os_version(3alleg4)

💖 os_version, os_revision 💖

okay bestie, so this is the Allegro game programming library manual page for os_version and os_revision — literally the two little ints that tell you which Operating System you're vibing on rn. it's from the Allegro manual, section 3, and it's about to be your new fave 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, the whole vibe in code form:

#include <allegro.h>

extern int os_version;

extern int os_revision;

yes bestie, just two extern ints. that's it. that's the whole API. no cap.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so os_version and os_revision hold the major and minor version of the Operating System that's currently running. iconic behavior tbh 👑

they get set for you by allegro_init(), so you don't have to lift a finger — Allegro does it automatically the moment you call it. main character energy fr fr 💅

ngl, sometimes it just doesn't work out. if Allegro for some reason was not able to retrieve the version of the Operating System, then os_version and os_revision will both be set to -1. so if you see a -1 in there, that's the "bestie I tried but I couldn't" flag 😭

okay for example — and this is literally the example from the original, so stay with me: under Win98 SE (v4.10.2222), os_version will be set to 4 and os_revision to 10. see how it just grabs the first two numbers? the 2222 is doing its own thing, we don't talk about her 🙈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these next, they're literally the sibling pages:

• os_type(3alleg4)
• os_multitasking(3alleg4)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖✨ you understood it, you slayed it, periodt 🎀

this was brought to you by <strong>Allegro, version 4.4.3</strong> — she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment 🌈