libalfont.a anyone? http://www.allegro.cc/forums/view/553393 Allegro.cc Forum Thread matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton) Sun, 18 Dec 2005 06:58:58 +0000

Can someone please attach or link me to libalfont.a? I'm using Dev-Cpp by the way and I can't seem to find this file.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 05:42:02 +0000

If you have a choice, use Glyph Keeper. ALFont is no longer maintained. That said, I can't, because I don't have it installed.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 05:50:12 +0000

ok, I'm looking int Glyph Keeper now...

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:05:50 +0000

If you download OpenLayer the .a file is included, though you'll have to get the manuals elsewhere.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Neil Walker) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:07:44 +0000

cool. I used libglyph.a from Openlayer. Openlayer to the rescue! thanks

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:28:27 +0000

I'm gonna bump this thread because I'm pretty sure you'll need it.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:46:03 +0000
Quote:

I'm gonna bump this thread because I'm pretty sure you'll need it.

good work, because now I'm having this problem :P :

I cannot convert the Glyph Keeper to the Allegro's FONT. The error is: "'gk_create_allegro_font' is undeclared;"

the function:

1int save_text_bmp(string filename, GLYPH_FACE *f, int font_size, string message, int font_color, int background_color, int padding_left, int padding_top, int padding_right, int padding_bottom)
2{
3 GLYPH_REND *rend;
4
5 if (!f) return 1;
6 rend = gk_create_renderer(f,0);
7 if (!rend) return 1;
8
9 gk_rend_set_size_pixels(rend, font_size, font_size);
10
11 int width = gk_text_width_utf8(rend, message.c_str());
12 int height = gk_rend_height_pixels(rend);
13 
14 //width += padding_left + padding_right;
15 //height += padding_top + padding_bottom;
16
17 BITMAP *b = create_bitmap(width, height);
18
19 clear_to_color(b, background_color);
20 
21 //gk_render_line_utf8(b, rend, message.c_str(), padding_left, padding_top);
22
23 FONT *afont;
24 afont = gk_create_allegro_font(rend);
25
26 textout_ex(b, afont, message.c_str(), padding_left, padding_top, font_color, -1);
27 
28 save_bitmap(filename.c_str(), b, NULL);
29 
30 destroy_bitmap(b);
31 
32 return 0;
33}

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:58:10 +0000

#define GLYPH_TARGET GLYPH_TARGET_ALLEGRO? The OpenLayer libglyph.a might have trouble because its target is GLYPH_TARGET_ALLEGROGL...

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:59:38 +0000

I added #define GLYPH_TARGET GLYPH_TARGET_ALLEGRO above the #include "glyph.h" line and it still gives me that error : "'gk_create_allegro_font' is undeclared;" or "undefined reference to 'gk_create_allegro_font'".

It is defined the glyph.h file, is it possible that it was not compiled into the Openlayer .a version?

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:17:41 +0000

Yes. If you get the "undefined reference", it means that the linker cannot find it. It was not compiled into OpenLayer. If you get "undeclared", it means the compiler cannot find it, amongst the .h files.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:21:50 +0000

I'm trying to compile Glyph Keeper myself but it failes -- see attachment. What am I doing wrong?

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:45:50 +0000

The compiler in the makefile is set to cc, instead of say gcc. Try 

make CC=gcc

. Also, if you clock the prompt's icon, you can go to Edit->Mark, select text, and press enter to copy it to the clipboard.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:57:27 +0000

I tried changing the cc's to gcc's in the makefile but it still will not compile.

also tried this:

1C:\gc>make CC=gcc
2make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
3 
4C:\gc>make.mingw
5 
6C:\gc>MINGDIR=C:\Dev-Cpp
7'MINGDIR' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
8operable program or batch file.
9 
10C:\gc>PATH=C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;C:\msys\1.0\bin;C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;C:\WIND
11OWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSy
12stem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared;C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;
13 
14C:\gc>make -f Makefile.MinGW TARGET=ALLEGRO
15Compiling Glyph Keeper / Allegro with MinGW
16cc -W -Wall -std=c89 -O3 -DGK_NO_LEGACY -DGLYPH_TARGET=GLYPH_TARGET_ALLEGRO -s -
17c -o obj/libgkalleg.o src/glyph.c
18process_begin: CreateProcess((null), cc -W -Wall -std=c89 -O3 -DGK_NO_LEGACY -DG
19LYPH_TARGET=GLYPH_TARGET_ALLEGRO -s -c -o obj/libgkalleg.o src/glyph.c, ...) fai
20led.
21make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
22make: *** [obj/libgkalleg.o] Error 2
23 
24C:\gc>

[edit] another alternative: is there a function that converts OpenLayer bitmap to an allegro Bitmap?

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:32:54 +0000

You forgot the CC=gcc on the last line.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Kitty Cat) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:45:54 +0000

I type
[edit]
make -f Makefile.MinGW TARGET=ALLEGRO CC=gcc
and get a slew of errors, most of them say "dereferencing pointer to incomplete type"

here is an exerpt:

1src/glyph_to_allegro.c:111: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
2src/glyph_to_allegro.c:111: error: `FT_RENDER_MODE_MONO' undeclared (first
3n this function)
4src/glyph_to_allegro.c: In function `gk_text_width_allegro':
5src/glyph_to_allegro.c:250: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
6src/glyph_to_allegro.c:256: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
7src/glyph_to_allegro.c:256: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
8src/glyph_to_allegro.c: In function `_gk_vtable_render_char':
9src/glyph_to_allegro.c:336: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
10src/glyph_to_allegro.c:339: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
11src/glyph_to_allegro.c:340: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
12src/glyph_to_allegro.c:346: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
13src/glyph_to_allegro.c: In function `_gk_vtable_render':
14src/glyph_to_allegro.c:388: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
15src/glyph_to_allegro.c:391: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
16src/glyph_to_allegro.c:392: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
17src/glyph_to_allegro.c:398: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
18src/glyph_to_allegro.c: In function `_gk_vtable_destroy':
19src/glyph_to_allegro.c:421: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
20src/glyph_to_allegro.c: In function `gk_create_allegro_font':
21src/glyph_to_allegro.c:484: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
22src/glyph_to_allegro.c:484: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
23src/glyph_to_allegro.c:489: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
24src/glyph_to_allegro.c:490: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:58:54 +0000

That'd probably be because Glyph can't find/isn't including FreeType... Check its docs?

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:16:28 +0000

I have found another way to get it to work.

I was able to do all the text drawing and stuff in OpenLayer, capture a screenshot, thanks to this thread: http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/552667 . then crop the bitmap and saved it.

Thanks for all your help.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:38:03 +0000

Wait, this was jsut a one-image deal? That couldn't've been done in MS Paint? :o

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:41:36 +0000

I plan on doing a bunch of them. They need to be the same font size, have the same margins, etc.

It's always a pain to do 10 in a row, only to find out they should be a font size smaller, or the margin is off... this way I can do them in batch.

Now to save them as a 16-color gif with a transparent background.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates) Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:39:55 +0000

Forgot about the allegrogl build, sorry. Do you still want a copy as it's just a quick recompile to get the original allegro version built?

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Neil Walker) Sun, 18 Dec 2005 06:58:58 +0000