color_map(3alleg4)

color_map3alleg4

Global pointer to the color mapping table. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

extern COLOR_MAP *color_map;

Overview

Global pointer to the color mapping table. You must allocate your own COLOR_MAP either statically or dynamically and set color_map to it before using any translucent or lit drawing functions in a 256-color video mode! Example:

   color_map = malloc(sizeof(COLOR_MAP));
   if (!color_map)
      abort_on_error("Not enough memory for color map!");

Releases

7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7–10
  2. 11–13

From allegro4-doc 2:4.4.3.1-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.