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+% \VignetteIndexEntry{Dynamic R Binding to shared C libraries in a portable way}
+% \VignetteKeyword{dynport}
+% \VignetteKeyword{bindings}
+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage{url}
+\begin{document}
+\title{Dynports: Dynamic R Bindings of shared C libraries in a portable way}
+\author{Daniel Adler}
+\maketitle
+
+\section{Introduction}
+
+A \emph{dynport} is mapped in R as a dynamically created R namespace 
+containing wrapper functions, constants and type information objects 
+(used in conjunction with utility functions from the package) to gain 
+control over a large range of functionality offered by system service
+and binary components.
+These bindings can be written by hand but - as these are
+very structured using formal signatures - this process
+is also automated.
+Here is a list of dynports for the initial release:
+
+\begin{tabular}{lll}
+dynport   & library     & details\\
+\hline
+GL        & OpenGL 1.0  & Portable 3D Graphics System Library \\
+glew      & GL Extension Wrangler & Provides OpenGL 3.0 \\
+SDL       & Simple DirectMedia Layer & Multimedia and user-interface. \\
+SDL\_ttf   & SDL Font Rendering Library & True Type Font Rendering \\
+SDL\_image & SDL Image I/O Library & Image Loading and Saving in many formats \\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\end{document}
+