set_leds(3)

💖 set_leds — a manual page bestie

okay so this is set_leds(3), straight out of the Allegro manual — yes, that Allegro, the Allegro game programming library 💅 she's a classic and she's serving.

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✨ NAME ✨

set_leds — sets the state of the keyboard LED indicators. that's it, that's the job. Allegro game programming library, no cap 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

void set_leds(int leds);

like, one include, one function, one int. we love a low-effort icon ⭐

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically, set_leds overrides the state of the keyboard LED indicators. yes, those little lights on your keyboard. the ones your gamer keyboard has like 47 of. she's taking the wheel 🎮

the parameter you pass in is a bitmask, and it can hold any of these:

• KB_SCROLOCK_FLAG — scroll lock, the forgotten one 😭
• KB_NUMLOCK_FLAG — num lock, the diva
• KB_CAPSLOCK_FLAG — caps lock, the one that ruins your whole group chat message

or you can pass -1 to restore the default behavior. like a little "nvm bestie, carry on" 🫶

here's the example, verbatim, because we do not touch the code:

/* Cycle led indicators. */
set_leds(KB_SCROLOCK_FLAG);
rest(1000);
set_leds(KB_CAPSLOCK_FLAG);
rest(1000);
set_leds(KB_NUMLOCK_FLAG);
rest(1000);
set_leds(-1);

it's giving ✨keyboard rave✨ and honestly? obsessed.

⚠️ okay bestie, real talk, this part matters ⚠️ note that the led behaviour cannot be guaranteed on some platforms. some leds might not react, or none at all. 💀 so you shouldn't rely only on them to communicate information to the user, just in case it doesn't get through. fr fr, don't make the blinking lights your whole communication strategy 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• install_keyboard(3)
• key_led_flag(3)

go read those too, they're friends of the family 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3, and yeah — it's the set_leds(3) page, so you already knew that 💖 tysm for reading, mwah 🎀✨👑