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Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Lemon Launcher - Please help

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Hi Mark,

I'm confused.  Are you saying that you have an iPac in your arcade
cabinet?  If so, the default lemonlauncher config should work fine.

The values used for keymapping are based on SDL keycodes.  Not very
user friendly I know... but it was the easiest to implement.

There should be a file (keycodes.txt) that came with the source or
binary distribution that contains the full list of SDL keycodes.  I
also attached a copy just in case.

In your example, for UP (q key) you would locate the key in the
keycodes.txt file (SQLK_q) which has the value 113.  In the
lemonlauncher.conf set 'up = 113' and that should do the trick!

Hope this hels...


On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:10:32 +0000
Mark B <vir...@ho...> wrote:

> 
> I am trying to find the keycodes for the "ipac" as you say you need to configure LemonLauncher to work with the joystick I have on my Arcade Cabinet.
> 
> I've downloaded a tool called XPadder, which appears to mimic the "Escape" key code from your INI file, so I assumed this would also work with the other keys needed.
> 
> So I then managed to get this list directly from XPadder, but adding them into LemonLauncher configuration, causes it to crash.
> 
> Up = Q (081) 51 / Down = W (087) 57 / Left = E (069) 45 / Right = (082) 52
> P1Start = O (079) 4F / P2Start = P (080) 50 / P1Btn1 = U (085) 55 // P1Btn2 = I (073) 49
> 
> I have tried adding the letter, the 3-digit code, and also the 2-digit code, but each occasion Lemon crashes.
> 
> I'm not sure if the codes XPadder is giving me are compatible with your Launcher, but you have not included a file stating which key is what number to enter into the configuration.
> 
> Please can you help.
> 
> Many Thanks,
> Mark
>  		 	   		  

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[Lemonlauncher-general] Lemon Launcher - Please help

[Mark B <vir...@ho...>]

I am trying to find the keycodes for the "ipac" as you say you need to configure LemonLauncher to work with the joystick I have on my Arcade Cabinet.

I've downloaded a tool called XPadder, which appears to mimic the "Escape" key code from your INI file, so I assumed this would also work with the other keys needed.

So I then managed to get this list directly from XPadder, but adding them into LemonLauncher configuration, causes it to crash.

Up = Q (081) 51 / Down = W (087) 57 / Left = E (069) 45 / Right = (082) 52
P1Start = O (079) 4F / P2Start = P (080) 50 / P1Btn1 = U (085) 55 // P1Btn2 = I (073) 49

I have tried adding the letter, the 3-digit code, and also the 2-digit code, but each occasion Lemon crashes.

I'm not sure if the codes XPadder is giving me are compatible with your Launcher, but you have not included a file stating which key is what number to enter into the configuration.

Please can you help.

Many Thanks,
Mark
 		 	   		  

Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Lemonlauncher on framebuffer

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Hi Dan,

I haven't used a framebuffer setup before.  I just tried to setup a VM
and use lemonlauncher with the framebuffer and lemonlauncher starts
fine, however I'm assuming that the hang occurs when you try to launch
a game.  In my VM I wasn't even able to get sdlmame to work at all, it
just crashes the VM so I couldn't test it through lemonlauncher.

What version of lemonlauncher are you using?  The release version on
sourceforge (0.0.6) is quite different from the one in trunk.  The code
in trunk uses an sqlite database to store the games list instead of a
flat text file.  Several features where added like a dynamically
updated "most played" list as a result of having the database.

Sadly, I didn't really finish this version.  A tool was needed for
building the sqlite database which never got made.

All this aside, there is much improved code for launching mame in the
trunk code.  If you feel adventurous you could port this code over...
it should be straight forward.  You will want to look at the function:

	lemon_menu::handle_run()

in lemonmenu.cpp.

Or if you feel up to building your games list manually in the sqlite
database, you could even use the latest trunk code.

Regards,
- Josh

On Wed, 27 May 2009 18:32:00 -0500
Dan Roscigno <dan...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi All,
> I saw in a couple of messages mention of using Lemonlauncher with a
> framebufer.  I tried this today and it seems to hang.  The only way
> for me to get control back is to ssh into my MAME box and kill the
> sdlmame process.  If, however, I run from XWindows it seems to work
> fine.
> 
> Is anyone using a framebuffer rather than X?  f so, can you send me
> your mame.ini and lemonlauncher config file?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
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[Lemonlauncher-general] Lemonlauncher on framebuffer

[Dan R. <dan...@gm...>]

Hi All,
I saw in a couple of messages mention of using Lemonlauncher with a
framebufer.  I tried this today and it seems to hang.  The only way
for me to get control back is to ssh into my MAME box and kill the
sdlmame process.  If, however, I run from XWindows it seems to work
fine.

