From 9ed58b94265586c7b9439e06d52651b6f6b16ea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: punkrockguy318 <punkrockguy318@users.sf.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:15:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added sdl faq

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 htdocs/fceux-sdl-faq.php | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/htdocs/docs.php b/htdocs/docs.php
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@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 <tr><th class="boxhead" colspan="3">Documentation</th></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="3">
 <ul>
- <li>Documentation for the SDL build is <a href="fceux-sdl-docs.php">available here</a>
+ <li>(incomplete) Documentation for the SDL build is <a href="fceux-sdl-docs.php">available here</a>.
+ <li>FAQ for the SDL build can be <a href="fceux-sdl-faq.php">found here</a>.
  <li>Windows users should look at the CHM which is packaged with the binary, or go <a href=http://fceultra.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fceultra/fceu/src/drivers/win/help/fceux.chm>directly to it</a>; but you cannot open it directly out of IE, as Microsoft feels that this would be a security hazard. You'd better save it first and then unblock it from the file properties.
  <br>Some of the SDL documentation might be informative to Windows users--so if the CHM doesn't answer your question, give it a shot.
  <li><strong>TAS folks:</strong><ul>
diff --git a/htdocs/fceux-sdl-faq.php b/htdocs/fceux-sdl-faq.php
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+<?php
+	$title = "SDL FCEUX FAQ";
+	include("header.php");
+?>
+
+
+<html>
+ <head>
+  <title>FCEUX SDL FAQ</title>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+  <center><h1>FCEUX SDL FAQ</h1></center>
+  <center><i>Last updated August 23, 2008<br />Valid as of FCEUX 2.0.2</i> by punkrockguy318<br>
+  </center>
+ <p>
+ <b>Table of Contents:</b>
+ <ul>
+  <li /><a href="#win-vs-sdl">What are the differences between the windows and sdl versions?</a>
+  <li /><a href="#config">How do I configure a gamepad?</a>
+  <li /><a href="#lua">Why do I need lua5.1 to compile/run FCEUX?</a>
+  <li /><a href="#features-expansion-genie">Game Genie</a>
+  <li /><a href="#features-expansion-vs">VS Unisystem</a>
+ </ul>
+ 
+ </p>
+ <hr width="100%">
+ <a name="intro"><h2>What are the differences between the windows and sdl versions?</h2></a>
+ <p>A lot of work that has been done on the FCE code base was been windows only, so 
+ some features have not been implemented into the more portable SDL version. </p>
+ <p>Here is a list of planned features that are currently in the Win32 build 
+ but are missing from the SDL build:</p>
+ <ul>
+   <li />Autosaving
+   <li />Toggle BG/FG rendering
+   <li />More graphical ways of configuring FCEUX
+ </ul>
+ <p>I'm going to reiterate that much of the work that has been done of the FCEUX 
+ code base has been windows only, so some features will probably never be ported 
+ to the SDL version.  If you are a casual user that just wants to play old NES games, the SDL 
+ build will be sufficient for you.  However, if you want to use the extensive
+ TAS and debugging features that FCEUX has to offer, you are better of using
+ the windows build in <a href=http://winehq.org>wine</a>.  Here is a list of features
+ that will most likely never be ported to the SDL port.</p>
+ <ul>
+   <li />Memory watch
+   <li />Ram filter
+   <li />TAS edit
+   <li />Most of the debugging features
+ </ul>
+ <a name="config"><h3>How do I configure a gamepad?</h3></a>
+ <p>
+  You can configure the first gamepad by running <b>fceux --inputcfg gamepad1 
+  /any/rom/name/here/it/doesnt/matter/</b> </p>
+  <p>When you do this, you'll be presented with a small titlebar with a title 
+  indicating what button to map.  The input configurator will look for two
+  of the same keypress/joystick event.  If it doesn't find two of the same 
+  keypresses in a row, it will allow you to map the button to four seperate keys.</p>
+  <p>FCEUX doesn't keep seperate input configurations for serperate games, it
+  simply needs a rom to process on the command line.  You can even use /dev/null as 
+  your filename in the command.</p>
+  <p>I'd like to also note that I've started work on a GUI for setting gamepads, but
+  it is current a WIP, but hopefully it will become functional when I get a chance.</p>
+ </p>
+ <a name="lua"><h4>Why do I need lua5.1 to compile/run fceux?</h4></a>
+ <p>More and more of FCEUX is going to work around its lua scripting system.
+ FCEUX's lua scripting system leaves endless possibilities for scripts.  An option
+ to compile without lua may be added to a future release.</p>
+        
+ <a name="credits"><h2>Credits</h2></a>
+ <p>
+ <table border width="100%">
+  <tr><th>Name:</th><th>Contribution(s):</th></tr>
+  <tr><td>punkrockguy318</td><td>Author of this document</td></tr>
+ </table>
+ </p>
+ </body>
+</html>
