From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro?
Date:	Wed, 29 Jan 1997 23:28:16 -0800
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Alan Wilson wrote:
> 
> >I just subscribed to the mailing list a few days ago, and I've heard
> >a great deal about something called Allegro.
> 
> Yeah, what is it and what does it do???

Allegro is a supremely cool, professional-quality graphics library
designed for DJGPP v2.01.  Its source distribution can be found at the
following URLs:

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2tk/alleg21.zip
ftp://x2ftp.oulu.fi/pub/msdos/programming/djgpp2/alleg211.zip

Note that even though the dates and version numbers on the zipfiles are
different, they both contain the same version of Allegro (don't ask;
it's a long story).

Once you've downloaded Allegro, you'll need to build it.  Allegro
requires that you have installed both the minimum C and C++ DJGPP
packages, as well as GNU Make (v2gnu/mak375b.zip).  First, unzip the
distribution (preserving directory structure) in a separate directory
(it is not recommended that you use your main DJGPP directory).  Then go
to that directory and type "make".  Voila!  You should be up and
running.

To use Allegro with your programs, include the <allegro.h> header file
and be sure to link with the '-lalleg' switch.

For more information, see the Allegro documentation, or email Shawn
Hargreaves, the author of Allegro.

Good luck!

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