Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/05/23/07:30:38.1
On Mon, 22 May 2000 14:10:11 -0700 (PDT), Barry Marks
<barryem AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
>Thanks for your help. I've decided djgpp isn't a very good fit
>for what I'm doing and I've installed Borland and I'm using that.
Borland C++Builder is the only Borland compiler that works with
Allegro, and that makes Windows apps.
>I'm trying to learn about 3D rotation, etc. I really need a debugger
textprintf() is all the debugger you need.
>and I really need to be in a graphics mode that will let me
>use the full screen on this laptop with it's fixed pixel size.
>It seems that 320x240 isn't supported by the debuggers
It's supported by textprintf() debugging.
>and 640x480x16 isn't supported by allegro.
It is if you set 640x480x256 (not supported by debuggers on systems
with buggy video cards) and use only colors 0-15. Or you can use
320x200 until you get everything working, then step up to high res.
>Just too many problems and too many added complications when all
>I'm really trying to do is learn with it. I'd like the environment
>to be as simple as possible.
Then don't use fancy-pants video modes with letters for names.
>I'm dissapointed because I think allegro was going to
>make things a lot easier.
It does. There are just some limitations of the DOS architecture
and buggy BIOSes that the Allegro+GDB system can't work around.
>Now I'll have to go back to doing my own fixed point, etc.
Not necessarily. Even if you don't use Allegro's graphics drivers,
you can still use its sound, input, and math functions if you stay
on DOS.
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