Re: [jameson: Re: [freesci-develop] FreeSCI configuration]

[Walter van Niftrik]

Christoph Reichenbach wrote:

> if we were to factor things
> out a little, relocating config file and command-line argument parsing
> into a separate module, different platforms could use different 'main'
> files (I believe that the DC port already does something like that,
> but please don't quote me on that as Walter currently isn't in
> shouting range).
>  
The DC port uses the regular 'main', but there are a few #ifdef's to 
take care of some things:

- At startup the dreamcast-specific menu is called. This menu scans for 
SCI games and displays the directories that contain a SCI game. If the 
user selects a directory all the menu does is change the working 
directory to that one and return. The menu also takes care of the config 
file. Only 2 or 3 options are 'available' in the DC port. Those are 
saved in a binary format on the memory card. The menu allows users to 
change those options. The menu will translate those 2 or 3 'binary' 
options into a regular freesci config file and save it on the ramdisk.

- Before a game is started, mirrored files belonging to that game (if 
any) will be loaded from the memory card, decompressed and stored on the 
ramdisk.

- After a game is finished, the same thing happens in the opposite 
direction.

Now, what I'd really like to see is a cross-platform menu with full 
option setting capabilities (like freesci-setup). :) I think Hugues' 
menu is a good first step in that direction.

Regards,

Walter van Niftrik