load_pcx(3alleg4)

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

💖 load_pcx 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual — yes, that Allegro, the game programming library, she's iconic, she's vintage, she's load_pcx(3alleg4). let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

load_pcx — loads a PCX bitmap from a file, and she does it for the Allegro game programming library. no cap. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

BITMAP *load_pcx(const char *filename, RGB *pal);

look at her. one include, one function call, zero drama. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically? this function loads a 256-color or 24-bit truecolor PCX file. that's the whole vibe. if your PCX is one of those two flavours, she's eating. 🍓

✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

she hands you back a pointer to the bitmap — yay!! 🎉 — or NULL if something went wrong 😭. that's the error signal, don't ignore her.

⚠️ bestie listen. you are responsible for destroying the bitmap when you're finished with it. that's on YOU. if you don't, you get memory leaks, and memory leaks are not the moment. it's giving "I forgot to free it and now my game is sad". free your bitmaps, periodt. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read those too, iykyk 🌸

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, and it comes to you from the <strong>Allegro</strong> manual, <strong>version 4.4.3</strong>, filed under <code>load_pcx(3alleg4)</code>. she's a legend, she's a classic, and now she's in your group chat forever. take care of your bitmaps and slay 👑✨

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