al_create_mouse_cursor(3alleg5)

💖 al_create_mouse_cursor 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro 5 API reference manual, and it's about making your very own mouse cursor from a bitmap. yes, your own. main character cursor energy, fr fr. 🖱️✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

ALLEGRO_MOUSE_CURSOR *al_create_mouse_cursor(ALLEGRO_BITMAP *bmp,
   int x_focus, int y_focus)

like. the function signature is right there. copy it exactly, don't be cute with it. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what this does is create a mouse cursor from the bitmap you provide. that's it, that's the vibe. you hand it a bitmap, it hands you back a cursor. iconic behaviour honestly.

the x_focus and y_focus args? they describe the bit of the cursor that will represent the actual mouse position. like, the little pixel that actually is the pointer. the tip of the arrow, basically. that's your anchor point, your moment, your little spot of destiny. 🎯

on success it returns a pointer to the cursor. on failure it returns NULL. no in-between, no grey area. it's giving yes-or-no, slay-or-nay. 🫶

ngl, always check for NULL bestie. the universe does not always say yes. 😭

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• al_set_mouse_cursor(3alleg5) — go actually use that cursor you just made
• al_destroy_mouse_cursor(3alleg5) — and then clean up after yourself, we're not monsters 💀

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and that's the whole page, no cap. 🎀

this little love letter came to you from the Allegro reference manual — page al_create_mouse_cursor(3alleg5), as documented in 3alleg5. go forth and make the cutest cursor the world has ever seen. bye bestie 💜🦋🌸