From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro Questions...
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Date:	Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:07:39 GMT
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 05:51:51 GMT, "JS" <jmszczap82 AT adelphia DOT net>
wrote:

> 1. What command line parameters can I use to reduce the size of my exe.
>files. ALSO, what do these parameters mean and do?

gcc -s foo.c -lalleg -o foo.exe
-s : remove debugging symbols

upx -9 foo.exe
upx : pack an existing DJGPP exe
  http://upx.tsx.org/

>  2. Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to call 'detect_digi_driver()' AND
>'detect_midi_driver()' before calling 'install_sound()'?

No.  In fact I don't recommend it.

>  3. When n NOT using the 'allegro.cfg' file, what should I put as the last
>parameter in 'install_sound'? Perhaps, a zero?

In the latest Allegro (3.1 and later), you should always pass 0 as the
last argument.

For questions that are more related to Allegro itself than to its
DJGPP version, there is a mailing list:
  http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/maillist.html

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