A Simple 2d cross-platform graphics library for c or c

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As in title  i need a 2d graphics library that is cross-platform  and provides simple functions  like in Basic  essentially  i only need to paint a pixel a certain color-I do not need hardware acceleration  or any kind of 3d support  I ve found a couple ones  but they re not cross-platform    Anyone knows a solution for me

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What about SDL   Perhaps it s a bit too complex for your needs  but it s certainly cross-platform

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http   www allegro cc   http   en wikipedia org wiki Allegro library

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One neat engine I came across is Angel-Engine  Info from the project site    Cross-Platform functionality  Windows and Mac  Actors  game objects with color  shape  responses  attributes  etc   Texturing with Transparency  Animations   texture swapping at defined intervals  Rigid-Body Physics   A clever programmer can do soft-body physics with it   Sound Text Rendering with multiple fonts Particle Systems Some basic AI  state machine and pathfinding  Config File Processing Logging Input from a mouse  keyboard  or Xbox 360 controller   Binding inputs from a config file   Python Scripting   In-Game Console    Some users  including me  have succesfully  without any major problems  compiled it under linux

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A cross platform 2D graphics library for  Net is The Little Vector Library  You could use it in conjunction with Unity 3D  recommended  or Xamarin  for example  to create 2D graphics on a variety of platforms

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Am I missing something to wonder why noone suggests OpenGL  To use it for 2d would be very simple  The OP only wants to color a pixel  It doesn t get simpler than glBegin glColor glVertex glEnd

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Qt 5 GTK  Cairo and many many more        In no particular order   However  if you have any other requirements  let us know  BTW  I am not just posting results of a Google query here  I have used all of these  and SDL -- wrote my first few games in SDL    and I d say without a set of requirements  it s very difficult to choose among the ones listed

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I would recommend DISLIN  It s cross platform  has support for many languages  and has very intuitive naming of routines   Also  just noticed that nobody mentioned PLPLOT  also cross platform  multi lingual

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Picasso graphic library you can used   cross platform    https   code google com p picasso-graphic

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Heavy-weight    GTK QT WxWidgets   Lightweight    FLTK Fox Tk Lua IUP Ultimate   dlib   Drawing frameworks without GUI widgets    SDL Cairo

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