exjoy(3)

✨ exjoy ✨

okay bestie, so this one's from the Allegro manual (yes, that Allegro, the game programming library legend) and it's literally just called exjoy. it's giving "example program" energy and honestly? iconic. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

exjoy — detecting, calibrating and using joystick input. it's part of the Allegro game programming library, and yes she does all three of those things, no cap. 🎮

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

Example exjoy

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one include, one example. simple. clean. slay. ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea: this program uses the Allegro library to detect and read the value of a joystick. like, it actually talks to your controller. main character energy fr fr. 🕹️

the output of the program is a small target sight on the screen, and you can move it around. it's lowkey adorable, highkey functional. 🎯

and at the same time, the program will tell you what you are doing with the joystick — whether you're moving or firing. that's it. that's the whole thing. she's a demo, she's a vibe check, she's perfect. 😌

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so if you wanna go down the rabbit hole (and you SHOULD, bestie, iykyk), here's the full squad of related pages, all of them, no skips, no skips allowed:

• BITMAP(3)
• END_OF_MAIN(3)
• SCREEN_H(3)
• SCREEN_W(3)
• allegro_error(3)
• allegro_init(3)
• allegro_message(3)
• blit(3)
• calibrate_joystick(3)
• calibrate_joystick_name(3)
• circle(3)
• clear_bitmap(3)
• clear_keybuf(3)
• create_bitmap(3)
• default_palette(3)
• destroy_bitmap(3)
• drawing_mode(3)
• font(3)
• install_joystick(3)
• install_keyboard(3)
• joy(3)
• key(3)
• keypressed(3)
• num_joysticks(3)
• palette_color(3)
• poll_joystick(3)
• putpixel(3)
• readkey(3)
• screen(3)
• set_gfx_mode(3)
• set_palette(3)
• textout_centre_ex(3)
• textprintf_centre_ex(3)
• textprintf_ex(3)

and that's the whole page bestie 🫶 this lil' beauty is from Allegro, version 4.4.3, and it goes by exjoy(3). periodt. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