
	
        VESALIB 1.4         QUICK INSTALLATION NOTES            24.6.99
	

	GENERAL:
	
	This is a graphics library for the freeware Pacific-C compiler.
	You can get this compiler together with complete documentation
	from the following sites:

		ftp://ftp.htsoft.com
	or:
		http://www.htsoft.com

	Make sure, that you also get the command line compiler pacc.exe
	from one of these sites. This compiler is a very good 16-bit
	C-compiler for DOS. It comes with an integrated development
	environment (IDE) with syntax coloring and all specialities,
	needed to compile larger projects. Pacific-C is an ANSI-C
	compiler with its own assembler, debugger and some other tools
	to make programmers life easier. I highly recommend this
	compiler especially to beginners of the C language, but also to
	more experienced C programmers.

	INSTALLATION:
	
	First copy the archive "vesalib4.zip" to your Pacific C
        directory and extract it from there with the command:

                pkunzip -d vesalib4.zip

        For proper library compilation the VESALIB folder must be at
        the same directory level as the other Pacific C folders.
        After extraction your directory tree should look like this:

                                Ŀ
				  PACIFIC  
				
	       Ŀ
	   Ŀ	Ŀ	 Ŀ    Ŀ
	     BIN  	  INCLUDE  	   LIB        VESALIB  
                       
		   Ĵ
	       Ŀ    Ŀ	  Ŀ    Ŀ
	         DOC        PRG  	    SRC        TEST	
	           	      

	After extracting the files change to the VESALIB directory
	and start the main batch file "run.bat"

	This file will make all major tasks very easy. It allows you to:

                - compile and move the library file,
                - test the supported video modes,
                - install two TSR programs for video speedup,
                - run all the test programs.

        If you passed all the test programs successfully, VESALIB
        should work on your system without any problems.

	Now go to the "test" directory and open the demo files with
	your editor to see, how to use this library.

        You will find extensive information and help about this
        library in the documentation file "vesalib.doc" inside the
        "doc" directory. You should print out this file and read it
        before doing any mayor programming task with VESALIB.

	I have done my best and tested the library over and over again
	with ever changing programs, trying to find out any remaining
	bugs. As far as I know, there should be no problems with an
        average hardware equipment (minimum: 386 and VESA 1.2 compliant
	video card). But nobody is perfect, so if you should find any
        nasty bugs in my sources, or while running any of the supplied
	test programs, please let me know it. I will fix it, as soon
	as possible and send you the corrected version.

        In the "src" directory you'll find a batch file "a.bat" for
        assembling "vesainfo.as". You can also use this batch file to
        assemble and run other assembler files. Inside the "test"
        folder you'll also find a batch file "c.bat" for compiling and
        running C programs. If you don't use "q.exe" for editing, you
        should simply change the line with "q err.txt ..." and put
        the name of your editor here. Look at the command line of this
        batch file to see, how to compile C programs properly.

        I hope, you will enjoy this tiny graphics library.

        Detlef Reimers
        email: dreimers@aol.com

