al_get_audio_device_name(3alleg5)

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version 5.2.11.3 Β· 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

πŸ’– al_get_audio_device_name β€” the Allegro 5 API page, but make it cute

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro reference manual (that's the alleg5 manual, the Allegro 5 one, yes the whole vibe) and it's about exactly one function. one. singular. and she's iconic. let's get into it πŸ’…


✨ NAME ✨

al_get_audio_device_name β€” Allegro 5 API πŸŽ€

like. that's the whole name. she does one thing and she does it well.


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

const char* al_get_audio_device_name(const ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEVICE * device)

okay so you gotta pull in <allegro5/allegro_audio.h> first, no skipping that, that's the whole entry fee 🫢 and then the signature is literally right there, const char* coming back at you, and she takes one pointer to an ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEVICE and that's it. no extra args, no drama, no nothing. queen of minimalism fr fr πŸ‘‘


πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

Get the user friendly display name of the device. πŸ¦‹

that's it. that's the whole job. you hand her a device and she hands you back a name β€” the user friendly display name, the one you'd actually show a human, not some cursed internal identifier. it's giving "let me translate this for you bestie". lowkey the nicest thing a function can do for you. ✨


πŸŽ€ SINCE πŸŽ€

5.2.8

so if you're on anything older than that, sorry babe, she wasn't born yet 😭 upgrade your Allegro and then come back, she'll be waiting πŸ’–


pro tip energy: keep that returned const char* as-is, it's not yours to poke at, just read it and be grateful πŸ™ˆ

and that's the page!! ate and left no crumbs πŸ’…β­ this was the Allegro reference manual dropping al_get_audio_device_name into your life, no cap, periodt. go name some audio devices bestie πŸŽ§πŸ’œ

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