os_type(3)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 os_type — bestie's guide to knowing what OS you're on 💖

okay so this is from the Allegro manual, and honestly? it's giving vital intel. 🕵️♀️ this page is os_type(3), and it's here to tell you what operating system Allegro thinks you're running on. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

extern int os_type;

that's it. one lil int. she's small but she knows things. 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so allegro_init() sets this variable for you — you don't set it yourself, bestie, she sets it — and it'll be one of these values, each one a whole different vibe:

  • OSTYPE_UNKNOWN — unknown, or regular MSDOS. literally the "idk her" of OS types 💀
  • OSTYPE_WIN3 — Windows 3.1 or earlier
  • OSTYPE_WIN95 — Windows 95
  • OSTYPE_WIN98 — Windows 98
  • OSTYPE_WINME — Windows ME
  • OSTYPE_WINNT — Windows NT
  • OSTYPE_WIN2000 — Windows 2000
  • OSTYPE_WINXP — Windows XP
  • OSTYPE_WIN2003 — Windows 2003
  • OSTYPE_WINVISTA — Windows Vista
  • OSTYPE_OS2 — OS/2
  • OSTYPE_WARP — OS/2 Warp 3
  • OSTYPE_DOSEMU — Linux DOSEMU
  • OSTYPE_OPENDOS — Caldera OpenDOS
  • OSTYPE_LINUX — Linux 🐧
  • OSTYPE_SUNOS — SunOS/Solaris
  • OSTYPE_FREEBSD — FreeBSD
  • OSTYPE_NETBSD — NetBSD
  • OSTYPE_IRIX — IRIX
  • OSTYPE_DARWIN — Darwin
  • OSTYPE_QNX — QNX
  • OSTYPE_UNIX — Unknown Unix variant
  • OSTYPE_BEOS — BeOS
  • OSTYPE_MACOS — MacOS
  • OSTYPE_MACOSX — MacOS X

like… that's a whole roster. 25 of them. one of these is gonna be your answer and you're gonna feel so seen. 🦋

fr fr: you don't assign this, allegro_init() does. just read it and move on. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too, they're the friend group. 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil number lives in the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3, and yeah — os_type(3) is the moment. mwah. 💋🎀✨

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