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On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 07:07:33AM +0700, Michael Bukin wrote:
> If program uses SYSTEM_AUTODETECT, then library tries to use X-Windows
> system driver first, which tries to open display connection. If that
> fails, then library tries next system driver.
OK, but you need to make it fail sometimes. :)
> Users can disable either X-Windows or console (or both) versions when
> building. For disabling X-Windows version use '--without-x' configure
> switch (not in all3918), for console version there is no support in
> configure script yet.
I had a look but couldn't work out the syntax well enough to see
how to add this, sorry. I just about managed to put in the
MAYBE_ALLEGRO_LINUX_FILES. :) I don't seem to have any docs for
autoconf, either.
> Maybe we should add option in configure script for choosing which
> system driver should be tried first?
Maybe, but the Linux one won't often fail (except on non-Linux
machines) I don't think.
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