al_draw_ribbon(3alleg5)

💖 al_draw_ribbon — from the Allegro 5 API 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to draw a literal ribbon and it's gonna be gorgeous ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>

void al_draw_ribbon(const float *points, int points_stride, ALLEGRO_COLOR color,
   float thickness, int num_segments)

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So like, this function draws a ribbon 🎗️ based on an array of points you hand it. And when I say it goes through your points, I mean it goes through all of them — every single one, no skipping, no playing favourites, the ribbon threads through the whole squad 🫶.

Your points buffer needs to be built like a little grid of evenly spaced doublets of floats, and each doublet is one vertex's x and y coordinate. That's it, that's the whole vibe: pairs, in a row, regularly spaced. 🌈

🦋 Parameters 🦋

• points — an array of coordinate pairs (x and y), one pair for each point 🗺️
• points_stride — the distance, in bytes, between the starts of successive pairs of coordinates in the points buffer 📏
• color — the color of the spline 🎨
• thickness — the thickness of the spline; pass <= 0 to draw a hairline spline 🪡 (yes, hairline, we love a delicate moment)
• num_segments — the number of segments 🔢

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• al_calculate_ribbon(3alleg5) — the math bestie that does the ribbon maths for you 🧮✨

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💅 this was pulled straight out of the Allegro reference manual, under the al_draw_ribbon(3alleg5) page, so if you cite it, cite it proud. go forth and draw ribbons, you absolute icon 👑🎀🦋