From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: "load_bitmap" newbie...
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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:40:25 GMT
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On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 14:16:04 +0100, Andrew R. Gillett
<arganoid AT fatal-design DOT com> wrote:

>In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, Damian Yerrick wrote:
>> On systems (X, Windows) where the OS provides input via events, the
>> keyboard should be started _after_ the graphics mode is set.  Think
>> portability.
>
>It should? I've never had any problems with it the other way around.

Some systems send their events to windows, and only windows created by
Allegro can send their input to Allegro's handler.  Old versions
probably used a buggy workaround to do this, but new code in the
Allegro patch queue changes this.

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