al_get_monitor_dpi(3alleg5)

💖 al_get_monitor_dpi — the Allegro 5 API, bestie edition 💖

okay so you're deep in the Allegro 5 API and you need to know how crispy your monitor is. this is that page. it's in the al_get_monitor_dpi(3alleg5) manual, and honestly? she's short and she's iconic. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_monitor_dpi(int adapter)

that's it. one include, one function, no drama 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Get the dots per inch of a monitor attached to the display adapter.

that's the whole vibe — you hand it an adapter, it hands you back the DPI. no cap, that's genuinely all she does. lowkey obsessed with how simple this is 😭

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🎀 SINCE 🎀

5.2.5

(so if you're on anything older, this function said "not me, i don't exist yet" 🙈)

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• al_get_num_video_adapters(3alleg5) — go find out how many adapters you've got to loop over before you start calling this one, iykyk ✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this came to you straight from the Allegro reference manual, filed under al_get_monitor_dpi(3alleg5). go forth and render at the correct pixel density 👑💖