SDL_Init(3)

Initializes SDL

Section 3 libsdl1.2-dev bookworm source

Description

SDL_Init - Initializes SDL

#include "SDL.h"

int SDL_Init(Uint32 flags);

Initializes SDL. This should be called before all other SDL functions. The flags parameter specifies what part(s) of SDL to initialize.

	SDL_INIT_TIMER		Initializes the timer subsystem.
	SDL_INIT_AUDIO		Initializes the audio subsystem.
	SDL_INIT_VIDEO		Initializes the video subsystem.
	SDL_INIT_CDROM		Initializes the cdrom subsystem.
	SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK		Initializes the joystick subsystem.

SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING

Initialize all of the above.

SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE

Prevents SDL from catching fatal signals.

SDL_INIT_EVENTTHREAD

Returns -1 on an error or 0 on success.