[SDL] LIST FAQ thing

[Jeroen Clarysse]

well, the text-on-screen is already in the faq (just use the SDL_ttf  
library) but some specialised sample code would be nice...

can anyone edit the wiki (like wikipedia), or is this admin-only ?


On 13 Nov 2007, at 16:23, neil at cloudsprinter.com wrote:

>
> seems to me the same few questions are always cropping up on this  
> list.. the
> text on screen thing for example..
>
> so i was thinking perhaps on the SDL doc wiki we should get a list  
> of the most
> asked questions and have a sort of rough guide to the basics of  
> doing things
> like text, your avaliable options, cheapest nastiest way, nicest way  
> etc.
>
> not that it would make much difference cos lass a**es like me will  
> just come
> here and as the it didnt work questions anyway.
>
> But if people can come up with simple things that should be on a  
> doc / faq sdl
> set up / use wiki, i dont mind having a crack at creating the pages.  
> (cough)
>
> ** ALSO ** - perhaps an addidon to the SDL -
>
> SDL_DrawText( char text , int x , int y , SDL_Surface );
>
> that uses a very basic 8x8 pixel alphabet, ( or pehaps 2 or 3 sizes  
> and
> an extra
> option ) i'm sure this could be useful in some way. esp for on screen
> debugging
> and for these people that cant cope with not having a in display text
> output...
>
> i'm sure it's also been discussed ;)
>
>
>
> anyway, i'm off to kill santa now, he drank all my coca-cola,  
> corperate whore
> that he is.
>
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