debian man page for sdl_getvideosurface

SDL_GetVideoSurface(3)						 SDL API Reference					    SDL_GetVideoSurface(3)

NAME
       SDL_GetVideoSurface - returns a pointer to the current display surface

SYNOPSIS
       #include "SDL.h"

       SDL_Surface *SDL_GetVideoSurface(void);

DESCRIPTION
       This  function  returns	a  pointer to the current display surface. If SDL is doing format conversion on the display surface, this function
       returns the publicly visible surface, not the real video surface.

SEE ALSO
       SDL_Surface

SDL
							      Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01					    SDL_GetVideoSurface(3)