xosd_set_shadow_offset(3)

✨ xosd_set_shadow_offset ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the <xosd.h> cinematic universe 💖 this one's from the Library Functions Manual, and it's giving "make your on-screen display look expensive" energy. iykyk.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xosd_set_shadow_offset — the little function that changes the shadow-offset of the XOSD window 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <xosd.h>

int xosd_set_shadow_offset (xosd* osd, int shadow_offset);

like. two args. that's it. we love a low-effort glow-up 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: a black shadow gets drawn underneath the main XOSD window, and it's there to increase readability — and also, fr fr, 'cos it looks cool. iconic behaviour, no notes. 👑

What xosd_set_shadow_offset does is change the size of that shadow by altering how many pixels the shadow is offset from the main display — and it offsets it to the bottom-right, just so you know the vibe. 🌈

One to four pixels usually is sufficient to get a good effect. that's the sweet spot, bestie. don't go feral with it. ✨

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• osd — the on-screen display object to act on. your main character. the one we're doing all this for. 🎀
• shadow_offset — offset of black shadow from main text, in pixels. yes, pixels. the unit of measure for all things slay. 📏

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• On success, a zero is returned. 🎉
• On error, -1 is returned. 😭 (not the vibe, but at least it tells you.)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• xosd_init(3)
• xosd_display(3)

go read those too, bestie, they're part of the lore 🦋

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lowkey a public service announcement: this is the X OSD Library, dated 2002-06-25. so yeah, she's vintage. vintage is iconic tho. 👑

mwah 💋 go forth and offset your shadows responsibly. 🌸🫶