d_text_proc(3alleg4)

✨ NAME ✨

d_text_proc, d_ctext_proc, d_rtext_proc — dialogs procedure drawing text onto the screen 💖 bestie this is from the Allegro game programming library, okurrr?

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int d_text_proc(int msg, DIALOG *d, int c);

int d_ctext_proc(int msg, DIALOG *d, int c);

int d_rtext_proc(int msg, DIALOG *d, int c);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so literally all three of these draw text onto the screen, no cap. 📝

• The dp field should point to the string you wanna display. That's it. That's the assignment. 👑

Here's the trio and what each one does with the vibe:

• d_ctext_proc() — centers the string horizontally 🎯 (main character, always in the middle fr)
• d_rtext_proc() — right aligns it ➡️ (she's late but she's aligned, periodt)

And the ampersand situation, because this one's important bestie, listen up 👂✨:

• Any '&' characters in the string will be replaced with lines underneath the following character, for displaying keyboard shortcuts — exactly like in MS Windows 🪟 iykyk
• Wanna display a single literal ampersand? Put "&&". Two of them. Not one. One is a shortcut, two is a whole ampersand 💅

🚨 also: if you wanna draw the text in something other than the default font, set the dp2 field to point to your custom font data. Custom font = custom era. 🎀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• exgui(3alleg4)
• exrgbhsv(3alleg4)

mwah 💋 that's the whole page. this one's from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3 — go slay some dialogs bestie, ily 🫶🌈⭐