al_start_timer(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is al_start_timer(3) from the Library Functions Manual, and it is your Allegro 5 API era — specifically the function that starts a timer. No cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_start_timer(ALLEGRO_TIMER *timer)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Start the timer specified, bestie. From then on, the timer’s counter will increment at a constant rate, and it will begin generating events. Periodt 💅.

• Starting a timer that is already started does nothing. Like, it literally does nothing — no drama, no reset, no extra sparkle.
• Starting a timer that was stopped will reset the timer’s counter, effectively restarting the timer from the beginning. It’s giving fresh start energy ✨.

🫶 lowkey important: “starting” a stopped timer is not just un-pausing it — the counter gets reset, so it restarts from the beginning.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_stop_timer(3)
• al_get_timer_started(3)
• al_resume_timer(3)

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💌 cute little sign-off: this page came from the Allegro reference manual, page al_start_timer(3), and the footer did not list a date — so that’s the whole vibe, bestie 🦋🎀