Is anyone using a framebuffer rather than X?  f so, can you send me
your mame.ini and lemonlauncher config file?

Thanks,
Dan

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Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Build Error #2

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

You may get a few of these compilation errors with 0.6 on never version of GCC.

To fix this one, add:

#include <string>

Near the top of options.cpp

The problem here is 0.6 relied on implicitly included headers (my mistake).  Version 0.7 in svn trunk fixes this, but isn't quite finished yet.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:43:39 +0200
"Wolfgang Morawetz" <wol...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
> i add the 
> #include <typeinfo>
> to lemonmenu.cpp
> now i have this error:
> 
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables... 
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
> checking for g++... g++
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
> checking whether the compiler implements namespaces... yes
> checking whether the compiler supports Standard Template Library... yes
> checking for cfg_init in -lconfuse... yes
> checking for main in -lstdc++... yes
> checking for sdl-config... /usr/bin/sdl-config
> checking for SDL - version >= 0.0.0... yes
> checking for main in -lSDL_image... yes
> checking for main in -lSDL_gfx... yes
> checking for main in -lSDL_ttf... yes
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: creating src/Makefile
> config.status: creating config.h
> config.status: config.h is unchanged
> config.status: executing depfiles commands
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> make  all-am
> make[3]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I..    -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -MT options.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/options.Tpo" -c -o options.o options.cpp; \
> 	then mv -f ".deps/options.Tpo" ".deps/options.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/options.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> options.cpp: In function 'int cb_rotate(cfg_t*, cfg_opt_t*, const char*, void*)':
> options.cpp:33: error: 'strcmp' was not declared in this scope
> options.cpp: In member function 'void ll::options::load(const char*)':
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
> make[3]: *** [options.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Tanks a lot.
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[Lemonlauncher-general] Build Error #2

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@gm...>]

Hi,
i add the 
#include <typeinfo>
to lemonmenu.cpp
now i have this error:

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether the compiler implements namespaces... yes
checking whether the compiler supports Standard Template Library... yes
checking for cfg_init in -lconfuse... yes
checking for main in -lstdc++... yes
checking for sdl-config... /usr/bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 0.0.0... yes
checking for main in -lSDL_image... yes
checking for main in -lSDL_gfx... yes
checking for main in -lSDL_ttf... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
make  all-am
make[3]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I..    -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -MT options.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/options.Tpo" -c -o options.o options.cpp; \
	then mv -f ".deps/options.Tpo" ".deps/options.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/options.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
options.cpp: In function 'int cb_rotate(cfg_t*, cfg_opt_t*, const char*, void*)':
options.cpp:33: error: 'strcmp' was not declared in this scope
options.cpp: In member function 'void ll::options::load(const char*)':
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
options.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
make[3]: *** [options.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Tanks a lot.
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Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Compile Error

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Try adding:

#include <typeinfo>

to the list of includes in lemonmenu.cpp

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:36:52 +0200
Wolfgang Morawetz <wol...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
> i have trouble to compile lemonlauncher:
> 
> checking for main in -lSDL_image... yes
> checking for main in -lSDL_gfx... yes
> checking for main in -lSDL_ttf... yes
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: creating src/Makefile
> config.status: creating config.h
> config.status: config.h is unchanged
> config.status: executing depfiles commands
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory 
> `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory 
> `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> make  all-am
> make[3]: Entering directory 
> `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I..    -march=i686 
> -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -MT lemonmenu.o -MD -MP -MF 
> ".deps/lemonmenu.Tpo" -c -o lemonmenu.o lemonmenu.cpp; \
>      then mv -f ".deps/lemonmenu.Tpo" ".deps/lemonmenu.Po"; else rm -f 
> ".deps/lemonmenu.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> lemonmenu.cpp: In member function 'void ll::lemon_menu::load_menus()':
> lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
> 'char*'
> lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
> 'char*'
> lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
> 'char*'
> lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
> 'char*'
> lemonmenu.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
> 'char*'
> lemonmenu.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
> 'char*'
> lemonmenu.cpp:86: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
> 'char*'
> lemonmenu.cpp: In member function 'void ll::lemon_menu::handle_activate()':
> lemonmenu.cpp:302: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
> lemonmenu.cpp:302: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
> lemonmenu.cpp:304: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
> lemonmenu.cpp:304: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
> make[3]: *** [lemonmenu.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory 
> `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Thank you.
> 


