al_set_joy...mappings_f(3)

💖 al_set_joy...mappings_f(3) 💖

okay so this one is from the Library Functions Manual, and it's all about feeding joystick mappings into Allegro from a file object. stay with me bestie, it's short and slay 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

al_set_joystick_mappings_f — Allegro 5 API.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_set_joystick_mappings_f(ALLEGRO_FILE *f)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So al_set_joystick_mappings_f sets the joystick mappings from a file object. You can call it multiple times, and each call adds to and overrides the mappings that already exist. It uses the SDL version 2.0.16 format mappings.

This can and typically should be called before calling al_install_joystick — like, that's the move, bestie, set up your mappings before the joystick install era begins ✨

⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.2.11 — that's when this icon showed up, no cap.

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

• al_set_joystick_mappings_f(3) — the see-also reference, exactly as listed.

[Unstable API]: New API. — so yeah, it's labeled new API and unstable, keep that in mind 🫶

---

Source/version: Allegro reference manual. Page tag: al_set_joy...mappings_f(3). Date: not listed on this page, so I'm not making one up 💜 byeee, go set those mappings 🎀