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authorDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-12-22 12:39:35 -0500
committerDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-12-22 12:39:35 -0500
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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Guile-SDL2 provides Guile Scheme bindings for the SDL2 C shared
library. The bindings are written in pure Scheme by using Guile's
foreign function interface.
+In addition to the SDL2 core library, bindings are also provided for
+SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, and SDL2_ttf.
+
* Requirements
Guile-SDL2 currently depends on the following packages:
@@ -27,53 +30,84 @@ foreign function interface.
Guile-sdl2 uses the standard GNU build system, so installation
requires the usual incantations:
- # ./configure
- # make
- # make install
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install
+ #+END_SRC
+
+ To turn off non-core library bindings, the following configure flags
+ may be used:
+
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ ./configure --with-libsdl2-image=no \
+ --with-libsdl2-mixer=no \
+ --with-libsdl2-ttf=no
+ #+END_SRC
When building from a Git checkout, the following spell is necessary
- before running the above commands:
+ before running any of the above commands:
- # ./bootstrap
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ ./bootstrap
+ #+END_SRC
GNU Guix users may install the current development snapshot
described in =guix.scm= with the following command:
- # guix package -f guix.scm
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ guix package -f guix.scm
+ #+END_SRC
* Usage
- Guile-SDL2 provides modules in the '(sdl2 ...)' namespace, roughly
+ Guile-SDL2 provides modules in the =(sdl2 ...)= namespace, roughly
organized how the SDL2 C header files are organized. See the
=examples= directory for practical examples.
- Low-level bindings are available in the '(sdl2 bindings ...)'
+ Low-level bindings are available in the =(sdl2 bindings ...)=
namespace, but these are not recommended for normal usage.
Additionally, SDL2 extension library bindings are available in the
following modules:
- - SDL2_image: (sdl2 image)
- - SDL2_mixer: (sdl2 mixer)
- - SDL2_ttf: (sdl2 ttf)
+ - SDL2_image: =(sdl2 image)=
+ - SDL2_mixer: =(sdl2 mixer)=
+ - SDL2_ttf: =(sdl2 ttf)=
* Developing
To build the source code from a Git checkout, run the following:
- # ./bootstrap
- # ./configure
- # make
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ ./bootstrap
+ ./configure
+ make
+ #+END_SRC
To start a Guile REPL with a pre-configured load path for using
guile-sdl2, use the =pre-inst-env= script:
- # ./pre-inst-env guile
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ ./pre-inst-env guile
+ #+END_SRC
GNU Guix users may create a development environment with all of the
necessary dependencies by running the following command:
- # guix environment -l guix.scm
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ guix environment -l guix.scm
+ #+END_SRC
+
+ In order to configure the proper library locations for Guix-based
+ builds, the configure script should be invoked like so:
+
+ #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ ./configure --with-libsdl2-prefix=$(guix build sdl2) \
+ --with-libsdl2-image-prefix=$(guix build sdl2-image) \
+ --with-libsdl2-ttf-prefix=$(guix build sdl2-ttf) \
+ --with-libsdl2-mixer-prefix=$(guix build sdl2-mixer)
+ #+END_SRC
* Contact