From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: Question about textout
Date: 25 Aug 1997 08:09:10 GMT
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"moabdib" (moabdib AT arrakis DOT es) writes:
> with textout i can print string, how can i use to print variables?

Put the following in a file called something.c, compile it into a .o, and
add it to liballeg.a using ar and some arcane command line switches. :-)
(Shawn, want to test this and stick it into WIP?)

/* gfxprintf.c
   Printf-alikes for graphic printing with Allegro.
   Copyright (C) 1997 PGD, freely distributable, no warranty, and this might
   need slight tweaking/debugging as I only have the libc/allegro references
   right here  right now. */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <varargs.h>
#include <allegro.h>

void gfxprintf (BITMAP *bmp,FONT *fnt,int sx,int sy,int c,char *format,...);
void gfxprintf_centre (BITMAP *bmp,FONT *fnt,int sx,int sy,int c,char *format,...);

void gfxprintf (BITMAP *bmp,FONT *fnt,int sx,int sy,int c,char *format,...) {
  va_list args;
  char buf[256];
  va_start(args);
  vsprintf(buf,format,args);
  va_end(args);
  textout(bmp,fnt,(unsigned char *)buf,sx,sy,c);
}

void gfxprintf_centre (BITMAP *bmp,FONT *fnt,int sx,int sy,int c,char *format,...) {
  va_list args;
  char buf[256];
  va_start(args);
  vsprintf(buf,format,args);
  va_end(args);
  textout_centre(bmp,fnt,(unsigned char *)buf,sx,sy,c);
}

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