Writing Games with SDL Perl

[Alexander Becker]

Hi all!



I just wondered why the article Writing Games with SDL Perl isnt part of the SDLPerl website.

There is a web site called sdl.perl.org and his has a lot of (outdated) stuff on SDL and Perl.

But when it comes to content interesting for beginners, all we get is a link to a repo on github where you see the HTML source code of the text(a link to the HTML source code of a web site makes me cry) or a link to a PDF file that ypu have to download before you can open it.

As its already available as HTML, why exactly arent we showing it as a web site on sdl.perl.org?



Please correct me if Im wrong, but arent we interested in new people starting to use SDLPerl? How should one even get started if we put such obstacles in his way?

Having outdated and partial manpages online isnt a good thing, but why additionally hide the good things?



So, enough of the rant. How can I help? What about the following: just put the page online, as first item under Articles.

Lets make it the first item even if its not the most recent one. E.g. something called sticky. Maybe make a bubble to it like Get started here. Something glassy like that: http://www.clker.com/cliparts/Q/g/q/4/q/4/45-red-star-price-tag-md.png

Is there a way to contribute?



Regards,

Alex

Re: Writing Games with SDL Perl

[Personal]

Thats a great idea. Can you provide a link to the article for me?

Kartik Thakore

 On Jun 9, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Alexander Becker cap...@gmx.de wrote:
 
 Hi all!
  
 I just wondered why the article Writing Games with SDL Perl isn't part of 
 the SDLPerl website.
 There is a web site called sdl.perl.org and his has a lot of (outdated) stuff 
 on SDL and Perl.
 But when it comes to content interesting for beginners, all we get is a link 
 to a repo on github where you see the HTML source code of the text (a link to 
 the HTML source code of a web site makes me cry) or a link to a PDF file that 
 ypu have to download before you can open it.
 As it's already available as HTML, why exactly aren't we showing it as a web 
 site on sdl.perl.org?
  
 Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't we interested in new people 
 starting to use SDLPerl? How should one even get started if we put such 
 obstacles in his way?
 Having outdated and partial manpages online isn't a good thing, but why 
 additionally hide the good things?
  
 So, enough of the rant. How can I help? What about the following: just put 
 the page online, as first item under Articles.
 Let's make it the first item even if it's not the most recent one. E.g. 
 something called sticky. Maybe make a bubble to it like Get started here. 
 Something glassy like that: 
 http://www.clker.com/cliparts/Q/g/q/4/q/4/45-red-star-price-tag-md.png
 Is there a way to contribute?
  
 Regards,
 Alex