ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE(3alleg5)

📦 version 5.2.11.3, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro reference manual — the Allegro 5 API, to be exact — and today we're talking about ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE. it's an enum, it's little, it's iconic, and it's gonna tell you what kind of joystick you're holding. slay. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

typedef enum ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE

no cap, that's the whole vibe. one include, one enum. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the enum has these members, and here's what each one means:

  • ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE_UNKNOWN — literally what it says, bestie: an unknown joystick type. we don't know her. she's a mystery. 💀
  • ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE_GAMEPAD — it's a gamepad! and the way this one works is that its buttons and sticks have semantics specified by ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_BUTTON and ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK. so like, the layout is actually standardized and you can trust it. main character energy fr fr. 👑

⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.2.11 — yeah she's a newer girlie, born in 5.2.11 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

[Unstable API]: New API. — heads up bestie, this one is marked unstable and new, so go in knowing that. 💅

okay that's the whole page! sending you all my love from the Allegro reference manual, on the ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE(3alleg5) page itself. go forth and detect joysticks, you got this 💖✨🎀🦋🌸

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