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75>SDL_Init</H1
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82>Name</H2
83>SDL_Init&nbsp;--&nbsp;Initializes SDL</DIV
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98><PRE
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100>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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102><CODE
103><CODE
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105>int <B
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107>SDL_Init</B
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123>Initializes SDL. This should be called before all other SDL functions. The <TT
124CLASS="PARAMETER"
125><I
126>flags</I
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128> parameter specifies what part(s) of SDL to initialize.</P
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231>Initialize all of the above.</TD
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244>Prevents SDL from catching fatal signals.</TD
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273>Returns <SPAN
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275>-1</SPAN
276> on an error or <SPAN
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278>0</SPAN
279> on success.</P
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291><TT
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298><TT
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300>SDL_InitSubSystem</TT
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