Made the debugger memory view not depend on isprint which is affected by
the global locale. Assume the OSD will display as ISO-8869-1 and
replace problematic printable characters.
Started changing Lua function bindings to use set_function to avoid
potential issues related to ThePhD/sol2#608, and worked out what was
causing problems with symbol table read_memory/write_memory. (They
aren't really essential - you can do the same thing with the address
space object itself, but they're easier to parameterise.)
Also made error messages for missing CHDs and missing files for software
parts using the image file loader show search paths, and changed the
(poorly named) bitbanger device to use the image file loader rather than
the ROM loader for software items.
Exposed minimum/maximum values for analog fields. together with defvalue, they can be used to check range of values and neutral position.
Previously you had to send a normalised value between -65535 and 65535 which would be scaled depending on machine specifics. You could read the scaled value from the port, but you couldn't send scaled values in. This allows scripts to set scaled values as seen by the machine.
* bus/nes/multigame.cpp: Got rid of a device type comparison.
* Fixed a couple of errors in debugger documentation.
* Reduced redundancy in more slot machine layouts.
Addressed pure virtual function call crash on end of emulation session
if you haven't explicitly removed all address space taps, memory
corruption on end of emulation session if you haven't explicitly removed
all address space change notifiers, and symbol being garbage-collected
out from under you while you have parsed expressions or other symbol
tables that depend on them.
Removed the copy constructor for parsed expressions as the underlying
C++ copy constructor appears to be broken, and simplified symbol table
constructors. Also made symbol table add methods return the new entry
to avoid the need for an extra lookup.
Fixed breakpoint/watchpoint objects being inappropriately copied into
the tables returned by bplist() and wplist(), allowing the enabled
property to be modifiable for breakpoint and watchpoint objects in Lua.
Fixed drivers and devices causing a new memory pass-through handler to
be allocated on each soft reset, and fixed multiple instances of taps
being installed in the event the machine is reset before the tap is
removed.
Added classes for managing broadcast subscriptions, and adapted address
spaces to use this for change notifications.
frontend: Exposed debug symbol tables and parsed expressions to Lua
(these can be used when the debugger is not active). Also made it
simpler to walk input types.
imagedev/bitbngr.cpp: Added software list loader support (used by
sitcom).
sitcom.cpp: Replaced bankdev with a memory view. Also added a bar graph
for the timer DAC output, and made the DL1414 displays squarer in the
layout like they are in real life. They still don't look right because
the internal segment drawing code doen't draw the segments the right
width.
docs: Fixed broken links and added missing links in command line options
index. Also removed documentation for an option that no longer exists
and fixed some inconsistent terminology.
Separated includes by module in various drivers.
them, which can them be picked up on access with the
{read,write}_*_flags variants of the accessors. Example use with the
i960 and its burstable rom/ram.
* Made it possible to add digital controls to axis settings as enables.
* Mix multiple analog controls assigned to an axis setting.
* Added a "reverse" modifier for analog controls (useful with mixing).
* Fixed an issue assigning mouse axes using multiple mouse-like devices
with -nomultimouse.
-frontend: More cleanup:
* Got rid of some abuse of "special main menus".
* Added a helper class for auto-pause menus that don't spawn submenus.
* Got rid of the fake menu that schedules an exit on the first frame.
* Turned the confirm quit prompt into a menu, eliminated one more
special-cased event loop.
* Fixed the confirm quit prompt resuming if you return to emulation if
you weren't paused to begin with.
-bus/centronics: Fixed conflicting DIP locations, reversed order and
inverted polarity for Epson printers.
* Also added the LX-810 (without L suffix) DIP switches for reference -
we don't have a device for this printer yet.
Added emulated time recording as well as wall clock time.
Fixed recording time for multiple software items per system. An
incorrect constraint on the database table meant that time was only
being recorded for a single software item per system.
Detect the "empty" driver so the time spent at the selection menu isn't
recorded (you'd get multiple entries for this due to the way options
leak when returning to the system selection menu).
Included schema migration code to update existing timer plugin
databases. Also replaced some unnecessary floating point code with
integer maths, added log messages, and made the plugin unload unload its
database access code during emulation.
Changed other plugins' use of paths with trailing slashes as this causes
stat to fail on Windows.
* Issues were unlikely to actually manifest unless you use controller
configuration files to change specific system input defaults.
-src/emu/output.h: Added size accessor to multi-element output finder.
* std::size will work on the top rank of an outut finder now. Sorry for
hitting emu.h again so soon.
-lua: Exposed a couple more input related things.
* Exposed constructor and a few methods on input_seq required for
scripts to properly clear assignments or restore default settings.
* Exposed ioport_manager::set_type_seq which is required to configure
general input assignments properly.
* Removed unnecessary use of sol::overload in favour of optional
parameters.
* Updated documentation and also fixed a few errors.
-docs: Added description for axis setting assignments.
* If an input is configured to some combination of controls that are not
present at all, ignore the setting altogether for the session.
* Fixed relative axes with PORT_RESET not responding to absolute
controls (MT07685).
* Fixed relative axes not responding to an absolute control if the value
doesn’t change every frame (eg. holding a stick against the stop).
* Changed the scaling for absolute controls assigned to relative axes to
make defaults more sane (e.g. arkanoid or spdheat with a joystick).
-frontend: Fixed some localisation issues in Analog Controls menu.
