al_x_set_initial_icon(3)

al_x_set_initial_icon3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro_x.h>
bool al_x_set_initial_icon(ALLEGRO_BITMAP *bitmap)

Overview

On some window managers (notably Ubuntu’s Unity) al_set_display_icon doesn’t work and you need to use a .desktop file. But with this function you can set an icon before calling al_create_display. This works by setting the icon before XMapWindow.

Since

5.2.3

[Unstable API]: New API.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.