Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/12/11/17:26:02
In article <6lba3tc776naqd64b8hs3781fq36n3hg8r AT 4ax DOT com>,
Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:19:21 GMT, Steve Offutt
> <indmold AT oz DOT sunflower DOT org> wrote:
>
> >I have a need to do some DOS type graphics programs.
>
> http://alleg.sourceforge.net/allegro/
Damian,
Thx for the reply. Was building allegro while I posted this.
I am impressed.
>
> >Downloaded DJGPP last week - it is peacefully co-existing
> >w/mingw32 & MSVC++6.0 (due to lack of harddrive space, am
> >running DJGPP on an LS-120 drive - 5 yrs ago who would have
> >thought 8 gigs wasnt enough)
>
> I've had some big problems with DJGPP on removable drives. For
> instance, storing my RHIDE project, source, and executable files
> has given two Zip disks the "click of death."
>
I had to change the path statement a little from what was
recommended on Delorie.com. When prepended, it caused problems,
however, appending to the path *seems* to be working.
> Get a CDR drive. (A CD burner, not a Scheme keyword.)
>
Just what I want to give me for XMAS...
> >I need some pointers to some simple examples - something like
> >a little checkbook type program, and something along the lines
> >of a simple fill in and print a form type of prog.
>
> The Allegro GUI examples will help here.
>
They look quite helpful. One more quick question - will Allegro
work if my source is C++?, or do I have to learn ANSI C?
Thanks again,
Steve
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