From: "Ben Cohee" Subject: Help With Reading File Using DJGPP/Alegro Message-ID: <01bc82b0$d9fca740$46a333cf@gisco.net.gisco.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 12:19:51 -0400 Lines: 29 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Hello I am new to DJGPP and am using Allegro for all my graphic routines for now because of the change in regular dos mode to protected mode. I need to read in a file which is my 3d coordinates for an object which has a very simple format. My other reader wouldnt work in DJGPP. I guess the file could also be used as a binary file with the Allegro packfiles since its just an ascii file. This is the format : 4 1 10 10 10 /* the 4 */ 10 -10 10 /* is the number */ -10 10 10 /* of lines here which always */ -10 -10 10 /* consist of 3 numbers */ 4 0 1 2 3 /* the 1 is the number of these lines */ /* which is the number of points in the polygon [4] */ /* and the number of points[4] after it [0 1 2 3] */ the comments are there just to show the format and wouldnt be in the file itself. Thats bascilly the skeleton outline and i could do the rest. It is much like the PLG format used in the Black Art of 3D Game Programming but without comments or any blank lines. If anyone has some code that would read this in DJGPP or using Allegro stuff it would be very helpful. Thanx in advance.