Allegro 4.9.8 released

02/09/2009 12:26 PM | Matthew Leverton

This is a work-in-progress (WIP) release for the future Allegro 5.0.

Lots of bug fixes.
Renamed file system functions and updated the rest of the library to use them.
Added path functions: al_path_clone(), al_path_make_canonical(), al_path_make_absolute(),
al_path_set_extension(), al_{get,set}_orgname, al_{get,set}_appname}
functions.
Added a new, dynamically allocating UTF-8 string API, and removed many old Unicode string functions.
Clarified behaviour of al_config_add_comment, al_config_set_value with
regards to whitespace and leading comment marks.
Added separate alpha blending.
Added a field to the mouse state struct to indicate the display the mouse is
currently on.
Made DirectX enumerate all joysticks/gamepads properly by using a device
type new to DirectInput 8.
Added a primitives addon.
Revamp interface for kcm_audio addon to make simple cases easier.
Added native .wav support and save sample routines to acodec addon.
Added a colors addon.
Added memory file addon and example.
Improved TTF addon