Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/18/05:16:51
On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Roger H. wrote:
> You can find the grx23 graphics library at :
> http://www.simtel.iif.hu/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2tk/. I find allegro to
> be a better graphics library though especially since there are tutorials
> available for allegro, but I have yet to find any for the grx23 library.
>
Maybe. If You are developing software for MS-DOS only (including DOS sessions
under Windows). AFAIK Linux and X11 ports of Allegro is still very far from
being complete however I didn't tried this. GRX-2.3 is tested on much more
systems. For example it took me about 2 hours to get it working under X11
on RS6000 (operating system AIX-4.1) which was not mentioned as supported
system. I even saw the same problems I had in Linux X11 version.
There are several things that are better in latest versions GRX:
- more operating systems supported.
- possibility to use Borland BGI graphic API with additional library
(bcc2grx.zip) in the same systems where GRX works. I heard there
is something like for this also for Allegro but I also didn't tried
this.
Of course there are also places where Allegro is better:
- faster graphics
- better documentation (which is very outdated for GRX)
Perhaps both lists are far from being complete. I myself am often using
the same sources for both DJGPP and Linux (and had earlier rather big
experience with BGI interface) so I'm choosing GRX.
>
>
> Einar <"eincar"@[EINAR]vip.cybercity.dk> wrote in message
> <6oo3t8$lid$1 AT news DOT cybercity DOT dk>...
> >Thanks for a great programme and a helpful newsgroup.
> >
> >I'm trying to learn to make programmes in c/c++ and it's not a small
> >matter (I've learned :), but I've run into a small problem, now that I
> >wanted to venture into the wonderful world of graphics.
> >
> >I've downloaded and installed the GRX22, BCC2GRX but I cant find the
> >LIBGRX graphics library, that is being talked about in the BCC2GRX
> >readme file.
It was old version of GRX. You can use libgrx20 from GRX-2.3 (build it at
first). Simply make libgrx20.a and corresponding include files available
and there should be no problems to build libbcc2.a and test examples.
> >
> >I've tried to look for it at the Delorie homepage but without any luck
> >so far, so I would greatly appreciate it, if someone would give me some
> >pointers, as to where to find this library.
> >
http://www.gnu.de/software/GRX/
http://www.techfak.uni-kiel.de/~hsc/BCC2GRX/
Andris
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