Update to bsnes v021r02? release.

I've posted a new private WIP. This one just adds the
cheat code editor back in again. Feedback on how it works is
appreciated. You'll notice it's a lot simpler than v0.019's cheat
editor ... I was going for simplicity this time. Editing a code means
deleting and re-adding it (or edit the text file directly). Yes, I
realize it's damn annoying entering codes because the emulator detects
your keypresses as controller presses (unless you're using a joypad).
Sorry, I still need to add code to determine if the active window is
the main emulator window or not for GTK+ before I can fix this on both
ports.

 Hopefully I can get that in before v0.022, but no promises. Worst
case, I'll add a dummy Window::active() function that always returns
true for GTK+ if needed.

 The cheat editor works the exact same on Windows and Linux, so this
should be the first release to allow Linux users to use it.

 Looking more at how useful bsnes is in its' current form ... I'm
simply not going to be able to walk away from it. Fuck it, I'll just
have to split the emulator and maintain two separate versions. It may
cost me some time, but whatever. It'll be good practice in trying to
streamline things to share as much code as possible. I'll keep them
together in one version as long as possible, too (using #defines and
such).

 If I do this, any suggestions on how to differentiate the two
versions? Different names? Different acronyms after bsnes (eg bsnes/AE
and bsnes/SE ...)? Different icons?







> One important point imo is the potential for "code longetivity".
> That is, I'd like the original, untouched code to continue to exist
> (while permitting derivative works) many decades from now.




 No matter the license, that won't change. People can close derived
works with PD, but it's their code that they added which becomes
closed, not mine. It won't make my code cease to be.

 It's not like it all matters that much. Regardless of license, anyone
is always free to get PD access to my code by asking. This is just me
trying to get a public consensus on whether or not I should allow
people to use my code without my permission, and to what extent I
should allow it.

 I was hoping the votes would be less 'all over the board' like the
Uniracers fix ... this vote isn't going very well. Sigh.

 It'd be annoying specifying licenses on everything. Maybe I'll just
bundle the core components (cpu, smp, ppu, dsp, memory, chip sans c4
(I don't own the rights to that)) and stick them in a separate
downloadable archive that's PD [or GPL w/permission exception]. That
way, I'm giving away the stuff that's important and can help others
the most, the emulation core. If someone can't be bothered to ask me
for mine, then they can write their own GUI. Call the package
something like 'libbsnes'. Meh.

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