Comment by incanus77 Comment by incanus77 8 months ago 4 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News No, SDL provides a window/context in the existing windowing layer.
Copy Link jpc0 8 months ago Next Collapse Comment - SDL does not need a windowing layer... There might be better docs somewhere but this should act as enough proof for you without linking directly to the source code.https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/SDL_HINT_KMSDRM_REQUIRE_DRM_MAS... Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link incanus77 8 months ago Parent Collapse Comment - Thank you, I stand corrected! I had used it in the windowing sense and didn’t recall the other option! Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link incanus77 8 months ago Parent Collapse Comment - Thank you, I stand corrected! I had used it in the windowing sense and didn’t recall the other option! Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link bregma 8 months ago Prev Next Collapse Comment - SDL can provide a context in the native windowing system, if you ask it to. Or not. You have to ask for it though, it's not the default. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link synergy20 8 months ago Prev Collapse Comment - I think sdl works directly with fb when using fb as a backend,no windows system is needed Reply View | 0 replies
SDL does not need a windowing layer... There might be better docs somewhere but this should act as enough proof for you without linking directly to the source code.
https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/SDL_HINT_KMSDRM_REQUIRE_DRM_MAS...