From:	Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <gregorio AT jet DOT es>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: smaller Allegro
Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:48:52 +0000
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Orvbongat wrote:
> 
> I want to make a smaller lib of allegro.
> I did what it said on the HTML documentation on how
> to minimize the size of your executable like defining
> the graphics drivers you only need and stuff but still it was big.
> so i went to the allegro.h file in the main allegro sources directory
> and then took up the #defines for 16,24,and 32, bit colors and i compiled
> it..still big. what else can i take out to make it smaller?

You can for example use UPX, an exe compressor, or compile with the -s
switch.
Don't have the UPX url right now, try a web search.

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