-docs: Added documentation on assigning inputs.
frontend: Made it so you can press UI On Screen Display to hide the
Analog Controls menu and see the response to your inputs without the
risk of changing settings, and see more axes at once and scroll them for
systems with very large number of axes. Also ensure the axis being
configured is visible when the menu is visible, and made the menu behave
a bit more like the system input assignments menu (including
previous/next group navigation).
frontend: Allow Lua to draw to the UI container - this addresses the
main complaint in #7475. Note that drawing to the UI container will
draw over any UI elements, including menus. Plugins can check
menu_active to avoid drawing over menus. Also removed some unnecessary
use of sol::overload.
frontend: Improved info/image box navigation on the system/softwre
selection menus, and cleaned up some leftover code that came from the
copy/pasted event handling functions.
frontend: Fixed sliders menu not handling Alt+Shift as intended (thanks
Coverity). Fixed a couple of harmless Coverity errors, too.
emu/inpttype.ipp: Made the default assignment for Save State recognise
right shift.
plugins: Added next/previous group navigation to input macro edit menu.
docs: Added basic description of the system and software selection
menus, and corrected a couple of errors in the Lua reference.
* Moved common code for drawing about box, info viewer, and other text box menus to a base class; removed the last of the info viewer logic and the multi-line item hack from the base menu class.
* Added previous/next group navigation for general inputs and plugin input selection menus.
* Moved message catalog logic to lib/util, allowing osd and emu to use localised messages.
* Made the base menu class use the UI manager’s feature for holding session state rather than a static map and mutex.
* Improved menu event handling model, and fixed many issues, particularly with menus behaving badly when hidden/shown.
* Added better support for menus that don’t participate in the usual menu stack, like the menuless sliders and the save/load state menus.
* Made a number of menus refresh state when being shown after being hidden (fixes MT08121 among other issues).
* Fixed indication of mounted slot option in the slot option details menu.
* Improved appearance of background menus when emulation isn't running - draw all menus in the stack, and darken the background menus to make the edges of the active menu clearer.
* Fixed locale issues in -listxml.
-debugger: Made GUI debuggers more uniform.
* Added new memory view features to Win32 debugger.
* Fixed spelling of hexadecimal in Cocoa debugger and added decimal address option.
* Fixed duplicate keyboard shortcut in Cocoa debugger (Shift-Cmd-D was both new device window and 64-bit float format).
* Made keyboard shortcuts slightly more consistent across debuggers.
-plugins: Moved input selection menu and sequence polling code to a common library. Fixed the issue that prevented keyboard inputs being mapped with -steadykey on.
-docs: Started adding some documentation for MAME's internal UI, and updated the list of example front-ends.
-Regenerated message catalog sources. For translators, the new strings are mostly:
* The names of the inputs provided by the OS-dependent layer for things like fullscreen and video features. These show up in the user interface inputs menu.
* The names for automatically generated views. These show up in the video options menu - test with a system with a lot of screens to see more variants.
* The input macro plugin UI.
* A few format strings for analog input assignments.
* A few strings for the about box header.
Changed the hiscore plugin to save inside the "hiscore" folder in the
plugin data directory. The old hiscore path setting has already been
removed from MAME for some time. This means the plugin was always
saving in the "hi" folder in the working directory with no way to change
it, which is problematic on Linux and macOS, particularly for distro
packagers. There are lots of plugin and UI changes in this release, so
we may as well get this out of the way now. Also made it possible to
change the "timed save" option from the Plugin Options menu, and save
that in the data folder, too.
Documented the input macro plugin. The only undocumented plugins now
are the cheat plugin, the cheat finder plugin, and the port name plugin.
* Also added a couple of missing command-line options, and added a local
table of contents to the (rather long) command line options page.
-Added a separate CI target for localisation updates that produces an
artefact, and removed the message catalogs from the trigger paths for
the Linux CI build.
debugger: Octal cheats for octal address spaces.
frontend: Pass events for automatically generated menu items to the
plugin - they will have index zero.
frontend: Don't try calling the data plugin from the main menu if the
system isn't starting yet - doing so will prevent the data plugin from
loading at all.
* Updated cheat commands to work with arbitrary devices and address
spaces. You can still only search RAM areas in a single address space
at a time, but any address space of any device can be used now.
* Made the cheatinit/cheatrange commands not affect current state if the
arguments are invalid. Also fixed some bugs in the cheat commands.
* Updated documentation for cheat commands, and added a simple worked
example. Also added single-sentence descriptions of what
(break|watch|register)points are to the top of the relevant pages.
-frontend improvements:
* Added a bit more info to the about box, moved the VCS revision to the
heading.
* Don't show "not" codes in prompts - they're not helpful.
Changed the default mapping for UI select to not trigger on Alt+Enter
fullscreen toggle. (Fullscreen toggle still doesn't work in menus -
actually fixing that is complicated.)
frontend: Made the about box wrap text properly, made the title and
backtrack menu item always visible, and added a footer with the VCS
revision.
frontend: Don't highlight the favourites and info toolbar buttons if
there's no selection (can happen if filters produce no results). Also
made the info viewer appear even if no info is available - it's less
confusing to see an empty menu than wonder why clicking the button does
nothing.
debugger: Added a register points view to the GUI debuggers, to go with
the breakpoints and watchpoints views.
debugger: Extended [brw]p(clear|(en|dis)able) commands to accept
multiple arguments to perform the same action on multiple
(break|watch|register)points at once. Also made rplist accept a CPU for
showing a single CPU's register points ([bw]plist already support this).
docs: Updated registerpoints debugger commands page, and updated other
pages for latest extensions to syntax.
