os_type(3alleg4)

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

💖 os_type — the vibe check for ur whole operating system 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Allegro manual (3alleg4), and it's about one tiny little global that knows exactly what machine it's running on. no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

os_type — stores the detected type of the OS. Allegro game programming library, babes. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

extern int os_type;

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ — allegro_init() sets this thing, and it gets set to one of these values. that's it. that's the whole plot. 👑

  • OSTYPE_UNKNOWN — unknown, or regular MSDOS 🫥
  • OSTYPE_WIN3 — Windows 3.1 or earlier (ancient, but iconic) 🏺
  • OSTYPE_WIN95 — Windows 95
  • OSTYPE_WIN98 — Windows 98
  • OSTYPE_WINME — Windows ME
  • OSTYPE_WINNT — Windows NT
  • OSTYPE_WIN2000 — Windows 2000
  • OSTYPE_WINXP — Windows XP
  • OSTYPE_WIN2003 — Windows 2003
  • OSTYPE_WINVISTA — Windows Vista
  • OSTYPE_OS2 — OS/2
  • OSTYPE_WARP — OS/2 Warp 3
  • OSTYPE_DOSEMU — Linux DOSEMU
  • OSTYPE_OPENDOS — Caldera OpenDOS
  • OSTYPE_LINUX — Linux 🐧 (yes queen)
  • OSTYPE_SUNOS — SunOS/Solaris ☀️
  • OSTYPE_FREEBSD — FreeBSD
  • OSTYPE_NETBSD — NetBSD
  • OSTYPE_IRIX — IRIX
  • OSTYPE_DARWIN — Darwin
  • OSTYPE_QNX — QNX
  • OSTYPE_UNIX — Unknown Unix variant 🫶
  • OSTYPE_BEOS — BeOS
  • OSTYPE_MACOS — MacOS
  • OSTYPE_MACOSX — MacOS X
fr fr, that's the entire list. if ur OS isn't on here, it's giving OSTYPE_UNKNOWN or OSTYPE_UNIX energy. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay that's the whole page, no notes. this was Allegro, version 4.4.3, and honestly? slay. go check ur os_type, bestie, and tell me what u got. 💅✨🌈

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