Re: DirectFB/SDL backends

[Günther Noack]

Hi!

Am 31.07.2006 um 20:07 schrieb Eric Maland:
> I've also considered building the backend on SDL, which has  
> accelerated hardware support via DirectFB.  Building it on SDL may  
> also automagically add support on other platforms in some form.  Is  
> this a totally misguided idea or am I correct in thinking SDL could  
> be a usable backend?

While this is generally not a totally misguided idea, SDL may have  
some disadvantages over other backends. I programmed only a bit with  
SDL, and I didn't find out how to resize SDL windows back then. But  
maybe I just didn't find it in the API. A more severe point is the  
lack of font rendering support in SDL. You will need to find a  
library providing you with this or implement it yourself, and it may  
be hard to find a library that does this in an acceptable way for a  
GUI library like AppKit. Most SDL games don't need those more  
sophisticated font rendering features.

-Günther