Method SDL.init()

Method init

void init(int flags)

Description

Initializes SDL. This should be called before all other SDL functions.

Parameter flags

The flags parameter specifies what part(s) of SDL to initialize. It can be one of many of the following ORed together.

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

Run event polling in a separate thread. Not always supported.

See also

SDL.quit(), SDL.init_sub_system(), SDL.quit_sub_system()