_set_color(3alleg4)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 _set_color 💖

okay so bestie, this is the _set_color(3alleg4) page from the Allegro manual, and it's giving niche inline palette energy ✨ buckle up.

🌸 NAME 🌸

_set_color — an inline version of set_color(). Part of the Allegro game programming library. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro.h>

void _set_color(int index, const RGB *p);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So _set_color is literally an inline version of set_color(), and it was intended for use inside the vertical retrace simulator callback function — that's retrace_proc, which is now deprecated, bestie. 😭

If you really must use _set_color from retrace_proc, note that it should only be used under DOS, in VGA mode 13h and mode-X. Some SVGA chipsets aren't VGA compatible — and this is the important part — set_color() and set_palette() will use VESA calls on these cards, but _set_color() doesn't know about that. 🙈

⚠️ so like, lowkey? This one is DOS-only and deprecated-adjacent. Don't come for me, I'm just reading the manual. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

This iconic little page is from Allegro, version 4.4.3, and it's literally the _set_color(3alleg4) manual — periodt 💅✨ no cap, go read set_color(3alleg4) next, bestie 🫶💖

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