al_open_native_text_log(3alleg5)

💖 NAME 💖

al_open_native_text_log — it's the Allegro 5 API, bestie, and it's about popping open a little log window. Periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h>

ALLEGRO_TEXTLOG *al_open_native_text_log(char const *title, int flags)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so picture this: you want a window you can just dump log messages into, and you do that with al_append_native_text_log(3alleg5). Obsessed, honestly. It's giving debugger-girlie realness — especially when you don't wanna depend on a console being available, because sometimes a console just isn't in the room and that's not your fault. 🙈

And when you're done with the whole vibe? Close the window again with al_close_native_text_log(3alleg5). Clean exit, we love to see it. 🎀

Now the flags you can pass — here's the lineup, no cap:

• ALLEGRO_TEXTLOG_NO_CLOSE — this one stops the window from having a close button at all. 💅 And if you don't set it? Then the close button is there, and the moment someone presses it, an event gets generated. Go check al_get_native_text_log_event_source(3alleg5) for that whole situation, iykyk.
• ALLEGRO_TEXTLOG_MONOSPACE — makes the text render in a monospace font. Aligned characters, immaculate grid energy. ⭐

And if things go sideways? This returns NULL when there's an error opening the window — or when text log windows simply aren't implemented on the platform you're on. Not every platform came to the party, and that's just facts. 😭

Note: On Android, logs can be viewed using logcat. 🦋

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_append_native_text_log(3alleg5)
• al_close_native_text_log(3alleg5)

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Allegro reference manual · al_open_native_text_log(3alleg5) — mwah, that's the whole page, thanks for reading my little manual rant, ily, go log something iconic bestie 💖✨🫶