DIALOG(3)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

DIALOG — bestie, this is the struct that stores a GUI description. It lives in the Allegro game programming library, and we're reading the Allegro manual together, so buckle up 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

typedef struct DIALOG

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: this is the structure that holds a whole GUI object. literally one struct running the whole vibe check of your interface 💅

here's what's inside it, every single field, no skips, no cuts:

  • int (*proc)(int, DIALOG *, int); — the dialog procedure, aka the message handler 👑
  • int x, y, w, h; — where the object sits and how big it is (position and size, bestie)
  • int fg, bg; — foreground and background colors 🌈
  • int key; — the ASCII keyboard shortcut ⌨️
  • int flags; — flags about the status of the object
  • int d1, d2; — whatever you want to use them for, no rules, go off 🫶
  • void *dp, *dp2, *dp3; — pointers to more object-specific data

and if you wanna know how to actually obtain or use this structure, go read the chapter "GUI routines" — it's giving required reading, fr fr 📖

not me being obsessed with a struct. it's iconic though. periodt.

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

mwah 💜 that's the whole page, babe. this was the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3 — go forth and build ur GUI, main character 🧚✨

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