From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Flush stdin? Organization: Pin Eight Software Message-ID: References: <7v82k1$opj$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <6aQXOLicop8Z9i1ZFEJKUWcnFPao AT 4ax DOT com> <381a1be8 DOT 20835023 AT news DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 X-Trace: /KDWjbS4sH26D2uDwQXuvMgZy3A5xN5B8ybIuJ9qpbH52EwIL/JmG/PfADmHhC0d57snKctwfD8c!3VbdEjGYr5/zl1UywEsi5UHG1ipfYI7ZRq1aGSvjH451oOpKAeXhSZzEAUAE0hZmbg== X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 03:04:08 GMT Distribution: world Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 03:04:08 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:54:08 GMT, cybpunk AT geocities DOT com (John G) wrote: > Damian Yerrick wrote: > > >You say you're using MS Visual C++? Want programs that use a > >Windows-like GUI but look identical on DOS and Windows? Use Allegro's > >GUI tools for menus and dialogs. Allegro works not only with DJGPP but > >also with MSVC. > I actually have Allegro. I used it to create my simple pong game and > will use winallegro once I get it working, for my advance pong game. Allegro 3.926 (or whatever the latest WIP is) works fine under Allegro for MS Visual C++. I used it for WinArena. (Think about it: Three minor source code changes.) > I know, I know, just what the world needs, another pong game:-) Just what the world needs, another falling blocks game. If it's better than the rest of them, it's good. http://yerricde.tripod.com/binaries/ If used properly, Allegro's GUI is a powerful form system, nearly on par with HTML's. I was suggesting that you use it to manage the keyboard portably. It just takes a bit of finesse... -- Damian Yerrick Visit my web site: http://yerricde.spedia.net/