define_nulltarget(3)

💖 define_nulltarget 💖

okay so bestie, this one is from the Arcan Lua API manual — it's define_nulltarget(3), and it is literally here to help you push an output subsegment into a target frameserver. slay. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

define_nulltarget — Push an output subsegment into a target frameserver 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

vid
define_nulltarget( vid:fsrv, func:callback )
define_nulltarget( vid:fsrv, string:type, func:callback )

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So for certain corner cases — typically clipboard 👀 — you might need to spawn a subsegment in a frameserver connection that has output characteristics, but other related functions such as define_feedtarget etc. lowkey don't need to be used, because the generic buffer transfer methods aren't in use. iykyk.

The optional type argument is reserved for future/other custom use targets, and the default type is that of the clipboard paste operation. no cap. 🫶

🦋 EXAMPLE 🦋

Here's the example exactly as it appears, bestie — copy it character for character:

function define_nulltarget0()
      target_alloc("demo", function(source, status)
            if (status.kind == "registered") then
                  local vid = define_nulltarget(source, function()
                  end);
                  target_input(vid, "hello world0);
            end
      end);
end

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• define_feedtarget(3)
• define_rendertarget(3)

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