TICKIT_RENDERBUFFER_BLIT(3)

💅 TICKIT_RENDERBUFFER_BLIT(3) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Library Functions Manual ✨ this one is called tickit_renderbuffer_blit and it's genuinely one of the most underrated little functions out here. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tickit_renderbuffer_blit — copies buffer contents to another buffer

like, it's giving copy-paste but make it ✨graphics✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <tickit.h>

void tickit_renderbuffer_blit(TickitRenderBuffer *dst, const TickitRenderBuffer *src);

Link with -ltickit.

don't forget the link flag, bestie, or the compiler WILL humble you 😭

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: tickit_renderbuffer_blit() copies the stored state in the src buffer over to the dst buffer. that's it. that's the whole job. 💖

and listen — the src buffer is not reset afterwards, and it's not modified in any way. it stays exactly as it was. untouched. unbothered. main character energy, honestly. 👑

meanwhile, on the dst side, these things are respected:

• translation
• clipping masks
• current pen settings

so the destination gets its own rules applied, periodt.

now for the why — this function is intended for storing long-term screen state that rarely changes in an off-screen buffer stored by the application, which lets you do fast efficient rendering when you actually need it. it's the "prep once, flex forever" strategy. 🔥

⚠️ but real talk, if you're using this, you should be aware that memory allocated internally by the TickitRenderBuffer instance is only released by tickit_renderbuffer_reset(3). only. just that one. so don't come crying to me when your memory just sits there vibing forever 🙈

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💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

this function returns nothing. literally nothing. void. empty. a beautiful little nothing. void. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• tickit_renderbuffer_new(3)
• tickit_renderbuffer_flush_to_term(3)
• tickit_renderbuffer(7)
• tickit(7)

go read those too, iykyk 📚

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this was TICKIT_RENDERBUFFER_BLIT(3), straight out of the Library Functions Manual — same title top and bottom, because consistency is iconic 💅🫶 stay slaying, and remember: blit responsibly 🎀