Simple like a simple enough api to implement
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:40:38 -0500, Jeremiah Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7 Dec 2004, at 12:00 PM, Mark Friedgan wrote: > > > What if it there was a game playing plugin and a "rom figuring out" > > plugin mechanism? > > I think that would be the best way to go. The API might look something > like: > > bool UsesRoms(void) > Returns "true" if it's an emulator, "false" if it's a standalone game > that doesn't need a file parameter. > > bool RomFile(QString path) > Returns "true" or "false" for the given file. Plugins could use a > suffix filter or more sophisticated info. > > void Run(QString rom_path) > Launch the emulator with the specified ROM. If UsesRoms() is false, > then rom_path will be NULL. > > ConfigurationWizard *ConfigOptions(QSqlDatabase *db) > Create the settings for this game. It could be as simple as a single > text-box for a command line, or a full GUI like the current mame > settings. This gives maximum flexibility, though a generic plugin > would probably have "path to application", "path to ROMs", "extra > options". > > QString RomDirectory(void) > The root directory to search for ROM files. This is recursively > searched, with RomFile() called for each candidate. The user probably > specifies this directory in the ConfigOptions. > > Creating a new filter instance would be like creating a new video > source, as Mark suggested: you pick the filter type (we'd have "Generic > ROM-based" and "Generic standalone" to add new emulators/games), give > it a name, and then set the options. > > The main UI could have all of the filter instances on the left, and the > ROMs (or a single "Launch game" item) on the right. Not sure how to > add categorization into this mix though. > > I don't use mythgame a whole lot, so I might be missing some obvious > features, but how does this sound for a start? > > - Jeremiah > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev > > >
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