acquire_screen(3)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 acquire_screen — Allegro manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Allegro manual, and it's a lil one but it's iconic so let's go ✨

✨ NAME ✨

acquire_screen — it's literally just a shortcut of acquire_bitmap(screen), from the Allegro game programming library. no cap, that's the whole vibe 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

void acquire_screen();

like, that's it. she's small. she's mighty. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

acquire_screen is the shortcut version of acquire_bitmap(screen) — same energy, less typing. that's the tea ☕

so instead of writing out acquire_bitmap(screen) every single time like a whole essay, you just hit acquire_screen() and you're done. lowkey obsessed with the efficiency fr fr 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read those too bestie, they're the rest of the story 👑

not me ending the page already 😭 it's a short one but she ate 💅

mwah, that's a wrap — this was the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3, and yeah the footer said acquire_screen(3) too because consistency is main character energy. byeee 💖✨

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