Version in README file is purely informational.
Other strings are hardcoded to some platform-specific format and scheme,
where we can't use version derived from autoconf.
Change copyright strings to "dosbox-staging team" (we are not "DOSBox
Team"), change relevant copyright years (this meta has no real legal
meaning - unlike COPYING file and license inside source files, so use
only current year in there).
AUTOTYPE performs scripted keyboard entry into the running
DOS program.
It can be used to reliably skip intros, answer Q&A style questions
that some games ask on startup, or conduct a simple demo.
It allows for delaying input by any number of fractional seconds,
as well defining the pacing between keystrokes. It uses the
comma character "," to insert additional delays similar to modern
phone numbers.
It uses key_* names as defined by the mapper to avoid using SDL
scancodes[1], which are unstable across platforms. This approach
also allows the triggering of custom key bindings the use has
defined.
[1] https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_GetScancodeName
"Warning: The returned name is by design not stable across
platforms, e.g. the name for SDL_SCANCODE_LGUI is "Left GUI" under
Linux but "Left Windows" under Microsoft Windows, and some
scancodes like SDL_SCANCODE_NONUSBACKSLASH don't have any name at
all. There are even scancodes that share names, e.g.
SDL_SCANCODE_RETURN and SDL_SCANCODE_RETURN2 (both called
"Return"). This function is therefore unsuitable for creating a
stable cross-platform two-way mapping between strings and
scancodes."
This used to have meaning for Windows 9x support via SDL 1.2; the issue
described in README was never mentioned in the context of SDL2.
Add missing include to video header while we're at it.
This is accomplished by clearing all the binds on the events, and
then re-parsing the file.
This allows batch scripts to change keybindings, and is useful for DOS
game menus, who can now change the mappings per-game.
ie: config -set sdl mapperfile=~/.dosbox/mario-and-luigi.map
or: config -r -conf ~/.dosbox/mario-and-luigi.conf
(with a mapperfile=mario-and-luigi.map line in mario-and-luigi.conf)
Warning: Because internal changes don't have access to the
current_config_path, paths set with config -set are relative to the
CWD. Relevant source lines are src/misc/setup.cpp lines 349 and 917
I'm unsure if this interacts well with the CAPS and NUMLOCK code at the
bottom of MAPPER_Init, as those now get run every time the mapper
reloads. If it does misbehave, those if statements can probably be
moved to the MAPPER_StartUp function, although it is called a bit earlier
than MAPPER_Init.
A natural extension of this would be to add the ability to change the
mapperfile from within the MAPPER UI.
Initial testing indicates, that problem described in this section in
README file might be fixed with SDL 2.0, but it is not fully confirmed
that it's fixed yet.
Also, remove all traces of these interfaces from user manual (README
file) and man page (docs/dosbox.1).
MCI (Media Control Interface) was a primary Windows interface. Code
comments and documentation claimed, that it's only for "NT, 2000, XP"
but the code was enabled for Windows 2000 or later (version > 4.0).
DX (Digital audio eXtraction (?)) could be forced on any Windows with
autodetection working only on Vista and Windows 7 (code was disabled for
Windows 8 or later - probably unintentionally).
DIO used DeviceIoControl interface and Windows-specific ioctl calls.
All 3 interfaces depend on SDL and SDL_cdrom functionality to work.
SDL_cdrom 1.2 implementation uses MCI on Windows to provide the same
functionality.
ASPI was supported by Microsoft only for Windows 95, 98 and, ME.
Adaptec supported this interface going forward for Windows NT, 2000,
and XP (32-bit only).
Cleanup before replacing SDL1.2 with SDL2.
OS/2 support was introduced in DOSBox in March 2006. OS/2 reached EOL
in December 2006.
As of 2019, OS/2 is being continued by proprietary 32-bit only ArcaOS,
although there is no official SDL2 support, despite pledges from SDL2
maintainers.
- manipulate the autoexec section
- display information on sections and values
- show the used config files and startup command line parameters
- restart capability
- save config files either in the config or program directory
Imported-from: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/dosbox/code-0/dosbox/trunk@3651
Fix crash reported by MiniMax (mount -u 0).
Fix bug reported by Tearex ("config -get" broken).
Add some protection that makes it harder to mount a directory from
within an executable.
Add some protection to make mounting from command /c much harder.
Add a securemode commandline switch to config and dosbox that should make it
impossible to mount a location when this isn't wanted by the user. (Addresses concerns of CVE-2007-6328)
Update documentation to reflect this.
Imported-from: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/dosbox/code-0/dosbox/trunk@3114
