exflip(3alleg4)

💅 exflip — the Allegro manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, so this is exflip, a page from the Allegro manual (that's 3alleg4, the Allegro game programming library section). it's a lil demo program that shows you the diff between double buffering and page flipping, and honestly? it's giving pedagogy. it's giving "watch me move this circle." slay.

✨ NAME ✨

exflip — Comparison of double buffering and page flipping. Allegro game programming library.

like, that's literally it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

Example exflip

no cap, that's the whole synopsis. one include, one example. minimalism is the moment. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: this program moves a circle across the screen. 🌈

and it does it twice, bestie, on purpose, because the whole point is the comparison:

1. first it does it with a double buffer 🎀
2. and then it does it using page flips 🎀

that's the entire demo. two techniques, one circle, one screen, and you get to see them side by side. it's lowkey iconic as a teaching moment. 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group, fr fr — go read these next:

• BITMAP(3alleg4)
• END_OF_MAIN(3alleg4)
• SCREEN_H(3alleg4)
• SCREEN_W(3alleg4)
• allegro_error(3alleg4)
• allegro_init(3alleg4)
• allegro_message(3alleg4)
• blit(3alleg4)
• circlefill(3alleg4)
• clear_keybuf(3alleg4)
• clear_to_color(3alleg4)
• create_bitmap(3alleg4)
• create_video_bitmap(3alleg4)
• desktop_palette(3alleg4)
• destroy_bitmap(3alleg4)
• font(3alleg4)
• install_keyboard(3alleg4)
• install_timer(3alleg4)
• keypressed(3alleg4)
• makecol(3alleg4)
• retrace_count(3alleg4)
• screen(3alleg4)
• set_gfx_mode(3alleg4)
• set_palette(3alleg4)
• show_video_bitmap(3alleg4)
• textprintf_ex(3alleg4)

🫶 that's the whole page, bestie. nothing hidden, nothing skipped, every single reference accounted for. you're welcome.

okay and before you go — this lil beauty came to you courtesy of Allegro, version 4.4.3 ✨ so go forth, move that circle, and remember: double buffer first, then page flip. periodt. 💖🎀🌸🧚