1show_video_bitmap(3) Allegro manual show_video_bitmap(3)
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6 show_video_bitmap - Flips the hardware screen to use the specified
7 page. Allegro game programming library.
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10 #include <allegro.h>
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13 int show_video_bitmap(BITMAP *bitmap);
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16 Attempts to page flip the hardware screen to display the specified
17 video bitmap object, which must be the same size as the physical
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21 Allegro will handle any necessary vertical retrace synchronisation when
22 page flipping, so you don't need to call vsync() before it. This means
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31 video_page[0] = create_video_bitmap(SCREEN_W, SCREEN_H);
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46 scroll_screen(3), create_video_bitmap(3), exaccel(3), exflip(3), exup‐
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51Allegro version 4.4.2 show_video_bitmap(3)