From: jhaerle AT cybergal DOT com (miori k)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: help for AAlib-1.2
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:01:51 GMT
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I just got this ascii graphics library at the recommendation of a
friend (who I later found out cannot program; he merely saw the BB
graphics demo). 

As was stated in README, I also got the VGA lib and the TEXT lib, both
of which I was able to compile with a simple "make" command. When I
got around to compiling AAlib itself however (using "make -f
makefile.dos") I find that the file "stdin" requires "gpm.h". 

Copied direct from the dos box:
>C:\DJGPP\programs\aalibtst\aalib-1.2>make -f makefile.dos
>gcc -O2 -m486 -fstrength-reduce -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -I../text -Wall
>     -c aastdin.c -o aastdin.o
>aastdin.c:9: gpm.h: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
>make.exe: *** [aastdin.o] Error 1

>C:\DJGPP\programs\aalibtst\aalib-1.2>

Three questions: did I decipher the error message correctly? Where can
I find the gpm library for dos? (I already know its an integral part
of linux) And finally, does anyone else here know/use the AAlib ascii
art library?

In case anyone is interested, the homepage for the project is
http://horac.ta.jcu.cz//aa/

~luv, miori