Hi Scott,
Guillaume is right SDL_ttf is not exactly usable in the legacy code.
However the SDL_ttf code is beginning to stabalize in the redesign
branch on github. Acme++. SDL pango will be in our redesign branch.
If you would like to still try the cpan version join us on #sdl
irc.perl.org . We will try to make it work :)
Kartik Thakore
On 26-Oct-09, at 11:48 AM, Guillaume Cottenceau <gcott...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Scott Elcomb <pse...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all,
This is my first post on this list, so take it easy on me k? ;-)
Anyway, I updated my SDL Perl install (and dependencies) last night;
everything save SDL::TTFont seems to working great...
Whenever I try to create an SDL::TTFont object, for example with:
my $title = new SDL::TTFont(-name => "./Vera.ttf", -size => 18);
my app dies and I get this error:
TTF error at TTFSizeText:
TTF error
That may not be a direct answer to your problem, but in my SDL-based
program I have found that SDL_ttf was a too limited approach: it
cannot use directly system fonts, and it is not enough i18n aware
(doesn't render properly right to left languages and languages needing
ligatures); and IIRC it is even not able to word wrap. As a
consequence, I now happily use SDL_Pango (even if that project is
dead, it works more or less properly)..
HTH
--
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://zarb.org/~gc/