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[Lemonlauncher-general] Compile Error

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@gm...>]

Hi,
i have trouble to compile lemonlauncher:

checking for main in -lSDL_image... yes
checking for main in -lSDL_gfx... yes
checking for main in -lSDL_ttf... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
make  all-am
make[3]: Entering directory 
`/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I..    -march=i686 
-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -MT lemonmenu.o -MD -MP -MF 
".deps/lemonmenu.Tpo" -c -o lemonmenu.o lemonmenu.cpp; \
     then mv -f ".deps/lemonmenu.Tpo" ".deps/lemonmenu.Po"; else rm -f 
".deps/lemonmenu.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
lemonmenu.cpp: In member function 'void ll::lemon_menu::load_menus()':
lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
'char*'
lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
'char*'
lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
'char*'
lemonmenu.cpp:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
'char*'
lemonmenu.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
'char*'
lemonmenu.cpp:81: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
'char*'
lemonmenu.cpp:86: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
'char*'
lemonmenu.cpp: In member function 'void ll::lemon_menu::handle_activate()':
lemonmenu.cpp:302: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
lemonmenu.cpp:302: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
lemonmenu.cpp:304: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
lemonmenu.cpp:304: error: must #include <typeinfo> before using typeid
make[3]: *** [lemonmenu.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory 
`/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/var/abs/local/lemonlauncher/src/lemon-launcher-0.0.6'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Thank you.

[Lemonlauncher-general] Tiny update of the script

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@gm...>]

Hi again,
i have make a tiny change to the script it
builds now
"All" for all supported games of xmame
"Available" for the games you have.

You have to change the /path/to/roms in the script (on the end).

Have fun with it.
Wolfgang.

[Lemonlauncher-general] a simple menu creator

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@gm...>]

hi,
i wrote this simple menu creator for lemonlauncher:

I have a extremly poor coding skill
and im sure it can be better but
maybe anyone like it :)

By
Wolfgang.

Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Question about SDL backed on /dev/fb

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Sure, that would speed things up.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:19:06 -0500, Robin Getz <rg...@bl...>
wrote:
> On Tue 29 Jan 2008 13:49, Josh Kropf pondered:
>> Robin,
>>
>> I've tried both a gentoo box and one with crux using the vesa
>> framebuffer driver and I can't seem to repeat this bug.  On
>> both systems mame launches just fine, and when exited lemon
>> launcher gets control again.
>>
>> Which framebuffer driver are you using?
> 
> I'm using on on the Blackfin BF548.
> http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=sharp_lq043t1dg01
> 
> If you want to try it out on that, I can send you one.
> 
> -Robin

Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Question about SDL backed on /dev/fb

[Robin G. <rg...@bl...>]

On Tue 29 Jan 2008 13:49, Josh Kropf pondered:
> Robin,
> 
> I've tried both a gentoo box and one with crux using the vesa
> framebuffer driver and I can't seem to repeat this bug.  On
> both systems mame launches just fine, and when exited lemon
> launcher gets control again.
> 
> Which framebuffer driver are you using?

I'm using on on the Blackfin BF548.
http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=sharp_lq043t1dg01

If you want to try it out on that, I can send you one.

-Robin

Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Question about SDL backed on /dev/fb

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Robin,

I've tried both a gentoo box and one with crux using the vesa
framebuffer driver and I can't seem to repeat this bug.  On
both systems mame launches just fine, and when exited lemon
launcher gets control again.

Which framebuffer driver are you using?

