From: Konstanty Bialkowski <M DOT Bialkowski AT mailbox DOT uq DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject: Re: Beginner: C / Allegro: "-lalleg"
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 10:29:10 +1000
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Bjoern Appel wrote:

> No, I don't have any problems with it, everything works fine. But can
> someone explain me, why I have to use the "lalleg" ? Why is it not
> enough to have the "#include<allegro.h>" in the source-file, compared
> to Pascal's "Uses Crt,..." ?

in include file allegro.h has the definitions for all the functions in
allegro.h and for all the definitions you also need the actual code (that
is what the library is for)

>
>
> And something about RHIDE:
> In RHIDE I have to change "Options -> Libraries" every time I start
> the IDE and want to compile an Allegro-Program. Is there any way to
> save the changes I made ?
>

you can save the changes in RHIDE by going Option... Save Options and to
load them Options... Load Options
hope this answers your questions
Konstanty
http://kon.home.ml.org/