create_video_bitmap
Creates a video memory bitmap.
Description
Allocates a video memory bitmap of the specified size. This can be used
to allocate offscreen video memory for storing source graphics ready for
a hardware accelerated blitting operation, or to create multiple video
memory pages which can then be displayed by calling show_video_bitmap().
Read the introduction of this chapter for a comparison with other types
of bitmaps and other specific details.
Warning: video memory bitmaps are usually allocated from the same space
as the screen bitmap, so they may overlap with it; it is therefore not
a good idea to use the global screen at the same time as any surfaces
returned by this function.
Returns a pointer to the bitmap on success, or NULL if you have run out
of video ram. Remember to destroy this bitmap before any subsequent
call to set_gfx_mode().
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