OpenEuphoria

Re: OT: Any programs needed.. Jiri?

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Dec 11, 2005
• 592 views

Juergen Luethje wrote:
> Brian Broker wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > I wonder if Jiri still reads this list.  I still remember when he piped
> > in with his version of a program that made it properly "snow" on your
> > screen after somebody submitted their version to the list about this
> > time of year.
> > 
> > I just had to look it up:  Sun, 19 Dec 1999:
> > <a
> > href="http://www.listfilter.com/cgi-bin/esearch.exu?fromMonth=6&fromYear=1&toMonth=B&toYear=A&postedBy=Jiri+Babor&keywords=Snow">http://www.listfilter.com/cgi-bin/esearch.exu?fromMonth=6&fromYear=1&toMonth=B&toYear=A&postedBy=Jiri+Babor&keywords=Snow</a>
> 
> Very nice program!
> 
> > For those "newbies" unfamilar with Jiri, this guy could write some
> > mighty cool and clean code.  It might be DOS code but it still works to
> > this day AFAIK.
> 
> The program 'xmas.ex' to which your link above points runs fine with
> ex.exe 2.5, and also when translated and compiled with Watcom for DOS.
> But when I compile with DJGPP 2.03, the color of the text is gray
> instead of yellow. Is that a bug in the DJGPP compiler?

With DJGPP, Euphoria uses the Allegro graphics library.
With Watcom (for DOS), Euphoria uses the Watcom graphics library.
Euphoria's graphics modes are based on Watcom. When DJGPP is used, 
Euphoria tries to pick an equivalent Allegro-supported mode,
but sometimes there are slight differences. 

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com