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.TH SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer 3 "SDL 3.1.0" "SDL" "SDL3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer \- Create a 2D software rendering context for a surface\[char46]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3/SDL.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "SDL_Renderer* SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer(SDL_Surface *surface);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Two other API which can be used to create 
.BR SDL_Renderer
:

.BR SDL_CreateRenderer
() and

.BR SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer
()\[char46] These can
_also_ create a software renderer, but they are intended to be used with an

.BR SDL_Window
 as the final destination and not an

.BR SDL_Surface
\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I surface
the 
.BR SDL_Surface
 structure representing the surface where rendering is done
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a valid rendering context or NULL if there was an error; call

.BR SDL_GetError
() for more information\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3\[char46]0\[char46]0\[char46]

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR SDL_DestroyRenderer (3)