al_osx_get_window(3alleg5)

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version 5.2.11.3 Β· 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the al_osx_get_window(3alleg5) page β€” it's part of the Allegro 5 API and it's literally just one lil function that hands you the native macOS window πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

#include <allegro5/allegro_osx.h>

NSWindow* al_osx_get_window(ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: this function grabs the NSWindow handle that's associated with your Allegro display πŸͺŸβœ¨

like, Allegro is doing its own cross-platform thing, but sometimes you wanna reach past all that and touch the actual macOS window underneath β€” and this is how you get your hands on it. no cap. 🫢

You pass it an ALLEGRO_DISPLAY and it gives you back the matching NSWindow*.


⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.0.8, 5.1.3 β€” she's been around for a minute, an icon since day one πŸ‘‘


and that's the whole page bestie, she's short but she's iconic fr fr πŸŽ€

this came to you straight from the Allegro reference manual, and this page is al_osx_get_window(3alleg5) β€” mwah, go forth and get that window πŸ’–βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from