exmidi(3)

✨ exmidi — the manual page, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to exmidi(3) from the Allegro manual, aka the Allegro game programming library. this is the page that tells you how to play MIDI music, and honestly? it's giving main character energy. let's get into it. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

exmidi — playing MIDI music. it lives in the Allegro game programming library. periodt. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the whole vibe, verbatim, no cap:

#include <allegro.h>

Example exmidi

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so, what does this program even do? it's a demo, bestie. a whole little showcase. this program demonstrates how to play MIDI files. that's it, that's the whole thing, and it ate. 🎵✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the cross-reference section, aka the group chat tag list. every single one of these is invited to the function:

• END_OF_MAIN(3)
• MIDI(3)
• SCREEN_H(3)
• SCREEN_W(3)
• allegro_error(3)
• allegro_init(3)
• allegro_message(3)
• clear_to_color(3)
• desktop_palette(3)
• destroy_midi(3)
• font(3)
• get_filename(3)
• get_midi_length(3)
• install_keyboard(3)
• install_sound(3)
• install_timer(3)
• key(3)
• keypressed(3)
• load_midi(3)
• makecol(3)
• midi_pause(3)
• midi_pos(3)
• midi_resume(3)
• midi_time(3)
• play_midi(3)
• readkey(3)
• rectfill(3)
• rest(3)
• screen(3)
• set_display_switch_mode(3)
• set_gfx_mode(3)
• set_palette(3)
• text_height(3)
• text_length(3)
• textprintf_centre_ex(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie, you read it, you understood it, you slayed. 🫶

this little love letter to MIDI comes to you from Allegro, version 4.4.3, and the page is dated exmidi(3) — no notes, iconic, bye. 💜🌸