From: "Cyberus" <cybs AT geocities DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Will Allegro programs run under RHIDE/Win95
Date: 23 Dec 1997 20:42:33 GMT
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> 1.  How gracefully will Rhide handle the change from text to graphics
> mode when I run from within the IDE.  

i use it all the time to do this, it work perfectly, in fact, i recommend
it because rhide tells you the program exit code and it tells you where
your program crashes (if it does crash)

> 2.  I'm running under Win95.  Will Allegro programs run in a dos
> window?  I'm not overly concerned w/ performance on this project (the
> biggest time sink is calculating the pixels)  I find the need to <alt>
> <enter> every time I run annoying.

i use windows 95 and i use a dos box all the time, here's what you do:
1) make a shortcut to command.com (a dos box shortcut)
2) right click on the icon and hit properties
3) click on the program tab and hit the advanced button at the bottom
	3a) click the prevent ms-dos based programs... button and unclick the
suggest ms-dos mode...
4) click on the memory tab and check the protected box
5) click on the screen tab and select the full screen button
6) click on the misc tab
	6a) unclick allow screen saver
	6b) click background always suspend
	6c) move idle sensitivity all the way to high
7) hit the OK button

now you have a "protected" dos box that should work with anything
(i even use this to play dos games that normally want to restart windows in
dos mode, they don't even know they're in windows)

cya
Cyberus