AL_APPEND_NATIVE_TEXT_LOG(3)

💖 al_append_native_text_log — Library Functions Manual 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Library Functions Manual corner of the Allegro 5 API, and this function is literally the main character rn. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

al_append_native_text_log — Allegro 5 API. that's the icon, that's the function, periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

include this header:

#include <allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h>

then call it like this, exactly:

void al_append_native_text_log(ALLEGRO_TEXTLOG *textlog,
   char const *format, ...)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what it does: it appends a line of text to the message log window and scrolls to the bottom — but only if the line would not be visible otherwise. yep, the scroll-to-bottom is conditional, not just automatic every single time, okay? 👑

It works like printf. A line is continued until you add a newline character. no newline, no new line, iykyk. 😌

And plot twist: if the window is NULL, then this function will fall back to calling printf. that's the convenience flex — it makes it convenient to support logging to a window or a terminal. 🫶

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that's the whole page, bestie 🧚 source is the Allegro reference manual, footer title is al_append_...ve_text_log(3), and there's no version or date printed in the footer — so no invented numbers, just exact facts and impeccable vibes. 💜