I would like to ask a question about C graphics.
I regard myself as a hobbyist programmer transitioning from BASIC
to C. I do not intend to go to C++ or ever become a professional
programmer.
I would like to leave BASIC behind now and move forward with Linux
Mint and gcc. I have written a few small programs in C but I do regard
myself still as something of a beginner.
I am trying to do an example using graphics in C to draw simple lines etc.
The Book is called is called "Chaos and Fractals" by Peitgen et al
and the BASIC example is on p61 of that book if anyone has access to it.
I have heard about the <graphics.h> header which is very
old coming from Borland Turbo C days and not supported by gcc.
There are apparently ways to still reuse graphics.h in gcc but I have seen
warnings about not using a 16 bit header file for a 64 bit machine.
I am not sure where to go from here and even unsure of what questions to ask.
I worried about doing graphics in a GUI window because that might involve
even more complicated things that I was hoping not to get involved with
at this stage. Is there a modern equivalent of graphics.h that I should
look at?
What advice might people have for me on going forward? I really need some
sort of an idea of how to move forward. I have looked briefly at SDl
and openGL but these seem to be overkill at this stage.
Regards
Tony Aimer
Johannesburg
I regard myself as a hobbyist programmer transitioning from BASIC
to C. I do not intend to go to C++ or ever become a professional
programmer.
I would like to leave BASIC behind now and move forward with Linux
Mint and gcc. I have written a few small programs in C but I do regard
myself still as something of a beginner.
I am trying to do an example using graphics in C to draw simple lines etc.
The Book is called is called "Chaos and Fractals" by Peitgen et al
and the BASIC example is on p61 of that book if anyone has access to it.
I have heard about the <graphics.h> header which is very
old coming from Borland Turbo C days and not supported by gcc.
There are apparently ways to still reuse graphics.h in gcc but I have seen
warnings about not using a 16 bit header file for a 64 bit machine.
I am not sure where to go from here and even unsure of what questions to ask.
I worried about doing graphics in a GUI window because that might involve
even more complicated things that I was hoping not to get involved with
at this stage. Is there a modern equivalent of graphics.h that I should
look at?
What advice might people have for me on going forward? I really need some
sort of an idea of how to move forward. I have looked briefly at SDl
and openGL but these seem to be overkill at this stage.
Regards
Tony Aimer
Johannesburg
