The containers no longer force the user to use the ptrdiff_t type for
size information. For convenience, size() now always returns an int,
and the size_s() method offers a way to handle arrays with more than
2 billion elements. Internally, we still use ptrdiff_t, though.

Since so much code had to be changed, I took the opportunity to get
rid of capitalised accessors for classes that are lowercase.

scene so that g_scene can be deprecated later.

that 2-year old "temporary Win32 hack".

currently works for images (SDL and GDI+ loaders) and sound samples.

calls so that they take a number of vertices or indexes, not elements.

on Windows if using Visual Studio; if using MinGW, try to stick to the
original main() entry point.

do not open a console at startup.

make sure each .vcxproj file is with its corresponding source code.

"half" class. The build is now 3% faster.

it's a bit less confusing.

class, so that the calling code does not need to know what the backend is.

retrieve the constant's register index in the description table. This also
allows us to use a single uniform handle for both the vertex and pixel
shaders in a PS3 Cg program.

cannot used DirectX 10 because my video card only supports DX9, and there
is no compatibility layer. DX11 has feature levels for older hardware so
it would work with a DX9 card, but it's not available for WinXP.

tweak the triangle tutorial to make it shorter.

works on the Xbox.

link properly on the Xbox.