[source langg = "cpp"]
/*******************************************************************
 *                                                                 *
 *                        Using SDL With OpenGL                    *
 *                                                                 *
 *                    Tutorial by Kyle Foley (sdw)                 *
 *                                                                 *
 * http://gpwiki.org/index.php/SDL:Tutorials:Using_SDL_with_OpenGL *
 *                                                                 *
 *******************************************************************/

#include <SDL/SDL.h>
#include <SDL/SDL_opengl.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>

SDL_Surface *load_image( std::string filename ) 
{
    //Temporary storage for the image that's loaded
    SDL_Surface* loadedImage = NULL;
    
    //The optimized image that will be used
    SDL_Surface* optimizedImage = NULL;
    
    //Load the image
    loadedImage = SDL_LoadBMP( filename.c_str() );
    
    //If nothing went wrong in loading the image
    if( loadedImage != NULL )
    {
        //Create an optimized image
        optimizedImage = SDL_DisplayFormat( loadedImage );
        
        //Free the old image
        SDL_FreeSurface( loadedImage );
    }
    
    //Return the optimized image
    return optimizedImage;
}


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    SDL_Surface *screen;

    // Slightly different SDL initialization
    if ( SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0 ) {
        printf("Unable to initialize SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        return 1;
    }

    SDL_GL_SetAttribute( SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1 ); // *new*

    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode( 640, 480, 16, SDL_OPENGL | SDL_FULLSCREEN ); // *changed*
    if ( !screen ) {
		printf("Unable to set video mode: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
		return 1;
	}
	
    // Set the OpenGL state after creating the context with SDL_SetVideoMode

	glClearColor( 0, 0, 0, 0 );
	
	glEnable( GL_TEXTURE_2D ); // Need this to display a texture

    glViewport( 0, 0, 640, 480 );

    glMatrixMode( GL_PROJECTION );
    glLoadIdentity();

    glOrtho( 0, 640, 480, 0, -1, 1 );
    
    glMatrixMode( GL_MODELVIEW );
    glLoadIdentity();
    
    // Load the OpenGL texture

    GLuint texture; // Texture object handle
    SDL_Surface *surface = load_image("image.bmp"); // Gives us the information to make the texture
    GLenum texture_format;
GLint  nOfColors;

if ( surface ) { 
 
	// Check that the image's width is a power of 2
	if ( (surface->w & (surface->w - 1)) != 0 ) {
		printf("warning: image.bmp's width is not a power of 2\n");
	}
	
	// Also check if the height is a power of 2
	if ( (surface->h & (surface->h - 1)) != 0 ) {
		printf("warning: image.bmp's height is not a power of 2\n");
	}
 
        // get the number of channels in the SDL surface
        nOfColors = surface->format->BytesPerPixel;
        if (nOfColors == 4)     // contains an alpha channel
        {
                if (surface->format->Rmask == 0x000000ff)
                        texture_format = GL_RGBA;
                else
                        texture_format = GL_BGRA;
        } else if (nOfColors == 3)     // no alpha channel
        {
                if (surface->format->Rmask == 0x000000ff)
                        texture_format = GL_RGB;
                else
                        texture_format = GL_BGR;
        } else {
                printf("warning: the image is not truecolor..  this will probably break\n");
                // this error should not go unhandled
        }
        
	// Have OpenGL generate a texture object handle for us
	glGenTextures( 1, &texture );
 
	// Bind the texture object
	glBindTexture( GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture );
 
	// Set the texture's stretching properties
        glTexParameteri( GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
        glTexParameteri( GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
 
	// Edit the texture object's image data using the information SDL_Surface gives us
	glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, nOfColors, surface->w, surface->h, 0,
                      texture_format, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, surface->pixels );
} 
else {
	printf("SDL could not load image.bmp: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
	SDL_Quit();
	return 1;
}    
 
// Free the SDL_Surface only if it was successfully created
if ( surface ) { 
	SDL_FreeSurface( surface );
}
    // Clear the screen before drawing
	glClear( GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT );
    
    // Bind the texture to which subsequent calls refer to
    glBindTexture( GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture );

    glBegin( GL_QUADS );
        // Top-left vertex (corner)
        glTexCoord2i( 0, 0 );
        glVertex3f( 100, 100, 0 );
    
        // Bottom-left vertex (corner)
        glTexCoord2i( 1, 0 );
        glVertex3f( 228, 100, 0 );
    
        // Bottom-right vertex (corner)
        glTexCoord2i( 1, 1 );
        glVertex3f( 228, 228, 0 );
    
        // Top-right vertex (corner)
        glTexCoord2i( 0, 1 );
        glVertex3f( 100, 228, 0 );
    glEnd();
	
    SDL_GL_SwapBuffers();
    
    // Wait for 3 seconds to give us a chance to see the image
    SDL_Delay(3000);
    
    // Now we can delete the OpenGL texture and close down SDL
    glDeleteTextures( 1, &texture );
    
    SDL_Quit();
    
	return 0;
}