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From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: "DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Alegro graphics library file nowhere to be found !!!!
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:47:04 +0100
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>> Or, in RHIDE, you can do it by typing alleg in one
>> of the library fields in Options->Libraries.
>>
>
>How do you mean alleg ?? there is not a direcory called alleg or a file
>called aleg ??


Typing alleg in the Options-Libraries box is the same as typing -lalleg in
the command line. What the compiler does is altomatically put the "lib" in
front of the "alleg" and put ".a" after. This way it saves typing. The
reason it can do this is because all libraries must start with "lib" so the
compiler already knows the first three letters of the library.

In summary, "alleg" refers to the file "liballeg.a"

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net