set_mouse_sprite(3)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 set_mouse_sprite — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Allegro manual, section 3 (that's the library-functions girlies), and it's all about the function set_mouse_sprite. Allegro game programming library, if you were wondering. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

set_mouse_sprite — sets the mouse sprite. yes that's it. that's the whole name. Allegro game programming library. short, sweet, iconic. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

void set_mouse_sprite(BITMAP *sprite);

like. look at her. one include, one function, one pointer. no cap. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bestie. you don't like Allegro's mouse pointer? no problem. literally no problem. use this function to supply an alternative of your own — your own little cursor, your own vibe, your own main character moment. 🫶

and the way that you can just undo it?? if you change the pointer and then want to get Allegro's lovely arrow back again, you call:

set_mouse_sprite(NULL);

and boom. she's back. the arrow has returned. we love a reversible decision. 😭✨

as a bonus — and this is the part that lowkey eats — set_mouse_sprite(NULL) uses the current palette in choosing colors for the arrow. so if your arrow mouse sprite looks ugly after changing the palette, call set_mouse_sprite(NULL). that's the fix. that's the whole fix. go off. 🌈

fr fr: if your arrow is giving cursed after a palette change, that's your sign. call set_mouse_sprite(NULL) and let her pick her colors fresh. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the squad. the friend group. the ones you should also be reading:

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and that's the page!! this was Allegro, version 4.4.3, and the whole thing is filed under set_mouse_sprite(3) in section 3 of the Allegro manual. mwah. go set a mouse sprite. slay. 🎀🦋✨💖

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