Table of Contents

General stuff

• AutofilesSomewhat simpler loading of files
• Hash table functionsFast lookup
• Xiqual toolsTools used to create datafiles
• Input handling
• LUI: Core functions
• Loading and handling tilesets
• MD5 checksumming
• Optargs
• Questions and answers.
• Setting up graphics
• String tokeniser
• Views
• XML functions
• Xiqual example programs

Functions

• bt_new Create a new LUI button.
• cfg_findnext Find a named section starting at a specific section.
• cfg_findsection Find a named section in a list.
• cfg_findvar Find a variable in a prefs section.
• cfg_freesection Free a preferences section and its variables.
• cfg_freevar Free a variable and its strings.
• cfg_isbool Internal function for cfg_loadprefs().
• cfg_loadprefs Load preferences from an INI-style file.
• cfg_newsection Allocate a new preferences section.
• cfg_saveprefs Save a List of preferences sections to file.
• crc32_calc Checksum a buffer of 8-byte characters.
• crc32_update Update a CRC32 checksum.
• file_getsize Stand-alone routine to get a file's size.
• hash_merge Merge any number of hash tables.
• hash_newfromlist Turn a struct List into a struct HashTable.
• iarea_check Checks an inputarea against cursor position and controller buttons.
• iarea_free Free an inputarea.
• iarea_new Create a new inputarea.
• iff_close Closes an IFF.
• iff_correctchunk Correct and pad odd-sized IFF chunks.
• iff_endchunk Finishes writing a chunk.
• iff_new Creates a new IFF.
• iff_newchunk Start on a new chunk in an IFF.
• iff_writechunkdata Write data to an IFF where you have just started a chunk.
• list_add Add a Node to a List.
• list_addhead Add a Node to the top of a List.
• list_delete Remove a Node from a List and free data.
• list_free Free a List and all its attached Node structures.
• list_getnode Return a Node at a specific index position.
• list_insert Insert one Node after another given Node.
• list_makecircular Make a List circular (first and last nodes point to eachother).
• list_new Create a new List and set the destructor.
• list_newitem Allocates a new Node structure.
• list_remove Remove a Node from a List without freeing any data.
• lst_new Create a new LUI list gadget.
• mem_arrayget Access memory as a 1-, 2- or 3-dimensional array.
• mem_arrayset Access memory as a 1-, 2- or 3-dimensional array.
• msg_show Show or hide a message box.
• net_addnodes Increase the maximum allowed number of clients in a SelectServer.
• net_client Allocate a NetClient structure and connect to a server.
• net_client_free Close and free a client structure.
• net_create_server Create a new select() server.
• net_free_server Release all resources related to a Xiqual select() server.
• net_process Handle a select() server's incoming and outgoing data.
• net_read Read an incoming xinet package.
• net_server Create a new select() server.
• net_server_free Release all resources related to a Xiqual select() server.
• net_writeh Write an xinet packet header.
• node_end Return the last Node in a circular List.
• node_findbycontents Return a Node with data partially containing the entire specified string.
• node_findbyname Return a Node with data containing the specified string.
• node_makecircular Make a chain of nodes circular (first and last Node points to eachother).
• node_start Return the first Node in a circular List.
• str_getvalue Converts a string to an integer.
• strfind Looks for a string within another string.
• strisnum Check if a string is all numbers and whitespace.
• strlower Turn a string into all-lowercase characters.
• strsplit Split a variable-setting string.
• strupper Turn a string into all-uppercase characters.
• tag_alloclist Allocate a tag array big enough for numtags items.
• tag_finditem Look for a tag identifier in a taglist, and return a pointer to the tagitem.
• tag_freelist Free a tagarray previously created with tag_alloclist().
• tag_getdata Find a tagitem's data by tag ID.
• tag_next Get next tagitem in the array.
• xi_findopt Find option and return flags.
• xi_freefont Free a font when done with it.
• xi_freeopts Free xiargs structure.
• xi_getopts Parse command args.
• xi_loadfont Load a Xiqual free-form IFF font.
• xi_puttext Print text using an xifont.
• xi_seterror A generic way of setting error strings.
• xi_strndup Duplicate a string and return a safe buffer.
• xml_addentityhook Add a hook function to handle an escaped character entity.
• xml_addgenentityhook Add a generic hook function for all escaped entities.
• xml_addgentaghook Add a hook that catches all unspecified tags.
• xml_addprocessinghook Add a hook for a processing instruction.
• xml_addtaghook Add a hook to handle a specific tag.
• xml_freedoc Free an XML document.
• xml_loaddoc Load an XML document and allocate an xmldoc structure.
• xml_newdoc Creates an xmldoc structure from a string buffer.
• xml_parse Walk through an XML document and call user-specified hooks.
• xml_printesc Print escaped entities.
• xml_prune Walk through an XML document and remove unnecessary nodes.
• xml_savedoc Save an XML document to a file.

Macros

• MAKE_ID Quick macro to make a ulong of four characters.
• XI_VARARG Macro for vararg taghandling.
• XI_VOIDARG Macro for vararg taghandling.
• list_nodeend Wrapper for node_end().
• list_nodemakecircular Wrapper for node_makecircular().
• list_nodestart Wrapper for node_start().
• xi_textwidth Calculate how many pixels wide a string printed with a fixed-width xifont will be.
• xit_setdefaults Set default screen and tileset

Enums, Unions, Structs

• MD5Context MD5 context for the Rivest/Plumb MD5 checksumming routines.

Typedefs

• HashNode Basic hash node.
• HashTable Non-resizing hash table.
• IFFHandle Handle returned by iff_new() and iff_open() calls.
• List Linked list structure.
• Node A simple Node.
• OptNode Option node.
• aspec Array specification structure
• autofile Autofile structure.
• gadget Generic gadget.
• inputarea An inputarea for testing mouse and other controllers in specific screen coordinates.
• lui_msg Message box.
• preferences A preferences section.
• strtoken The token structure.
• tagitem A tagitem.
• variable A variable.
• xiargs The argument structure.
• xifont Xiqual font structure.
• xiglob Global structure for Xiqual's automatic handling of miscellaneous data
• xiopts User-supplied structure for xi_getopts().
• xitiles A tileset in-memory representation.
• xiview This is a view, for use as sprites, message boxes, or anything else that might need to store the rectangle it is blitted over.
• xmldoc The XML document structure.
• xmltag An XML tag.