From:	mapson AT mapson DOT com (Mapson)
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Subject:	Re: trouble w/code for old DJGPP program
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:27:24 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:58:28 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>
>On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Mapson wrote:
>
>> I am trying to compile some code written for a much earlier version of
>> DJGPP, and it seems to me like there was once (or still is and I don't
>> know of it) a graphics.h set of routines, with calls to functions like
>> 
>> GrSetMode(GR_default_graphics)
>> GrSetMode(GR_default_text);
>
>You need to downaload and install the GRX library (v2tk/grx23.zip from 
>SimTel.NET).  I believe graphics.h is called grx20.h there.

Eli, thanks as always. You are a one-stop source of information!

I certainly can compile it now. My only problem now is that the
program crashes instantly upon running it. I suppose I will have to go
through it by hand and do a real update of it. 

It was written with DJGPP 1.09 or so in mind, and clearly a much
earlier version of GRX, and the notes that came with it discuss the
necessity of setting the "go32.exe" path and all that old stuff- i
just assumed i didn't need to do any of it. If I am wrong, let me
know.

BTW, I've used allegro, and I've used jlib... I wonder why I never
considered (or, frankly, knew about) this package. I've not looked at
it closely, but its portability sure looks enticing.

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