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Subject: Re: Using (page-flipping) to speed up a program
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:23:29 -0500
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>>I found that info program
> >but it doesn't seem to have anything in it about checking to see if
> >triple-buffering or page-flipping will work on my computer.

> IIRC, the program lists GFX_CAPABILITIES flags somewhere. One of them
> should be GFX_CAN_TRIPLE_BUFFER.

I noted the mention of those flags in the Allegro docs, but I don't know how
to access them. If they're in that Info program they're hidden but good (at
least to dense little old me :). Are they for reference or can they be
manipulated somehow?( turn GFX_CAN_TRIPLE_BUFFER on/off?)