TARGET is enough to run the two other macros. From the documentation for the canonical environments: case $target in i386-*-mach* | i386-*-gnu*) obj_format=aout emulation=mach bfd_gas=yes ;; i960-*-bout) obj_format=bout ;; esac Note that the above example uses $target because it's taken from a tool which can be built on some architecture ($build), run on another ($host), but yet handle data for a third architecture ($target). Such tools are usually part of a compiler suite, they generate code for a specific $target. However $target should be meaningless for most packages. If you want to base a decision on the system where your program will be run, make sure you use the $host variable.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:27:22 +0000
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>SDL_SetTimer</H1
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>SDL_SetTimer&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>int <B
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>SDL_SetTimer</B
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>(Uint32 interval, SDL_TimerCallback callback);</CODE
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>/* Function prototype for the timer callback function */
typedef Uint32 (*SDL_TimerCallback)(Uint32 interval);</P
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>Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has
elapsed. The callback function is passed the current timer interval
and returns the next timer interval.  If the returned value is the
same as the one passed in, the periodic alarm continues, otherwise a
new alarm is scheduled.</P
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>To cancel a currently running timer, call
<TT
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>SDL_SetTimer(0, NULL);</TT
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>The timer callback function may run in a different thread than your
main constant, and so shouldn't call any functions from within itself.</P
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>The maximum resolution of this timer is 10 ms, which means that if
you request a 16 ms timer, your callback will run approximately 20 ms
later on an unloaded system.  If you wanted to set a flag signaling
a frame update at 30 frames per second (every 33 ms), you might set a
timer for 30 ms (see example below).</P
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>If you use this function, you need to pass <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SDL_INIT_TIMER</TT
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to <TT
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>SDL_Init()</TT
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>This function is kept for compatibility but has been superseded
by the new timer functions
<A
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>SDL_SetTimer((33/10)*10, my_callback);</PRE
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>SDL_AddTimer</TT
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