SDL_HINT_OPENGL_LIBRARY(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_OPENGL_LIBRARY(3) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_HINT_OPENGL_LIBRARY 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

SDL_HINT_OPENGL_LIBRARY — specify the OpenGL library to load. yes literally that's it, and it's iconic ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_OPENGL_LIBRARY "SDL_OPENGL_LIBRARY"

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: you set this hint before creating an OpenGL window, or before creating an OpenGL context. like, before before. not after, not mid-way, bestie — the ordering is the whole point 🫶

and if you don't set this hint? no stress, SDL will choose a reasonable default. she's got you 💖

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

this hint has been available since SDL 3.2.0. periodt. 💜

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Simple Directmedia Layer • SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, that's the version, that's the source, go forth and load your OpenGL library responsibly bestie 😭💖 🎀🦋✨