From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: Graphics with allegro on dos (palette problems)
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 09:25:23 +0100, "Richard  Gould"
<RichGould77 AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:

>I am new to this newsgroup (and graphics)
>Simple question:-
>how do you load a bitemap using allegro?

BITMAP *foo;
PALETTE pal;

/* allegro is by default configured to use pcx, bmp, tga
 * there are addons for png, jpg, and gif */
foo = load_bitmap("preciousmoments.pcx", pal);
/* a 256 color mode can have only one palette on screen */
set_palette(pal);

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