ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_MODE(3alleg5)

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💖 ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_MODE 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro reference manual (that's the 3alleg5 manual, if you're keeping track) and it's all about one little enum that decides how Allegro fakes mouse input. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_MODE — the Allegro 5 API thing that tells you which flavor of mouse emulation is happening 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

typedef enum ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_MODE

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no functions, just a typedef of an enum, and honestly? iconic. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically this is the type of mouse emulation to apply. it's giving "we have a touchscreen but we're pretending it's a mouse" energy, and this enum is the menu of ways you can do that. every value is a whole mood:

  • ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_NONE — literally turns mouse emulation off. no emulation, no pretending, just vibes. 💀
  • ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_TRANSPARENT — turns on transparent mouse emulation. it's there, but it's subtle about it. ✨
  • ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_INCLUSIVE — turns on inclusive mouse emulation. everybody's invited to this party. 🎀
  • ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_EXCLUSIVE — turns on exclusive mouse emulation. VIP list only, no plus-ones. 💅
  • ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_5_0_x — turns on mouse emulation that is backwards compatible with Allegro 5.0.x. it's the nostalgia option, the "remember when" option, and honestly? respect. 🧚

⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.1.0 — so it's been around for a minute. not new-new, but not ancient either. a respectable era. 🌈

[Unstable API]: hmm okay so real talk — this one seems of limited value, because touch input tends to have different semantics compared to mouse input. that's the actual note from the manual, no cap. so like... it exists, it works, but don't build your entire personality around it. 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

no SEE ALSO section on this one bestie, it's a short page. short and sweet. a little snack. 🍓

and that's the whole page!! every single option, every single value, every single caveat — all present and accounted for. no skips, no summaries, we ate and left no crumbs. 👑

this was page ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_MODE(3alleg5) from the Allegro reference manual, and yes the footer says the same thing, so consider this the cute little sign-off instead: Allegro reference manual — ALLEGRO_MOUSE_EMULATION_MODE(3alleg5). mwah. 💖

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