From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro exclusions...
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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 06:14:38 GMT
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 04:30:39 GMT, "JS" <jmszczap82 AT adelphia DOT net>
wrote:

>  What's the deal with the Allegro exclusions? In the documentation
>it tells you to write them as:
> BEGIN_whatever (whatever)
> END_whatever...
> However, every sample I've seen has the lines written as
>'DECLARE_whatever...' rather than 'BEGIN_whatever...'. Also, there is no
>'END_whatever' before moving on to the next list of drivers... What's up
>with that?...

DECLARE_foo_DRIVER_LIST is the old, deprecated syntax.
BEGIN_foo_DRIVER_LIST...END_foo_DRIVER_LIST is the new syntax.

For example, this code fragment (after #include <allegro.h>) is useful
in commandline Allegro programs (e.g. dat.exe):

BEGIN_JOYSTICK_DRIVER_LIST
END_JOYSTICK_DRIVER_LIST
BEGIN_MIDI_DRIVER_LIST
END_MIDI_DRIVER_LIST
BEGIN_DIGI_DRIVER_LIST
END_DIGI_DRIVER_LIST
BEGIN_GFX_DRIVER_LIST
END_GFX_DRIVER_LIST

>What's worse is that after installing the latest version of Allegro,
>even THAT doesn't work! aarrgg!!!

Excluding drivers works only on DJGPP and Watcom, where Allegro is
statically linked.  What error message does it give?

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