Regards,
Josh

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:26:40 -0500, Robin Getz <rg...@bl...>
wrote:
> On Mon 28 Jan 2008 08:50, Josh Kropf pondered:
>> Robin,
>>
>> I've been having trouble with that bit of code actually.  It's not very
>> portable and seems to cause issues on different platforms/environments.
> 
> Which is why it doesn't work for me :)
> 
>> That said, I don't think I need to check the return value from
>> SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen because that function call is ignored for
>> everything except X11 environment.
> 
> I just thought it would be a test of "does this work/Are you running in
> X11"
> but a more general fix would be better.
> 
>> In the trunk I have some experimental code which uses the SDL threading
>> functions to launch the mame process which again has some stability
>> issues but it might be worth a try.  The code in trunk actually uses
>> sqlite for the games list so it introduces another dependency and
>> currently there is no user friendly way to generate your database
>> (coming very soon).
> 
> Do I need to grab the entire trunk? or just patch that function? Seems
> like
> from the sql comment - patching that function with trunk code might be
> easier.
> 
> -Robin

Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Question about SDL backed on /dev/fb

[Robin G. <rg...@bl...>]

On Mon 28 Jan 2008 08:50, Josh Kropf pondered:
> Robin,
> 
> I've been having trouble with that bit of code actually.  It's not very
> portable and seems to cause issues on different platforms/environments.

Which is why it doesn't work for me :)
 
> That said, I don't think I need to check the return value from
> SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen because that function call is ignored for
> everything except X11 environment.

I just thought it would be a test of "does this work/Are you running in X11"
but a more general fix would be better.

> In the trunk I have some experimental code which uses the SDL threading
> functions to launch the mame process which again has some stability
> issues but it might be worth a try.  The code in trunk actually uses 
> sqlite for the games list so it introduces another dependency and
> currently there is no user friendly way to generate your database 
> (coming very soon). 

Do I need to grab the entire trunk? or just patch that function? Seems like
from the sql comment - patching that function with trunk code might be easier.

-Robin

Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Question about SDL backed on /dev/fb

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Robin,

I've been having trouble with that bit of code actually.  It's not very
portable and seems to cause issues on different platforms/environments.

That said, I don't think I need to check the return value from
SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen because that function call is ignored for
everything except X11 environment.

In the trunk I have some experimental code which uses the SDL threading
functions to launch the mame process which again has some stability
issues but it might be worth a try.  The code in trunk actually uses
sqlite for the games list so it introduces another dependency and
currently there is no user friendly way to generate your database
(coming very soon).

I will try to setup a system today that uses the framebuffer with SDL and
see if I can't come up with a patch to at least make this work for you.

Regards,
Josh


On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:55:27 -0500, Robin Getz <rg...@bl...>
wrote:
> I was trying to use lemonlauncher (which seems pretty cool BTW) - but was
> having a little problem...
> 
> In lemonmenu.cpp:
> 
> void lemon_menu::handle_run()
> {
>    game* g = (game*)_current->selected();
>    string cmd(g_opts.get_string(KEY_MAME_PATH));
> 
>    log << info << "handle_run: launching game " << g->text() << endl;
> 
>    // this is required when lemon launcher is full screen for some reason
>    // otherwise mame freezes and all the processes have to be kill
> manually
>    bool full = g_opts.get_bool(KEY_FULLSCREEN);
>    if (full) SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(_screen);
> 
>    size_t pos = cmd.find("%r");
>    if (pos == string::npos)
>       throw bad_lemon("mame path missing %r specifier");
> 
>    cmd.replace(pos, 2, g->rom());
> 
>    log << debug << "handle_run: " << cmd << endl;
> 
>    system(cmd.c_str());
> 
>    if (full) SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(_screen);
> 
>    // clear the event queue
>    SDL_Event event;
>    while (SDL_PollEvent(&event));
> 
>    render();
> }
> 
> The problem (I think) is that SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen is only supported
on
> X11, not with /dev/fb
> 
>  http://linux.die.net/man/3/sdl_wm_togglefullscreen
> 
> Does it make sense to check the return code - Returns 0 on failure or 1
on
> success -  and do something else (although right now, I'm not sure what)
> if
> it fails?
> 
> When I run it - I get the exact thing that the comment says - lemon
> launcher
> is full screen, mame freezes and all the processes have to be kill
> manually
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> -Robin
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[Lemonlauncher-general] Question about SDL backed on /dev/fb

[Robin G. <rg...@bl...>]

I was trying to use lemonlauncher (which seems pretty cool BTW) - but was 
having a little problem...

