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<span id="Introduction-1"></span><h2 class="chapter">1 Introduction</h2>

<p>Guile-SDL2 provides both low-level and high-level Guile Scheme
bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Layer version 2.0 C library.  The
bindings are written in pure Scheme by using Guile&rsquo;s foreign function
interface.  In addition to the SDL2 core library, bindings are also
provided for the SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, and SDL2_ttf add-on
libraries.
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<p>While Guile-SDL2 does provide direct, low-level bindings for the SDL2
C API, its main feature is exposing high-level interfaces that Scheme
programmers will find comfortable to use, hiding away the ugly,
foreign C details.  This manual will cover only the high-level API.
see <a href="API-Reference.html">API Reference</a>
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<p>As of this writing, the bindings are useful, but <em>incomplete</em>.
If you find an SDL2 feature that you cannot use with Guile-SDL2, let
us know and maybe send a patch! see <a href="Contributing.html">Contributing</a>
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