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# FindSDL

Locate SDL library

This module defines

    SDL_LIBRARY, the name of the library to link against
    SDL_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to SDL
    SDL_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find SDL.h
    SDL_VERSION_STRING, human-readable string containing the version of SDL

This module responds to the flag:

    SDL_BUILDING_LIBRARY
      If this is defined, then no SDL_main will be linked in because
      only applications need main().
      Otherwise, it is assumed you are building an application and this
      module will attempt to locate and set the proper link flags
      as part of the returned SDL_LIBRARY variable.

Don’t forget to include SDLmain.h and SDLmain.m your project for the OS X framework based version. (Other versions link to -lSDLmain which this module will try to find on your behalf.) Also for OS X, this module will automatically add the -framework Cocoa on your behalf.

Additional Note: If you see an empty SDL_LIBRARY_TEMP in your configuration and no SDL_LIBRARY, it means CMake did not find your SDL library (SDL.dll, libsdl.so, SDL.framework, etc). Set SDL_LIBRARY_TEMP to point to your SDL library, and configure again. Similarly, if you see an empty SDLMAIN_LIBRARY, you should set this value as appropriate. These values are used to generate the final SDL_LIBRARY variable, but when these values are unset, SDL_LIBRARY does not get created.

$SDLDIR is an environment variable that would correspond to the ./configure –prefix=$SDLDIR used in building SDL. l.e.galup 9-20-02

Modified by Eric Wing. Added code to assist with automated building by using environmental variables and providing a more controlled/consistent search behavior. Added new modifications to recognize OS X frameworks and additional Unix paths (FreeBSD, etc). Also corrected the header search path to follow “proper” SDL guidelines. Added a search for SDLmain which is needed by some platforms. Added a search for threads which is needed by some platforms. Added needed compile switches for MinGW.

On OSX, this will prefer the Framework version (if found) over others. People will have to manually change the cache values of SDL_LIBRARY to override this selection or set the CMake environment CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH to modify the search paths.

Note that the header path has changed from SDL/SDL.h to just SDL.h This needed to change because “proper” SDL convention is #include “SDL.h”, not <SDL/SDL.h>. This is done for portability reasons because not all systems place things in SDL/ (see FreeBSD).

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