From e35213d38beb07b0981bcb823b00955e20cad561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mason Remaley <mason@gamesbymason.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 20:25:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Switches to external translate C package to get latest
 fixes

resolves #22
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml |  2 +-
 build.zig                 | 17 +++++++++--------
 build.zig.zon             |  6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2438ee74..75d58e76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        zig-version: [0.16.0]
+        zig-version: [0.17.0-dev.690+c5a61e899]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 97524805..a58296df 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const linux = @import("src/linux.zig");
 const windows = @import("src/windows.zig");
 const macos = @import("src/macos.zig");
 const build_zon = @import("build.zig.zon");
+const Translator = @import("translate_c").Translator;
 
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 
@@ -116,16 +117,16 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     linux.addWaylandScannerStep(b);
 
     // Translate the SDL headers and export them as a Zig module
-    const translate_c = b.addTranslateC(.{
-        .root_source_file = b.path("src/sdl.h"),
+    const translate_c = b.dependency("translate_c", .{});
+    const translator: Translator = .init(translate_c, .{
+        .c_source_file = b.path("src/sdl.h"),
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
-    translate_c.defineCMacro("USING_GENERATED_CONFIG_H", "1");
-    translate_c.addIncludePath(upstream.path("include"));
-    translate_c.addIncludePath(upstream.path("src/video/khronos"));
-    const module = translate_c.addModule("sdl3");
-    module.linkLibrary(lib);
+    translator.defineCMacro("USING_GENERATED_CONFIG_H", "1");
+    translator.addIncludePath(upstream.path("include"));
+    translator.addIncludePath(upstream.path("src/video/khronos"));
+    translator.mod.linkLibrary(lib);
 
     // Add the example
     const example = b.addExecutable(.{
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
             .optimize = optimize,
         }),
     });
-    example.root_module.addImport("sdl3", module);
+    example.root_module.addImport("sdl3", translator.mod);
 
     const build_example_step = b.step("example", "Build the example app");
     build_example_step.dependOn(&example.step);
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 6686e866..0079b88e 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
     .name = .sdl,
     .fingerprint = 0xec638ccbd103848b,
     .version = "1.0.1+3.4.4",
-    .minimum_zig_version = "0.16.0",
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.17.0",
     .dependencies = .{
         .sdl = .{
             .url = "https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/archive/refs/tags/release-3.4.4.tar.gz",
             .hash = "N-V-__8AAL9L9AJxY67Fhxp52_VHlLps195MF3irmi4z8Qge",
             .version = "3.4.4",
         },
+        .translate_c = .{
+            .url = "git+https://codeberg.org/ziglang/translate-c#c26bb176f3d63c8f3f57ac4e82d78f9124506b0d",
+            .hash = "translate_c-0.0.0-Q_BUWuEVBwCbZUsNorTQ6-d3nYx8KDgHHWtVWBzgzyB5",
+        },
         .dbus = .{
             .version = "1.16.0",
             .url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/archive/dbus-1.16.0/dbus-dbus-1.16.0.tar.gz",

From 480e7b658a45edddfc4d64cb5d616a27717ac3f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mason Remaley <mason@gamesbymason.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 20:51:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Actually export the `sdl3` module

---
 build.zig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index a58296df..e1763681 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     translator.addIncludePath(upstream.path("include"));
     translator.addIncludePath(upstream.path("src/video/khronos"));
     translator.mod.linkLibrary(lib);
+    try b.modules.putNoClobber(b.graph.arena, "sdl3", translator.mod);
 
     // Add the example
     const example = b.addExecutable(.{