SDL_InitSubSystem (3)

#include "SDL.h"

int SDL_InitSubSystem(Uint32 flags);

After SDL has been initialized with SDL_Init you may initialize uninitialized subsystems with SDL_InitSubSystem. The flags parameter is the same as that used in SDL_Init.

/* Seperating Joystick and Video initialization. */
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
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SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, 16, SDL_DOUBLEBUF|SDL_FULLSCREEN);
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/* Do Some Video stuff */
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/* Initialize the joystick subsystem */
SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK);

/* Do some stuff with video and joystick */
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/* Shut them both down */
SDL_Quit();

Returns -1 on an error or 0 on success.

SDL_Init, SDL_Quit, SDL_QuitSubSystem