SDL_LogMessage(3)

💖 SDL_LogMessage(3) — the SDL3 FUNCTIONS glow-up 💖

okay bestie so we're in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual and today's main character is SDL_LogMessage. she logs a message with the category and priority you pick. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_LogMessage — Log a message with the specified category and priority.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_log.h>

void SDL_LogMessage(int category,
                SDL_LogPriority priority,
                const char *fmt, ...);

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💅 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 💅

• category — the category of the message. iykyk, it's the little tag that says where this log came from.
• priority — the priority of the message. how loud are we being rn, basically.
• fmt — a printf() style message format string. she's giving format string energy, she's giving % tokens.
• ... — additional parameters matching % tokens in the fmt string, if any. no % tokens? then no extra args, fr fr.

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread. no cap, any thread, go wild. 🦋

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, bestie, it's not there. sorry. 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• SDL_Log(3)
• SDL_LogCritical(3)
• SDL_LogDebug(3)
• SDL_LogError(3)
• SDL_LogInfo(3)
• SDL_LogMessageV(3)
• SDL_LogTrace(3)
• SDL_LogVerbose(3)
• SDL_LogWarn(3)

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🫶 go log something, bestie. the terminal wants to hear you. obsessed. 👑

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