SDL_GetVideoSurface(3)

📦 version 1.2.15, in debian bookworm, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetVideoSurface — returns a pointer to the current display surface. 🖥️💖

okay so bestie, this is the SDL API Reference page for SDL_GetVideoSurface(3), and it's lowkey iconic. The name says it all: it gets the video surface. Periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature is giving:

#include "SDL.h"

SDL_Surface *SDL_GetVideoSurface(void);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function returns a pointer to the current display surface. 🪩

If SDL is doing format conversion on the display surface, this function returns the publicly visible surface, not the real video surface. 👀 no cap, that distinction matters.

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

  • SDL_Surface

mwah 💋 that's the whole page. it's from SDL, dated Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01, and the page is SDL_GetVideoSurface(3). bye bestie, go slay 🫶✨

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