[SDL] Help getting SDL_ttf to work.

[Brian]

You need more error checking.

Check the return values of both TTF_OpenFont() and TTF_RenderText_*().
If either are NULL  then use TTF_GetError() to find out why.

On 3/25/07, L-28C <kixdemp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay. I run my program on Win32 but it does not run; it gives 0KB stdout
> and stderr files. I run it on Linux and it does run, but SDL_ttf doesn't
> seem to be working.  It's as if it weren't there at all.
>
> Here's the TTF-related code in my program:
>
>
> /* Engine-related define; FONT will be used instead of TTF_Font */
> #define FONT TTF_Font
>
> /* Init SDL_ttf */
> if (TTF_Init() == -1)
>         fatalError("Cannot load SDL: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
>
> /* Load game font */
> font = TTF_OpenFont("ponde___.ttf", 12);
>
> /* (is supposed to) Prints text to a surface */
> void printText(IMAGE *surf, int x, int y, const char *text, FONT *font,
> COLOR color)
> {
>         SDL_Surface *rendered = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font, text, color);
>         SDL_Rect rect;
>         rect.x = x; rect.y = y;
>         SDL_BlitSurface(rendered, NULL, surf, &rect);
>         SDL_FreeSurface(rendered);
> }
>
>
> That's about it...  Has anyone had this problem? I'll try to look deeper
> into my code since I'm in ubercoder mode right now. Thanks in advance
> for any tips.
>
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