[SDL] Correct way of including SDL?

[KHMan]

neil at cloudsprinter.com wrote:
> Quoting KHMan <keinhong at gmail.com>:
> 
>> neil at cloudsprinter.com wrote:
>>>> What Win32 compiler do you use ?
>>> i find the simplest way to get using SDL in the windows is to use
>>> bloodshed dev
>>> c++ which has progect packages for SDL so you can download them easilly and
>>> then all you need is a list like
>>> -lmingw32
>>> [snip]
>>> in the progect option -> parameters - linker window
>> Not really very good advice. Experienced coders .. <snip>
> 
> i find doing anything other than downloading spyware and viruses really 
> hard in
> windows, i still do all my debugging and stuff in linux land, but when i am
> stuck with doze devcpp easiest way to get up and running... :P i can have my
> entirte IDE and all the files i need on a usb stick and it just works of the
> pen.. i have attempted to set up different environments for programming on the
> doze, but it just sux too much.. and as a user who hates all this setup
> configue this point to that link this you didnt type that frolocks, all i'm
> saying is that is the best way to get into doing the sdl on the doze :P 
> when my
> code is finished i will use a cross compiler in linux land to make the binary.

Very strange coming from a Linux user. :-) I would expect you to
be recommending MinGW/Msys or Cygwin. Staying on command-line
tools and a standard editor between platforms requires a lower
cognitive effort. No code to adjust, no dialog boxes to click.
Just move the project files, then fire off a few commands. Easy.

> i mean why the fonze cant it just be frikkin easy to start using c and
> programming, for some reason it isnt it's a complete beach, unless use use an
> IDE that has everything setup for you, or just about..

I dunno, what's harder than untarring, then "./configure" and
"make"? Or writing primitive Makefiles?

> [snip]
> ok i'll shut up now

As I have observed, very strange, coming from a Linux user.
Anyway, this has gone on long enough, so let us end this thread. I
won't comment further.

-- 
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia