Re: canvas for games?

[Gustavo Joćo Alves Marques Carneiro <ee96090 fe up pt>]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 al584493@mail.mty.itesm.mx wrote:

> Well I don't think canvas is good enough but for static sceen games, its 
> too much of a generic engine, and its purpose is not games.
> 
> try SDL library look for it at www.google.org/linux
> 
> Mmm I read on a reply about ALLEGRO.
  
  Maybe it was me :)

> 
> did someone made an ALLEGRO widget for  gnome????????
 
  I wish... but I don't think so. 

> I used allegro years ago on DOS, but when I tested it on X windows, I 
> hated it, it takes all the CPU. 

  Allegro has recently improved a lot in unix.  The latest WIP supports X
with DGA, SHM, etc.  In linux it also supports svgalib, plain vga (with
great console switching code), sound with OSS, joystick.  And it's not a
seperate version of Allegro for X windows.  The same package compiles on
UNIX, DOS, WINDOWS, etc.

> 
> what is better ALLEGRO or SDL?
> 

  I don't know SDL.  Someday I'll try it...

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