simple graphics in C - a newbie

[elspork]

I'm an amateur programmer, trying to make a transition from BASIC (Qbasic) to C. I'm interested in making simple graphical applications, ie. not 3d, like old nintendo. I had a handle on graphics in basic, but I need better memory control and speed.

My problem is that I can't sort out how to bring in the right combonation of libraries and includes to use simple line, circle, point kinds of functions. All the instruction I find uses borland's graphics.h, which seems to have vanished from existence.

I'm using borland's free bcc55 and Bloodshed's Dev-c++.

anyone willing to throw me a bone before I run crying home to Qbasic?


thanks
michael H

 

[zyBitX]

Here are some alternatives...

1. VGA programming using Mode13.

http://www.brackeen.com/home/vga/index.html

This is great fun!


2. Using the Borland graphics.h functions.

This functions are available from Borland Turbo C upto Borland C++ 5.01.


3. Using a 32bit emulation of the Borland functions called WinBGI.

http://www.garret.ru/~knizhnik/lang.html

4. Using Microsoft Direct X.

http://www.microsoft.com.windows/directx/default.aspx

5. Using Open GL.

http://www.opengl.org/

 

[Salem]

Well if you want something in the BGI mould, then consider downloading this library

Dev-C++ (if you have the latest 4.9.x) has what it calls a "devpack", which is a pre-build library system for dev-c++.
One of these is the libsdl graphics library, which is a bit more complex than BGI, but which ultimately will produce better results.

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