al_get_display_menu(3)

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okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API corner of the Library Functions Manual — this is the whole vibe for al_get_display_menu, and it's lowkey short but highkey useful. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

al_get_display_menu — the Allegro 5 API function that gets a display's menu.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h>

ALLEGRO_MENU *al_get_display_menu(ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea, bestie: al_get_display_menu returns the menu associated with the display. That's the whole function. 🫶

and if the display does not have a menu? you get NULL, so don't go acting like that pointer is main character energy without checking, fr fr. 😭

🦋 SINCE 🦋

5.1.0 — iconic behavior since then, no cap. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

al_set_display_menu(3) — the matching setter bestie, go peek at it too. 👑

made with 💖 from the Allegro reference manual — catch you in the next manpage, bestie! 🫶✨

📦 where this page comes from

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al_get_display_menu(3)