[Chicken-users] [ANN] sdl2 and sdl2-image 0.1

[John Croisant]

Version 0.1 of the sdl2 and sdl2-image eggs are now ready!

The sdl2 egg provides bindings to Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 (SDL2), a 
popular library used in games and other media-rich software. The 
sdl2-image egg provides bindings to SDL2_image, a library for loading 
various types of image files to be used with SDL2. I have made an effort 
to create programmer-friendly, convenient, thorough, and well-documented 
bindings. They take care of the annoying low-level C stuff for you, so 
you can focus on making your game.

Although the version numbers for these libraries are only 0.1, they are 
ready to start using now. Some features have not been implemented yet, 
but it is already possible to create many types of games, even 3D games 
using OpenGL (when combined with  the gl-utils or opengl eggs, for 
example). Several demos and example programs are available to help you 
get started. Large backwards-incompatible changes are unlikely, but 
there may be small tweaks and fixes to the API if problems are 
discovered. There may be some bugs, but they will be fixed promptly if 
you report them to the issue tracker.

* sdl2 docs: http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/4/sdl2
* sdl2-image docs: http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/4/sdl2-image
* Examples: https://gitlab.com/chicken-sdl2/chicken-sdl2-examples
* Issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/chicken-sdl2/chicken-sdl2/issues

I also intend to eventually create bindings for other libraries, such as 
SDL2_ttf (text rendering), SDL2_mixer (sound effects and music), and 
SDL2_gfx (shape drawing and image transformation).

Here are the release-info files for the two new eggs. Please add them to 
egg-locations. :)

https://gitlab.com/chicken-sdl2/chicken-sdl2/raw/master/sdl2.release-info
https://gitlab.com/chicken-sdl2/chicken-sdl2-image/raw/master/sdl2-image.release-info

Cheers,

- John Croisant