WILL
19-12-2004, 07:17 AM
A new version of the Simple DirectMedia Layer APIs have been released and it looks like it has a ton of bug fixes. Also seperate component updates include SDL_ttf 2.0.7, SDL_mixer 1.2.6 and SDL_image 1.2.4. The current version of Simple DirectMedia Layer, or SDL is 1.2.8.
Get more information about SDL at www.libsdl.org ('http://www.libsdl.org/')
Major Changes for SDL 1.2.8:
<ul>
Fixed compiling under newer versions of gcc
Fixed floating point exception with Linux 2.6 joysticks
Added 4/6 channel surround sound support on ALSA (not 3D audio)
Fixed mouse coordinate inversion on MacOS X
Added a CoreAudio sound driver for MacOS X
Added MacOS X Xcode build environment support
Updated QNX support for QNX6
Improved Atari port, including OSMesa support
Numerous other bug fixes and platform support improvements
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Major Changes for SDL_ttf 2.0.7:
<ul>
Fixed memory corruption problems with some italic fonts
Fixed glyph metrics for bold style fonts
Fixed compilation with newer versions of FreeType
Fixed crash when opening a font file that doesn't exist
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Major Changes for SDL_mixer 1.2.6:
<ul>
Added support for using the system version of libmikmod
Added SDL_RWops support for reading Ogg Vorbis files
Added 4 and 6 channel surround sound output support
Added support for RMID format MIDI files
Improved timidity support (reverb, chorus, Roland & Yamaha sysex dumps, etc.)
Fixed bug with MIDI volume in native Windows playback
Added SDL_RWops support for reading MOD files
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Major Changes for SDL_image 1.2.4:
<ul>
Added support for RLE encoded BMP files
Added EHB and HAM mode support to the ILBM loader
Fixed crash loading certain PCX images
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Get more information about SDL at www.libsdl.org ('http://www.libsdl.org/')
Major Changes for SDL 1.2.8:
<ul>
Fixed compiling under newer versions of gcc
Fixed floating point exception with Linux 2.6 joysticks
Added 4/6 channel surround sound support on ALSA (not 3D audio)
Fixed mouse coordinate inversion on MacOS X
Added a CoreAudio sound driver for MacOS X
Added MacOS X Xcode build environment support
Updated QNX support for QNX6
Improved Atari port, including OSMesa support
Numerous other bug fixes and platform support improvements
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Major Changes for SDL_ttf 2.0.7:
<ul>
Fixed memory corruption problems with some italic fonts
Fixed glyph metrics for bold style fonts
Fixed compilation with newer versions of FreeType
Fixed crash when opening a font file that doesn't exist
[/list]
Major Changes for SDL_mixer 1.2.6:
<ul>
Added support for using the system version of libmikmod
Added SDL_RWops support for reading Ogg Vorbis files
Added 4 and 6 channel surround sound output support
Added support for RMID format MIDI files
Improved timidity support (reverb, chorus, Roland & Yamaha sysex dumps, etc.)
Fixed bug with MIDI volume in native Windows playback
Added SDL_RWops support for reading MOD files
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Major Changes for SDL_image 1.2.4:
<ul>
Added support for RLE encoded BMP files
Added EHB and HAM mode support to the ILBM loader
Fixed crash loading certain PCX images
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