SVGALib
SVGAlib was an open-source low-level graphics library which ran on Linux and FreeBSD and allowed programs to change video mode and display full-screen graphics, without the use of a windowing system.[2] Some popular games like Quake and Doom have been ported to use SVGAlib.
| Original author(s) | Harm Hanemaayer |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Matan Ziv-Av |
| Stable release | 1.4.3
/ June 2, 2001[1] |
| Preview release | 1.9.25[1]
|
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD |
| Platform | x86, x86-64 |
| Type | Library |
| Website | www |
History
The first version of SVGALib was based on version 1.2 of another library, VGALib.[3]
SVGALib was popular in the mid-1990s. Toward 2000, many applications that used it migrated to X11 and SDL, which could (until SDL 2.0) make use of SVGAlib as a video driver.[4]
References
- "SVGALIB". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- Link, Jay. "SVGAlib Tutorials". www.svgalib.org. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- "svgalib(7): low level graphics library for - Linux man page". linux.die.net. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- "FAQ: Using SDL". wiki.libsdl.org.
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