aa_kbdrecommended(3)

💖 aa_kbdrecommended(3) 💖

okay bestie, buckle up, we're doing a whole deep dive on one (1) global variable from the Library Functions Manual. yes literally one variable. and she is iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

aa_kbdrecommended — the list of recommended drivers. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <aalib.h>

extern aa_linkedlist *aa_kbdrecommended;

look at her. an extern pointer to an aa_linkedlist. she's global, she's linked, she's a whole list. no cap. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. this variable is a list of recommended drivers, right? and bestie, she is busy — she's out here being used by the whole aa_autoinit family of functions, and she gets altered by the whole aa_recommend family of functions too. 🔥

basically: the autoinit girlies read from her, the recommend girlies write to her. she's the main character, fr fr. 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the group chat is large. everyone showed up. 🫶

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_mouserecommended(3), aa_displayrecommended(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 I said. everyone. 💀

a lil' footnote for the girlies who care about provenance: this page came out of c2man processing aalib.h, and it's dated 8 September 1999 — yes, before some of us were born, and she's still serving. 🌈

stay slay, read your manpages, mwah 💖✨