exconfig(3)

💖 exconfig — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is exconfig(3), a lil page from the Allegro manual, and it's literally all about using the configuration routines. yes, the Allegro game programming library ones. we're learning today. pull up a chair. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

Example exconfig

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay bestie, listen. this is a very simple program that shows you how to use the Allegro configuration (ini file) routines. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

so when you first look at the example, you're gonna be like… "girl, this is just a static graphic and it's waiting for a key press??" and yes. correct. that IS what it looks like. 🙈

BUT — and this is the part that eats — the way that graphic gets displayed is fully configured through a custom exconfig.ini file that gets loaded manually. not automatically. manually. you have to do it yourself. periodt.

and from that file, the example pulls out parameters like:

• fullscreen / windowed mode — pick your vibe
• a specific graphic resolution to set up
• which graphic to actually show
• how to blit it</blit> onto the screen

and etc. etc. the whole thing. it's giving "configuration-driven demo" and honestly? iconic. 👑

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

like obviously you're gonna wanna know about all of these, no cap:

• BITMAP(3)
• END_OF_MAIN(3)
• RGB(3)
• SCREEN_H(3)
• SCREEN_W(3)
• allegro_init(3)
• allegro_message(3)
• blit(3)
• clear_bitmap(3)
• destroy_bitmap(3)
• font(3)
• get_config_argv(3)
• get_config_int(3)
• get_config_string(3)
• install_keyboard(3)
• line(3)
• load_bitmap(3)
• makecol(3)
• pop_config_state(3)
• push_config_state(3)
• readkey(3)
• screen(3)
• set_color_depth(3)
• set_config_file(3)
• set_gfx_mode(3)
• set_palette(3)
• stretch_blit(3)
• textout_centre_ex(3)
• textprintf_centre_ex(3)
• ustrdup(3)
• ustricmp(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie. this one came from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3, dated way back — mwah, love that for us. go configure something cute. 💖✨🫶