07/22/2007 6:56 AM | Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz

This is an update release that corrects bugs and adds new features to Allegro 4.2. It is source (API) compatible with previous versions except for minor differences documented at docs/html/api.html [alleg.sourceforge.net]. Here is a list of the principal changes since version 4.2.1:

• Added support for the Digital Mars C compiler.
  
• Improved MacOS X support.
  
• Corrected some bugs in the Windows GDI and DirectX code.
  
• More robust code for application switching in both Windows and Linux ports.
  
• Fixed rendering bugs in stretch_blit() and polygon().
  
• Now load_bios_font() correctly handles 8x16 fonts.
  
• New functions is_trans_font() and font_has_alpha().
  
• Many more bugfixes and overall improvements.
  

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