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Subject: Re: Allegro Questions...
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 From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
 On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:07:39 GMT

>On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 05:51:51 GMT, "JS" <jmszczap82 AT adelphia DOT net>
>wrote:
>
>> 1. What command line parameters can I use to reduce the size of my exe.
>>files. ALSO, what do these parameters mean and do?
>
>gcc -s foo.c -lalleg -o foo.exe
>-s : remove debugging symbols
>
>upx -9 foo.exe
>upx : pack an existing DJGPP exe
>  http://upx.tsx.org/

Is there a qualitative difference between upx and djp?

>>  2. Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to call 'detect_digi_driver()' AND
>>'detect_midi_driver()' before calling 'install_sound()'?
>
>No.  In fact I don't recommend it.

Why not?

>>  3. When n NOT using the 'allegro.cfg' file, what should I put as the last
>>parameter in 'install_sound'? Perhaps, a zero?
>
>In the latest Allegro (3.1 and later), you should always pass 0 as the
>last argument.

This is a matter of style, but I'd pass NULL (I know, NULL id #defined
to be 0).