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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
module::build::sdl
Module::Build::SDL(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Module::Build::SDL(3pm)
NAME
Module::Build::SDL - Module::Build subclass for building SDL apps/games [not stable yet]
SYNOPSIS
When creating a new SDL application/game you can create Build.PL like this:
use Module::Build::SDL;
my $builder = Module::Build::SDL->new(
module_name => 'Games::Demo',
dist_version => '1.00',
dist_abstract => 'Demo game based on Module::Build::SDL',
dist_author => 'coder@cpan.org',
license => 'perl',
requires => {
'SDL' => 0,
},
#+ others Module::Build options
)->create_build_script();
Once you have created a SDL application/game via Module::Build::SDL as described above you can use some extra build targets/actions:
o you can create a PAR distribution like:
$ perl ./Build.PL
$ ./Build
$ ./Build par
There are some extra parameters related to 'par' action you can pass to Module::Build::SDL->new():
parinput => 'bin/scriptname.pl'
paroutput => 'filename.par.exe',
parlibs => [ qw/SDL SDL_main SDL_gfx/ ], #external libraries (.so/.dll) to be included into PAR
parmods => [ qw/Module::A Module::B/ ], #extra modules to be included into PAR
o to run the game from distribution directory you can use:
$ perl ./Build.PL
$ ./Build
$ ./Build run
o TODO: maybe some additional actions: parexe, parmsi, deb, rpm
DESCRIPTION
Module::Build::SDL is a subclass of Module::Build created to make easy some tasks specific to SDL applications - e.g. packaging SDL
application/game into PAR archive.
APPLICATION
/GAME LAYOUT
Module::Build::SDL expects the following layout in project directory:
#example: game with the main *.pl script + data files + modules (*.pm)
Build.PL
lib/
Games/
Demo.pm
bin/
game-script.pl
data/
whatever_data_files_you_need.jpg
the most simple game should look like:
#example: simple one-script apllication/game
Build.PL
bin/
game-script.pl
In short - there are 3 expected subdirectories:
o bin - one or more perl scripts (*.pl) to start the actual application/game
o lib - application/game specific modules (*.pm) organized in dir structure in "usual perl manners"
o data - directory for storing application data (pictures, sounds etc.). This subdirectory is handled as a "ShareDir" (see File::ShareDir
for more details)
o As the project is (or could be) composed as a standard perl distribution it also support standard subdirectory 't' (with tests).
RULES TO FOLLOW
When creating a SDL application/game based on Module::Build::SDL it is recommended to follow these rules:
o Use the name for your game from Games::* namespace; it will make the later release to CPAN much easier.
o Put all data files into data subdirectory and access the data subdir only via File::ShareDir (namely by calling distdir() function)
o TODO: maybe add more
perl v5.14.2 2012-05-28 Module::Build::SDL(3pm)