Date:	Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:13:19 +0200 (WET)
From:	Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To:	"Roger H." <rogerwh AT aa DOT net>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: LIBGRX graphics library???
In-Reply-To:	<6opcrc$tmo$1@slave3.aa.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.A32.3.91.980718115053.53452A-100000@ieva01.lanet.lv>
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On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Roger H. wrote:

> You can find the grx23 graphics library at :
> http://www.simtel.iif.hu/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2tk/.  I find allegro to
> be a better graphics library though especially since there are tutorials
> available for allegro, but I have yet to find any for the grx23 library.
> 

Maybe. If You are developing software for MS-DOS only (including DOS sessions
under Windows). AFAIK Linux and X11 ports of Allegro is still very far from
being complete however I didn't tried this. GRX-2.3 is tested on much more
systems. For example it took me about 2 hours to get it working under X11
on RS6000 (operating system AIX-4.1) which was not mentioned as supported 
system. I even saw the same problems I had in Linux X11 version.

There are several things that are better in latest versions GRX:
   - more operating systems supported. 
   - possibility to use Borland BGI graphic API with additional library
     (bcc2grx.zip) in the same systems where GRX works. I heard there 
     is something like for this also for Allegro but I also didn't tried 
     this.

Of course there are also places where Allegro is better:
   - faster graphics
   - better documentation (which is very outdated for GRX)

Perhaps both lists are far from being complete. I myself am often using
the same sources for both DJGPP and Linux (and had earlier rather big
experience with BGI interface) so I'm choosing GRX.    

> 
> 
> Einar <"eincar"@[EINAR]vip.cybercity.dk> wrote in message
> <6oo3t8$lid$1 AT news DOT cybercity DOT dk>...
> >Thanks for a great programme and a helpful newsgroup.
> >
> >I'm trying to learn to make programmes in c/c++ and it's not a small
> >matter (I've learned :), but I've run into a small problem, now that I
> >wanted to venture into the wonderful world of graphics.
> >
> >I've downloaded and installed the GRX22, BCC2GRX  but I cant find the
> >LIBGRX graphics library, that is being talked about in the BCC2GRX
> >readme file.

It was old version of GRX. You can use libgrx20 from GRX-2.3 (build it at 
first). Simply make libgrx20.a and corresponding include files available
and there should be no problems to build libbcc2.a and test examples.

> >
> >I've tried to look for it at the Delorie homepage but without any luck
> >so far, so I would greatly appreciate it, if someone would give me some
> >pointers, as to where to find this library.
> >

http://www.gnu.de/software/GRX/
http://www.techfak.uni-kiel.de/~hsc/BCC2GRX/


Andris

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