From: "Matthew Conte" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: Subject: Re: Allegro for TC++? Lines: 31 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 15:27:44 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.92.55.44 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT nycap DOT rr DOT com X-Trace: proxye1.nycap.rr.com 907615636 24.92.55.44 (Mon, 05 Oct 1998 15:27:16 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 15:27:16 EDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp DoctorXV AT aol DOT com wrote in message ... >Is there a grpahics library like Allegro for Turbo C++? I have DJGPP but I >hate it's outrageous file output size of 250k for just "Hello, World!" if I am >doing it in C++. But in TC++ the file is only 5kb. Anyway...is there any >graphics library for Turbo C++? [This is discussed in the FAQ, by the way.] Allegro is djgpp (and now win32 and possibly linux) specific. You will only get a file size of ~250kB if you do not strip the debugging symbols from the executable using the "-s" switch in the gcc/g++ command line, or by issuing a "strip .exe" after compilation. Allegro is a big library and it adds a lot of bulk even if you don't use most of its functionality. djgpp also needs a good amount of code to handle 32-bit protected mode, but this space is fixed, i.e. as your programs get bigger, djgpp's startup code stays the same size. It is possible to make small djgpp executables. I am working on a full-featured Nintendo Entertainment System emulator in C, which has full sound via the SEAL library and a custom GUI, and the executable is only 52kB. I strip the executable and then compress it using the fabulous UPX transparent .EXE compressor, the successor to DJP. I saved a lot of bloat by rewriting all of my graphics routines rather than using Allegro, of course... Later, Matt.