load_pcx_pf(3alleg4)

💅 load_pcx_pf — bestie edition ✨

okay so real quick, this page lives in the Allegro manual (that's the Allegro game programming library, for the uninitiated 🎀) and it's filed under section 3alleg4. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

load_pcx_pf — it's literally the packfile version of load_pcx. that's the whole vibe. it's part of the Allegro game programming library, and it's here to serve. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

BITMAP *load_pcx_pf(PACKFILE *f, RGB *pal);

like, that's the whole signature. two args, one dream. 💫

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so load_pcx_pf() is a version of load_pcx() that reads from a packfile instead of a regular file. same energy, different source. it's giving "I can do everything the original does, but through a PACKFILE". 🫶

here's the example, and yes we're keeping it exactly as it is, character for character, because that's the rules and also because I respect you:

PACKFILE *packfile;
BITMAP *bmp;

packfile = pack_fopen("mybitmap.pcx", F_READ);
if (!packfile)
   abort_on_error("Couldn't open mybitmap.pcx");

bmp = load_bmp_pf(packfile, pal);
if (!bmp)
   abort_on_error("Error loading mybitmap.pcx");

okay so yes, the example opens "mybitmap.pcx" and then calls load_bmp_pf — I'm not gonna touch it, I'm not gonna "fix" it, I'm just gonna present it to you faithfully with love. that's the assignment and I ate. 💅

🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

• it returns a pointer to the bitmap ✨
• or NULL on error 😭 (we hate to see it but we respect it)

and bestie, listen to me carefully — you are responsible for destroying the bitmap when you're done with it. if you don't, you get a memory leak. no cap. free your bitmaps, protect your peace. 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• load_pcx(3alleg4)
• expackf(3alleg4)

💖 sign-off 💖

this page is from Allegro, version 4.4.3, and its little footer tag is load_pcx_pf(3alleg4). mwah. go forth and load your PCX files from packfiles, you gorgeous genius. 🌈👑🦋