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- Simple DirectMedia Layer for WinRT
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- SDL/WinRT layer allows SDL2-based applications to run on many of Microsoft's
- platforms that utilize the "Windows Runtime" (aka "WinRT") APIs. WinRT apps
- are currently always full-screen apps, run in what Microsoft calls their
- "Modern" environment (aka. "Metro"), and are distributed via Microsoft-run
- online stores. Some of the operating systems that support such apps include:
- * Windows 8.x
- * Windows RT 8.x (aka. Windows 8.x for ARM processors)
- * Windows Phone 8.x
- To note, WinRT applications that run on Windows 8.x and/or Windows RT are often
- called "Windows Store" apps.
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- Requirements
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- - Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 -- Free, "Express" editions may be used, so long
- as they include support for either "Windows Store" or "Windows Phone" apps.
- (NOTE: MSVC 2013 support is pending. 2012 projects may be converted to 2013
- projects by MSVC, in the meantime.)
- - A valid Microsoft account -- This requirement is not imposed by SDL, but
- rather by Microsoft's Visual C++ toolchain.
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- TODO
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- - Finish adding support for MSVC 2013, and "Universal" WinRT apps, which
- support Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1, and in the future, Xbox One and
- Windows Desktop.
- - Finish adding support for the SDL satellite libraries (SDL_image, SDL_mixer,
- SDL_ttf, etc.)
- - Create templates for both MSVC 2012 and MSVC 2013, and have the corresponding
- VSIX packages either include pre-built copies of SDL, or reference binaries
- available via MSVC's NuGet servers
- - Write setup instructions that use MSVC 201x templates
- - Write setup instructions that don't use MSVC 201x templates, and use
- MSVC project-to-project references, rather than pre-built binaries
- - Write a list of caveats found in SDL/WinRT, such as APIs that don't work due
- to platform restrictions, or things that need further work
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