current_context_usage(3)

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version 0.7.1 · 2 versions
, in nixos 26.05

🎀 current_context_usage 🎀

okay so bestie, this page is from the Arcan Lua API manual, and the main character is current_context_usage. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

current_context_usage — return how many cells the current context has, and how many of those cells are currently unused. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

       total, used
       current_context_usage()

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So this function sweeps the VID pool of the currently active context and counts — that’s O(n), no cap — how many of those are in use. Then it returns how many slots are available in total, and how many are maked as used. Yes, “maked” — we keep the original typo energy, it’s iconic. 😭

The number of free slots can be found by subtracting used from total. Math ate, fr fr. 🔥

🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

Peep the example — it fills a surface, prints the usage, fills another surface, and prints the usage again:

       function current_context_usage0()
             a = fill_surface(32, 32, 0, 0, 0);
             print(current_context_usage());
             b = fill_surface(32, 32, 0, 0, 0);
             print(current_context_usage());
       end

mwah 💋 — this cute little page comes from source/version vidsys, dated October 2026. 🌈

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