ALLEGRO_PRIM_QUALITY(3alleg5)

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version 5.2.11.3 Β· 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

ALLEGRO_PRIM_QUALITY β€” bestie, this is part of the Allegro 5 API πŸ’– (you'll also see it hanging out in the Allegro reference manual, iykyk)


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Okay so here's the vibe, copy it exactly okay:

#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>

#define ALLEGRO_PRIM_QUALITY 10

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

So this lil' constant? It's the quality dial for how Allegro draws your curved primitives β€” think circles and all their curvy besties πŸŽ€

Here's the tea: Allegro does not draw a real perfect curve. It fakes it, bestie. Every curved primitive gets approximated by a whole sequence of line segments strung together, and ALLEGRO_PRIM_QUALITY is what controls how good that approximation looks. πŸ’…

And by default? The value is already set to 10, and that roughly corresponds to an error of less than half of a pixel. So like, genuinely iconic accuracy, no cap. πŸ‘‘

fr fr, the higher the quality, the smoother the curve β€” but this define is just the default number sitting there in the header, okay? It's giving "set it and forget it." ✨

That's the whole page, bestie β€” short but slay. 🫢

Catch you in the Allegro reference manual, from the Allegro 5 API era β€” ALLEGRO_PRIM_QUALITY(3alleg5), mwah πŸ’‹

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