From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: [Q]: Allegro scrolling question
Date: 7 Aug 1997 05:58:50 GMT
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Jonathon Ralston (j DOT ralston AT cat DOT csiro DOT au) writes:
> Hello Allegro programmers!
> 
> I wanted to write a 640 x 480 x 256 horizontal scrolling program, like
> the ex19.c demo. I increased the screen bitmap size and changed the
> other screen size variables accordingly.  However, I found that
> *everything* on the screen was scrolled, including the text line.
> 
> Is it possible to scroll only *part* of the screen while in an SVGA
> mode, e.g., a 640 x 400 window?  I noticed that ex19.c uses a mode X
> modex_split type function.  Does this mean that the split screen
> text/scrolling only exists in mode X?  Is there a version of
> scroll_screen() that scrolls only part of the screen, or a BITMAP
> buffer?

In SVGA modes? I think the only easy way to do it in SVGA is to keep the
stuff you want to not scroll in a memory bitmap and blit it to the screen
after each scroll. Of course it might then flicker a bit.

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