Two notable changes:
1. Eliminates the joystick setup from SDLmain, allowing
the mapper's QueryJoysticks() function to be the sole
setup and configuration point for both the SDL Joystick
subsystem and DOSBox's internal configuration of the
joysticks.
2. SDLmain's event loop previously perform some joystick-
specific timing and always called the Mapper's UpdateJoysticks
function; neither of which are needed if the user has disabled
joystick support or if joysticks aren't physically present.
This update now make this entire process conditional on both
of the latter (which is set by the Mapper's QueryJoysticks).
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."
- 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
Changed E_Exit to warning when direct copyflag is used.
Added printscreen/scrollock/pause to the keymapper.
Ignoring printscreen and pause in keyboard (can be used to map special keys
to).
Added some binds so you can bind special keys to them (MK_scrolllock and
MK_pause).
Updated headers to support those new keys and MK_keys.
Imported-from: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/dosbox/code-0/dosbox/trunk@1861
