Below you will find documentation on the Application Programming Interface (API) of the Haiku operating system. This API describes the internals of the operating system allowing developers to write ...

There are several types of objects a FS module has to deal with directly or indirectly: A vnode is the VFS representation of a node. As soon as an access to a node is requested, the VFS creates a ...

The introduction of USB standardized the way many devices connected to a whole range of different computers and operating systems. It introduced a standard that was capable of getting rid of all the ...

The Application Kit should be your starting point if you want to write native Haiku applications with a GUI. The application kit does exactly as its name suggests; it is the basis for Haiku ...

Functions to generate sounds from the computer. More ...

Provides the BCursor class. More... B_CURSOR_ID_RESIZE_NORTH_EAST = 19 , B_CURSOR_ID_RESIZE_NORTH_WEST = 20 , B_CURSOR_ID_RESIZE_SOUTH_EAST = 21 , B_CURSOR_ID_RESIZE ...

A location in the filesystem. More ...

In general, you should name your jobs/services after the application signature (if possible), and name the configuration files accordingly (in each case without the "application/" prefix).

Defines the BString class and global operators and functions for handling strings. More ...

Defines standard interface definitions for controls. More ...

A modular, add-ons based network stack Two shared libraries, libnet.so and libnetapi.so A stack driver, acting as interface between the network stack and libnet.so Basic network apps A modular GUI ...

B_UPDATE_MIME_INFO_NO_FORCE = 0 , B_UPDATE_MIME_INFO_FORCE_KEEP_TYPE = 1 , B_UPDATE_MIME_INFO_FORCE_UPDATE_ALL = 2 ...