mouse_needs_poll(3alleg4)

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

💅 mouse_needs_poll 💅

okay bestie, real talk — this is a page from the Allegro manual, section 3alleg4, and it's about one tiny lil function that answers one tiny lil question. iconic of it honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

mouse_needs_poll — tells you if the mouse driver requires polling. it's part of the Allegro game programming library, and yeah, it's exactly as niche as it sounds 🐭

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int mouse_needs_poll();

that's it. that's the whole thing. no arguments, no drama, just vibes ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: this function returns TRUE if the current mouse driver is operating in polling mode.

that's literally it, bestie. no cap. TRUE means "yes, you gotta poll it", and anything else means "nah, you're good." one boolean, zero stress 🎀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these too, they're all in the same friend group fr fr:

💀 lowkey the shortest manpage ever written and honestly? she ate. sometimes less is more, periodt.

and that's the whole page, babe 🫶 this was brought to you by Allegro version 4.4.3 — shoutout to her, she's been holding it down. now go poll that mouse (or don't, depending on what she told you). mwah 💖✨

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