exmidi(3alleg4)

💿 exmidi — the manual page, but make it a vibe 💿

okay bestie, so this is exmidi, straight out of the Allegro manual — it's a page in the 3alleg4 section, and it's basically the manual's lil tutorial era. Allegro is a game programming library, and this page is here to hand you a whole working example. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

exmidi — playing MIDI music. Allegro game programming library. 🎵

Like, the whole point is MIDI files. That's the gig. That's the assignment. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

Example exmidi

yeah so you pull in <allegro.h> like always, and then there's this example called exmidi. simple. clean. no notes. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the tea: this program demonstrates how to play MIDI files. That's it. That's the description. It's a demo, it's showing you the moves, and honestly? iconic of it to be so direct. 👑

MIDI files go in, music comes out, you learn how it's done. main character tutorial energy fr fr. 🦋

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the group chat of related pages, all of them, no gatekeeping, we love a generous cross-reference list 💖:

• END_OF_MAIN(3alleg4)
• MIDI(3alleg4)
• SCREEN_H(3alleg4)
• SCREEN_W(3alleg4)
• allegro_error(3alleg4)
• allegro_init(3alleg4)
• allegro_message(3alleg4)
• clear_to_color(3alleg4)
• desktop_palette(3alleg4)
• destroy_midi(3alleg4)
• font(3alleg4)
• get_filename(3alleg4)
• get_midi_length(3alleg4)
• install_keyboard(3alleg4)
• install_sound(3alleg4)
• install_timer(3alleg4)
• key(3alleg4)
• keypressed(3alleg4)
• load_midi(3alleg4)
• makecol(3alleg4)
• midi_pause(3alleg4)
• midi_pos(3alleg4)
• midi_resume(3alleg4)
• midi_time(3alleg4)
• play_midi(3alleg4)
• readkey(3alleg4)
• rectfill(3alleg4)
• rest(3alleg4)
• screen(3alleg4)
• set_display_switch_mode(3alleg4)
• set_gfx_mode(3alleg4)
• set_palette(3alleg4)
• text_height(3alleg4)
• text_length(3alleg4)
• textprintf_centre_ex(3alleg4)

💀 real talk though: this page is genuinely short. it's a demo page, not an options buffet. nothing got cut, there's just not that much to cut. what you see is what there is, no cap.

okay and for the cute sign-off: this whole page comes to you from Allegro, version 4.4.3, and the page itself is exmidi(3alleg4) — so that's the source, the version, and the page name all rolled into one lil footer moment. 🌈✨ thanks for reading bestie, go make some MIDI bangers 💖🎹🌸