Android NDK and SDL_RWops Jul 25, 2011

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Tags: Android, Android NDK, C, Native, Programming, SDL, Source code

Note: There’s now a patch for SDL that makes the same possible on older Androids as well. The Android NDK makes it possible to use SDL to code Android apps. The aliens.c example bundled with the Android SDL port is fine and dandy except it reads data from /sdcard/data and it has to be pushed [...]

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Lossless Audio Compression Jan 02, 2011

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Tags: Algorithms, audio compression, C, klystrack, Programming, Source code, Tutorial

Here’s an audio compression scheme I came up for my tracker project.

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An Alternative to XML Feb 28, 2010

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Tags: API, C, Libraries, Programming, XML

XML can be overkill or simply cumbersome to edit manually for example when used in configuration files. Or, it may simply be unavailable for the preferred platform. Here’s a great alternative.

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Creating a Simple GUI from Scratch Dec 31, 2009

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Tags: C, GUI, SDL

More often than not, the biggest obstacle for a programmer is adding a GUI to a otherwisely ready application. This probably is because you generally can create a program that inputs and outputs text with a few lines of code in any language.

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Plenty of Room, Part II Nov 09, 2009

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Tags: 256B, Algorithms, Assembly, Demoscene, Software, Source code, Tutorial, Video

As stated earlier, tiny intros written in assembly language fascinate me. I have written a few in x86 assembly language, here’s one of them. I have tried to make the inner workings of the program as accessible — or, at least as thought-provoking — as possible even if assembly wasn’t their weapon of choice.

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