From:	"Michael McPheat" <mikem AT jiwa DOT com DOT au>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro - textmode() help
Date:	1 Sep 1997 02:53:56 GMT
Organization:	Customer of Connect.com.au P/L, Perth, Australia
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Thanks for the replies,

I was using textmode() and not text_mode().

Too many late nights.......

Michael McPheat <mikem AT jiwa DOT com DOT au> wrote in article
<01bcb423$03ef4a00$5905a8c0 AT grunt>...
> Does the textmode function work?
> 
> I am wanting to use textmode(-1) to use transparent text but when I set
> textmode() to any value I get a protection violation and subsequent
program
> termination. I am using the 320x200 VGA mode but the other modes produce
> the same problem. Am I supposed to set something up before using the
> textmode() function? I am not using any special palettes or fonts.
> Everything is just plain vanilla.
> 
> 

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