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author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
date Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:18:15 +0000
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>Chapter 5. General</H1
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>SDL_Init</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Initializes SDL</DT
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>SDL_InitSubSystem</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Initialize subsystems</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Shut down SDL</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Check which subsystems are initialized</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get SDL error string</DT
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