SDL2

Packrat writes one C header for all pages. The generated code requires SDL2 and SDL2_image. Create a renderer before loading the atlas, and keep the page images in the directory passed to packrat_load.

#include <SDL.h>
#include <SDL_image.h>
#include "atlas.h"

void draw_example(SDL_Renderer *renderer) {
    Packrat_atlas atlas = {0};
    if (!packrat_load(&atlas, &packrat_atlas_definition, renderer, "assets")) return;
    const Packrat_frame *frame = packrat_find(&atlas, "player", -1);
    packrat_draw(renderer, &atlas, frame, 400, 300, 0, 2, 2, SDL_FLIP_NONE);
    // Present the renderer; unload when finished, before destroying it.
    packrat_unload(&atlas);
}

Helper	Use
`packrat_load(atlas, definition, renderer, directory)`	Create page textures; return false on failure
`packrat_unload(atlas)`	Release textures
`packrat_frame_at(atlas, index)`	Find a frame by its position in the frame list
`packrat_find(atlas, name, index)`	Find a frame by name; a negative index selects the first match
`packrat_find_animation(atlas, name)`	Return frames in order and their count
`packrat_draw(renderer, atlas, frame, x, y, rotation, sx, sy, flip)`	Apply trim placement and transforms

A failed lookup returns NULL. Generated definitions are named packrat_<stem>_definition. You can include several generated SDL2 headers in one source file. Keep generated SDL2 and SDL3 headers in separate source files. SDL2 uses SDL_Rect and SDL_Point frame fields.

The draw position is the center of the original, untrimmed frame. Rotation is measured in degrees.

See Sources and outputs for frame names, trimming, and effect maps.

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