WildMidi_GetVersion(3)

💖 WildMidi_GetVersion — a whole page from the WildMidi Programmer's Manual 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to learn the single most low-effort, highest-reward function in libWildMidi 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

WildMidi_GetVersion — get the library version 🎀

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📚 LIBRARY 📚

libWildMidi

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <wildmidi_lib.h>

long WildMidi_GetVersion (void);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So basically, you call this and it just… hands you the library version. That's it. That's the whole job. 💖

And here's the iconic part: it does not require library initialization. Not even a little. You do not need to call WildMidi_Init first, you do not need to set anything up, you can just roll up, ask for the version, and leave. no cap. It's giving "I don't need a whole production to answer one question" ✨

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🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

It returns the library version, periodt. 👑

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Here's the vibe, copy it exactly bestie:

long ver = WildMidi_GetVersion();
printf("libWildMidi-%ld.%ld.%ld\n",
       (ver>>16) & 255, (ver>>8) & 255, (ver) & 255);

like… look at those bit shifts doing their little main-character moment 😭 the version is packed all into one long and you're just shifting and masking to pull the pieces out. iconic.

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the whole friend group, all of them, in order:

• WildMidi_Init(3)
• WildMidi_MasterVolume(3)
• WildMidi_Open(3)
• WildMidi_OpenBuffer(3)
• WildMidi_SetOption(3)
• WildMidi_GetOutput(3)
• WildMidi_GetMidiOutput(3)
• WildMidi_GetInfo(3)
• WildMidi_FastSeek(3)
• WildMidi_Close(3)
• WildMidi_Shutdown(3)
• wildmidi.cfg(5)

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

the devs themselves, absolute legends:

• Chris Ison <chrisisonwildcode@gmail.com>
• Bret Curtis <psi29a@gmail.com>

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

ok so this next part is the legal bit and I need you to actually read it, bestie, because it's not a vibe, it's a license 🫡

Copyright (C) WildMidi Developers 2001-2016

This file is part of WildMIDI.

WildMIDI is free software: you can redistribute and/or modify the player under the terms of the GNU General Public License, and you can redistribute and/or modify the library under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation — either version 3 of the licenses, or (at your option) any later version. 🎀

WildMIDI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 💀

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with WildMIDI. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

This manpage is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. 🌸

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⚠️ tiny but important heads-up: the warranty disclaimer is not a joke and neither is the licensing. That part is real and it means what it says. 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ written down on 10 March 2016, coming to you straight from the WildMidi Programmer's Manual and filed under WildMidi_GetVersion(3) 💅🎀💖