enable_triple_buffer(3alleg)

enable_triple_buffer3alleg

Enables triple buffering. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

int enable_triple_buffer();

Overview

If the GFX_CAN_TRIPLE_BUFFER bit of the gfx_capabilities field is not set, you can attempt to enable it by calling this function. In particular if you are running in mode-X in a clean DOS environment, this routine will enable the timer retrace simulator, which will activate the triple buffering functions.

Return value

Returns zero if triple buffering is enabled, -1 otherwise.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0–6.0

From liballegro-doc 2:4.2.2-2.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.