From: gautam AT interlog DOT com (Gautam N. Lad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro: clear_to_color()
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 97 18:29:37 GMT
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Hi,
   mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) wrote:
>: Ok, first of all, is the 'screen' a BITMAP *?  When I say screen, I mean what
>: ever is written to it, goes to the screen (eg. line(screen,10,10,400,39,5); ).
>
>Yes, it is. You can only use it when you're in a graphics mode though.

Well, I'm in a graphics mode.

>: When I did this:
>: clear_to_color(screen,WHITE);
>: I get a GPF.  Why?  Isn't a screen a BITMAP *?
>
>Did you set_gfx_mode first? Did the call to set_gfx_mode succeed? I expect
>one of those is your problem. :)

Yes.  I was in graphics mode (set using the GFX_AUTODETECT).  RIght after 
graphics system was init., I called the function, and I get a GPF.

Is it a bug?
Bye!

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