diff --git a/doc/getting-started.dox b/doc/getting-started.dox index 722235f03..4b271c8c5 100644 --- a/doc/getting-started.dox +++ b/doc/getting-started.dox @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ namespace Magnum { Get latest version from GitHub and install it. Read full guide on @ref building "how to download, build and install Magnum" on platform of your choice. For our first project we will use GLUT toolkit, don't forget to enable -it for building using `WITH_GLUTAPPLICATION` CMake parameter. +it for building using `WITH_GLUTAPPLICATION` CMake parameter. On newer systems, +Mac OS X and Windows you might want to use SDL2 toolkit instead, it is enabled +using `WITH_SDL2APPLICATION` CMake parameter. @section getting-started-bootstrap Download bootstrap project @@ -52,6 +54,12 @@ extract it somewhere. Do it rather than cloning the full repository, as it's better to init your own repository from scratch to avoid having the history polluted. +If you want to use SDL2 instead of GLUT, download the `base-sdl2` branch +[archive](https://github.com/mosra/magnum-bootstrap/archive/base-sdl2.zip). +The code will be slightly different from what is presented below, but the +changes are only minor (two modified lines and one additional file) and the +main principles are the same. + @section getting-started-review Review project structure The base project consists of just six files in two subfolders. %Magnum uses