system_identstr(3)

🎀 system_identstr(3) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Arcan Lua API manual — section 3, where we're talking about system_identstr. no cap, this one's a little diagnostic icon.

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💖 NAME 💖

• system_identstr — retrieve a string that identifies key subsystem components.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

identstr
system_identstr()

The synopsis is giving standalone identstr plus system_identstr(), exactly like that.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

There are literally so many combinations of graphics cards, library implementations etc. that can contribute to unwanted behaviors. Like, the chaos is real. To assist with troubleshooting, this function generates a non-sensitive string — and by non-sensitive we mean it's not divulging enough data to be usable to track, identify or profile a user — that can assist in debugging efforts. It's giving helpful little receipt, and that's the whole vibe. 🫶

🦋 EXAMPLE 🦋

Try this:

function system_identstr0()
      print( system_identstr() );
end

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• system

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xoxo, your Unix bestie 💅 — source/version: system, dated October 2026. slay and happy debugging ✨