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SDL_LogCategory

The predefined log categories

Header File

Defined in SDL_log.h

Syntax

typedef enum SDL_LogCategory
{
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ASSERT,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_SYSTEM,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_AUDIO,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_VIDEO,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RENDER,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_INPUT,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_TEST,

    /* Reserved for future SDL library use */
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED1,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED2,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED3,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED4,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED5,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED6,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED7,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED8,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED9,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED10,

    /* Beyond this point is reserved for application use, e.g.
       enum {
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME1 = SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM,
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME2,
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME3,
           ...
       };
     */
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM
} SDL_LogCategory;

Remarks

By default the application category is enabled at the INFO level, the assert category is enabled at the WARN level, test is enabled at the VERBOSE level and all other categories are enabled at the ERROR level.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIEnum, CategoryLog