sdl2_nim is a wrapper of the SDL 2 library for the Nim language.
- sdl2_nim docs online: https://vladar4.github.io/sdl2_nim/
- SDL homepage: http://www.libsdl.org/
- Nim homepage: http://nim-lang.org/
You need to have SDL 2 dynamic libraries installed on your system.
- SDL 2.0.5
- SDL_gfx 1.0.1
- SDL_image 2.0.1
- SDL_mixer 2.0.1
- SDL_net 2.0.1
- SDL_ttf 2.0.14
- OpenGL headers (use opengl lib instead)
Q: Why it exist if there's official nim-lang/sdl2 repository?
A: This wrapper is actually was created before the official (Aug.2013 vs. Mar.2014). It may be, I wouldn't make it if there was other wrapper at the time.
Q: How it is different from the official wrapper?
A: Obviously, it can't be much different, as they both are wrappers for the same library, but what comes to mind:
- This one is fully documented, nim-style, with the generated documentation as a bonus;
- I personally created a series of highly commented examples for almost every aspect of the library and its "satelites" (gfx, ttf, etc.);
- Design decisions that I thought made more sence than official one's (like Event type through {.union.} vs. evConv template with casting; naming sceme closer to the original sdl2, etc.);
- Source files' structure is closely following the original library.
Q: Why should I use this one vs. the official?
A: No reason. It's a question of preference.
v0.96 beta
- added sdl_syswm.nim
- updated SDL2_ttf to v2.0.14
- added more SDL2 examples
- Nim 0.14.0 adaptation
- updated to SDL2-2.0.5
v0.95 beta
- Nim 0.12.0 adaptation
- updated to SDL2-2.0.4
- added SDL2-gfx
- type-related fixes
- different fixes
- documentation fixes and formatting
- added html documentation
- added SDL2 examples
v0.9 alpha
- added SDL2-mixer
- different fixes
v0.8 alpha
- added haptic.nim
- added SDL2-image
- different fixes
v0.7 alpha
- added SDL2-net
- added event convertion templates
- different fixes