In lemonmenu.cpp:

void lemon_menu::handle_run()
{
   game* g = (game*)_current->selected();
   string cmd(g_opts.get_string(KEY_MAME_PATH));

   log << info << "handle_run: launching game " << g->text() << endl;

   // this is required when lemon launcher is full screen for some reason
   // otherwise mame freezes and all the processes have to be kill manually
   bool full = g_opts.get_bool(KEY_FULLSCREEN);
   if (full) SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(_screen);

   size_t pos = cmd.find("%r");
   if (pos == string::npos)
      throw bad_lemon("mame path missing %r specifier");

   cmd.replace(pos, 2, g->rom());

   log << debug << "handle_run: " << cmd << endl;

   system(cmd.c_str());

   if (full) SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(_screen);

   // clear the event queue
   SDL_Event event;
   while (SDL_PollEvent(&event));

   render();
}

The problem (I think) is that SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen is only supported on 
X11, not with /dev/fb 

 http://linux.die.net/man/3/sdl_wm_togglefullscreen

Does it make sense to check the return code - Returns 0 on failure or 1 on 
success -  and do something else (although right now, I'm not sure what) if 
it fails?

When I run it - I get the exact thing that the comment says - lemon launcher 
is full screen, mame freezes and all the processes have to be kill manually

Any thoughts?

-Robin

Re: [Lemonlauncher-general] Keeping lemonlauncher in foreground

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Doug,

I develop/use lemon launcher on Linux, so the Windows build is a bit
buggy since I don't give it that much attention.  I simply use mingw
in windows to build with no source modification at all.

However, I have been able to reproduce the bug you found and I'll see
if I can't figure something out.

Regards,
Josh

On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:06:51 -0600, "Doug Zobel" <do...@zo...> wrote:
> First, I'd like to say that I'm greatful for a great mame frontend that's
> actively being worked on.  I was originaly using AdvanceMenu on Linux,
but
> had trouble getting it setup properly.  I then switched to windows and
> used
> GameLaunch for a couple years.  However I recently had a harddrive crash
> and
> after re-installig windows, I can't get GameLaunch to work at all. 
> Luckily
> I found Lemon Launcher.  It meets my two requirements: it's a clean
> looking
> frontend and it handles rotated monitors.
> 
> So I'm now using Lemon Launcher on windows XP.  I autolaunch it from the
> startup programs.  I wrote a batch script to launch MAME and Lemon
> Launcher
> calls the batch script.  I can get it to launch a game, however whenever
I
> exit MAME, it goes back to the windows desktop with the Lemon Launcher
> minimized.  I can alt-tab over to it and it's back at full screen.  Any
> idea
> why it wouldn't remain in the foreground after exiting MAME?  Any ideas
> for
> a workaround?

[Lemonlauncher-general] Keeping lemonlauncher in foreground

[Doug Z. <do...@zo...>]

First, I'd like to say that I'm greatful for a great mame frontend that's
actively being worked on.  I was originaly using AdvanceMenu on Linux, but
had trouble getting it setup properly.  I then switched to windows and used
GameLaunch for a couple years.  However I recently had a harddrive crash and
after re-installig windows, I can't get GameLaunch to work at all.  Luckily
I found Lemon Launcher.  It meets my two requirements: it's a clean looking
frontend and it handles rotated monitors.

So I'm now using Lemon Launcher on windows XP.  I autolaunch it from the
startup programs.  I wrote a batch script to launch MAME and Lemon Launcher
calls the batch script.  I can get it to launch a game, however whenever I
exit MAME, it goes back to the windows desktop with the Lemon Launcher
minimized.  I can alt-tab over to it and it's back at full screen.  Any idea
why it wouldn't remain in the foreground after exiting MAME?  Any ideas for
a workaround?

[Lemonlauncher-general] Latest Release + Sorry

[Josh K. <jo...@sl...>]

Not sure if anyone actually subscribes to this list but I just
wanted to give anyone/everyone a heads up that I just posted
the latest build of Lemon Launcher.

Here are the changes:
 + option for the interface orientation (left, right, flip, none)
 + menu sorting (enabled by default) in alphabetic order
 + navigate games by paging alphabetically (speeds up navigating to a game)
 * revised the default key mapping, see README for defaults
 + support relative paths in the theme.conf file
 - no more double mapping of keys (email me if you need this feature back)

Also, I just wanted to say 'sorry' for not subscribing to the list
earlier... feel free to send emails regarding support or feature
requests... I'm all ears.

Regards,
- Josh