ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO(3)

💖 ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO(3) 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Allegro reference manual — it's the ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO page, and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, and it's about to make you understand monitors. periodt. 🖥️✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

typedef struct ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO is a struct that describes a monitor's size and position relative to other monitors. it's giving "where am i in the world" energy but for screens. 🌈

here's the tea on the fields, fr fr:

• x1, y1 — these will be 0, 0 on the primary display. no cap. your main character monitor sits at the origin. 👑
• other monitors can have negative values if they're to the left of or above the primary display. yes bestie, negative coordinates are real and they're valid, don't panic 😭
• x2, y2 — these are the coordinates one beyond the bottom right pixel. the way that matters is: x2-x1 gives you the width, and y2-y1 gives you the height of the display. so it's like, exclusive-end coordinates, iykyk. 💅

and here's the whole struct laid out, exactly as it is:

typedef struct ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO
{
   int x1;
   int y1;
   int x2;
   int y2;
} ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO;

four ints. that's the entire icon. lowkey obsessed with how simple it is. 🫶

quick vibe check: x2 and y2 are one beyond the bottom-right pixel, not the bottom-right pixel itself. if you forget that you'll be off by one and we will NOT be doing that 🙈

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• al_get_monitor_info(3) — go read it, it's literally how you get one of these bad boys 💜

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that's the whole page, bestie — slayed, no notes 💅✨

this was the Allegro reference manual, and the original page footer said Allegro reference manual with the source/version date on the last line — consider this your cute little sign-off instead of a copy-paste 🎀🦋