aa_displayrecommended(3)

💅 aa_displayrecommended(3) — bestie edition

okay so we're in the Library Functions Manual section, and this little icon is called aa_displayrecommended. she's a library function page, she's been here since forever, and she's about to tell you exactly which display drivers the library is currently vibing with. no cap. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

aa_displayrecommended — list of recommended drivers, and yes that's literally the whole job. she's a list. she's recommended. she's everything. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <aalib.h>

extern aa_linkedlist *aa_displayrecommended;

it's an extern variable, bestie. a aa_linkedlist *. that's it, that's the whole synopsis, and honestly? iconic of her to be that low-effort and still be load-bearing. 💀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the list of recommended drivers — that's this variable right here — is used by the aa_autoinit family of functions. 🫶

and it gets altered by the aa_recommend family of functions.

that's the tea. the autoinit girlies read it, the recommend girlies write to it, and aa_displayrecommended sits in the middle like the main character she is. don't touch it unless you're one of those two families, fr fr. ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole aalib friend group, and yes we're tagging everyone, nobody gets left on read:

• save_d(3), mem_d(3), aa_help(3), aa_formats(3), aa_fonts(3)
• aa_dithernames(3), aa_drivers(3), aa_kbddrivers(3), aa_mousedrivers(3)
• aa_kbdrecommended(3), aa_mouserecommended(3), aa_defparams(3), aa_defrenderparams(3)
• aa_scrwidth(3), aa_scrheight(3), aa_mmwidth(3), aa_mmheight(3)
• aa_imgwidth(3), aa_imgheight(3), aa_image(3), aa_text(3), aa_attrs(3)
• aa_currentfont(3), aa_autoinit(3), aa_autoinitkbd(3), aa_autoinitmouse(3)
• aa_recommendhi(3), aa_recommendlow(3), aa_init(3), aa_initkbd(3), aa_initmouse(3)
• aa_close(3), aa_uninitkbd(3), aa_uninitmouse(3)
• aa_fastrender(3), aa_render(3), aa_puts(3), aa_printf(3), aa_gotoxy(3)
• aa_hidecursor(3), aa_showcursor(3), aa_getmouse(3), aa_hidemouse(3), aa_showmouse(3)
• aa_registerfont(3), aa_setsupported(3), aa_setfont(3)
• aa_getevent(3), aa_getkey(3), aa_resize(3), aa_resizehandler(3), aa_parseoptions(3)
• aa_edit(3), aa_createedit(3), aa_editkey(3), aa_putpixel(3)
• aa_recommendhikbd(3), aa_recommendlowkbd(3), aa_recommendhimouse(3), aa_recommendlowmouse(3)
• aa_recommendhidisplay(3), aa_recommendlowdisplay(3)

like, that's the entire group chat. 💖

k that's the page!! 🎀 this little writeup came from c2man aalib.h, and she was dated 8 September 1999 — yeah, she's vintage, she's a legacy queen, she's been slaying since before you were born. mwah 💅✨