From: "Damian Yerrick" <mail DOT me DOT at DOT your DOT own DOT risk AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [DJGPP] Re: DJGPP2Linux/Unix!?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:51:12 -0500
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Michelle Konzack <starone AT cybercable DOT fr> wrote in message
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> MK>Text mode can be accomplished with curses.  Graphics can be done with
> MK>svgalib, which is a graphics library.  You can also get GRX to run on
> MK>top of it, if you like that interface; and there is a port of Allegro
to
> MK>X Windows.

The new WIP version (3.925) of Allegro builds on M$ Visual C++,
DJGPP, Linux gcc, etc. If your program uses Allegro for its
graphics and sound calls, it should be very portable. Try three
lines of conditional compilation (#ifdef) per platform. And this is
only to load different operating systems' graphics drivers (VESA,
DirectDraw, etc.)

> For DJGPP I have the grx23, grx23fnt and alle312...

Use Allegro. It's the best portable graphics library I've seen. But
could someone work on a Mac port?

> My problem is, to program it as easy as possible for porting Dos/Linux
> The E-Mail-Client I program is Eudora Like but better design...

At least it isn't M$ Outhouse Depress, the program I'm using.

Damian Yerrick
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