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NAME

       vsync - Waits for a vertical retrace to begin. Allegro game programming
       library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       void vsync();

DESCRIPTION

       Waits for a vertical retrace to begin. The  retrace  happens  when  the
       electron  beam in your monitor has reached the bottom of the screen and
       is moving back to the top ready for another  scan.  During  this  short
       period  the graphics card isn't sending any data to the monitor, so you
       can do things to it that  aren't  possible  at  other  times,  such  as
       altering  the  palette  without causing flickering (snow). Allegro will
       automatically wait for a retrace before altering the palette  or  doing
       any  hardware  scrolling,  though, so you don't normally need to bother
       with this function.

SEE ALSO

       set_palette(3alleg), scroll_screen(3alleg)