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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 18:56:23 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: graphics
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jud wrote:
> 
> what is the best way to compile grahpics into a program? would i just have
> to make a huge array? or is there a better way?

If using Allegro, you can use a datafile.  Otherwise, it might be best
to make it into an assembly file, because GCC can take absurd amounts of
memory when compiling large initialized arrays.  Basically, it would
look something like this:

--- file pic.s ---
.data
.global _pic_array
_pic_array:
	# Here follows all the bytes of your image.
	.byte 42
	.byte 17

--- file pic.h ---
extern unsigned char pic_array[];
--- end ---

Then #include "pic.h" into your files, and access the array as usual. 
You can probably write a simple program to automate this, or hack
Allegro's DAT2S.
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Nate Eldredge
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