SDL 2.0.6 Appears To Be Getting Closer To Release

[phoronix]

Phoronix: SDL 2.0.6 Appears To Be Getting Closer To Release

It's looking like version 2.0.6 of SDL, the Simple DirectMedia Library that's widely used by cross-platform games and other applications, could soon be released...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag....6-Coming-Soon

[eydee]

I wonder if they'll finally add support for the One S controller. It's ancient, yet still not supported.

[FishPls]

SDL really is a critical piece of the Linux gaming ecosystem, yet there's still only a few people working on it, and not even fulltime. Kind of sad, given it's importance to the gaming ecosystem.

[emblemparade]

A bug I opened 3 years ago (!) having to do with ALT+TAB support in Linux just recently got assigned. It would great to see this solved in 2.0.6... the inability to ALT+TAB out of many Linux games is a serious issue in my view.

[R41N3R]

It really is a essential piece of software! Anybody knows how to check which game e.g. on Steam is using SDL? Would be interesting to see if some of them run natively on Wayland.

[Yndoendo]

A bug I opened 3 years ago (!) having to do with ALT+TAB support in Linux just recently got assigned. It would great to see this solved in 2.0.6... the inability to ALT+TAB out of many Linux games is a serious issue in my view.

Meta key works for me with Gnome3 to temporary exit games. Only found 1 game it didn't work with, don't remember the game, and 1 game with graphic stack issue when going back into the game, Counter Strike GO, crosshair doesn't come back.

[stqn]

A bug I opened 3 years ago (!) having to do with ALT+TAB support in Linux just recently got assigned. It would great to see this solved in 2.0.6... the inability to ALT+TAB out of many Linux games is a serious issue in my view.

For me only old SDL1 games break alt-tab (as well as games using some other toolkits like allegro). However some window managers like Enlightenment still break alt-tab with SDL2. It works fine in xfwm (4.12) or OpenBox though.