al_set_new_window_title(3alleg5)

💖 NAME 💖

al_set_new_window_title — the Allegro 5 API, bestie. That's it, that's the whole name section. We keep it short and iconic here.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_set_new_window_title(const char *title)

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so here's the tea, bestie. This function sets the title that's gonna be used when a new display gets created. Not the window you have right now — the next one. Future window energy. 🔮

The way Allegro handles this is lowkey important: it uses a static buffer of ALLEGRO_NEW_WINDOW_TITLE_MAX_SIZE(3alleg5) to store your title. So the length of the title you set has to be less than that. Less than. Not equal to, not "close enough," not "it'll probably fit." Less than. 🫶

Not me writing past the end of a fixed-size buffer 😭 please respect the max size or the static buffer will simply not have a good time.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• al_set_window_title(3alleg5) — the one for windows that already exist, iykyk
• al_get_new_window_title(3alleg5) — read back what you set, no cap
• al_create_display(3alleg5) — the moment your title actually shows up 👑
• ALLEGRO_NEW_WINDOW_TITLE_MAX_SIZE(3alleg5) — the number that matters, the limit, the moment of truth

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🌸 SINCE 🌸

5.1.12 — she's been here since 5.1.12 and she's still slaying 💅

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And that's the whole page, bestie! Straight out of the Allegro reference manual, under the name al_set_new_window_title(3alleg5) — the footer didn't hand us a date, so we're just gonna say this one's timeless. 🌈✨ Go set some titles, stay under the max size, periodt. 💜