exhello(3alleg4)

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✨ exhello ✨ (section 3alleg4, Allegro manual, bestie)

okay so 💖 welcome to exhello, aka the cutest lil "hello world" but make it graphics. Yes it's literally the training-wheels example of the Allegro game programming library and yes it's iconic, no cap. 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

exhello — a simple graphical "hello world" program, part of the Allegro game programming library. That's the whole vibe. It's the first thing you run when you wanna prove to yourself that pixels actually listen to you. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro.h>

Example exhello

yep that's it. one include, one example. she's low maintenance. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This is a very simple program that shows you how to get into graphics mode and draw text onto the screen. That's the entire plot. No twist, no drama, just: enter graphics mode → write words → slay. 🫶

if you're new here, this is the starter pack. It's giving "first day of school outfit" energy — small, adorable, and secretly teaching you the fundamentals. 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

like, go read these next, fr fr. everything exhello leans on lives right here:

  • END_OF_MAIN(3alleg4)
  • SCREEN_H(3alleg4)
  • SCREEN_W(3alleg4)
  • acquire_screen(3alleg4)
  • allegro_error(3alleg4)
  • allegro_init(3alleg4)
  • allegro_message(3alleg4)
  • clear_to_color(3alleg4)
  • desktop_palette(3alleg4)
  • font(3alleg4)
  • install_keyboard(3alleg4)
  • key(3alleg4)
  • makecol(3alleg4)
  • readkey(3alleg4)
  • release_screen(3alleg4)
  • screen(3alleg4)
  • set_gfx_mode(3alleg4)
  • set_palette(3alleg4)
  • textout_centre_ex(3alleg4)

and that's the whole page, bestie. mwah. 💋

this was brought to you by the Allegro girlies, version 4.4.3, and it's filed under exhello(3alleg4) — go forth and draw some text. 🎀✨🦋

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