Some brief instructions on adding another user interface to Fuse
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Version: $Id: ui.txt,v 1.9 2003/03/13 14:55:28 pak21 Exp $

In order to add a new user interface (UI) to Fuse, you need to
implement:

* the functions listed in ui/ui.h
* the functions listed in ui/uidisplay.h
* some form of keyboard handling.

In general, all functions returning `int' should return zero on
success and non-zero on error unless otherwise specified.

As of Fuse 0.4.1, the specific code for each user interface sits in
its own directory under the ui/ directory.

ui.h
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* int ui_init( int *argc, char ***argv )

Initalise all of the UI-specific bits except the display (keyboard, etc).
`argc' and `argv' are pointers to `argc' and `argv' as supplied to
`main()'.

* int ui_event( void )

`ui_event()' is called at the start of every emulated Spectrum frame,
and is the opportunity for the UI actions to happen. Some of the
current UIs, for example the GTK+ UI use this to do most of their
processing such as reading the keyboard and the like, whilst others,
for example the SVGAlib UI do much less here.

* int ui_verror( ui_error_level severity, const char *format, va_list ap )

This will be called whenever the emulator wishes to output an error
message of some form to the user; `severity' specifies how severe the
error is - possible values are in "ui/ui.h". Typical actions will
include writing the message to stderr and/or some form of dialog box
for the user to read.

* int ui_end( void )

`ui_end()' is called on emulator shutdown and should undo all the
setup done in `ui_init()'.

uidisplay.h
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* int uidisplay_init( int width, int height )

Initalise all of the display-specific bits for a display of (preferred)
size `width' x `height' pixels; note that `width' and `height' refer
to the entire canvas on which the screen and emulated border is to be
drawn, not just the Spectrum's screen. This will be called each time
a machine is selected by the user to set the appropriate canvas
(typically 320x240 for Sinclair/Amstrad models, 640x480 for Timex
models to allow for hires modes).

* void uidisplay_area( int x, int y, int w, int h )

This should copy the area of size `w' x `h' at pixel ( `x', `y' ) from
the buffered copy of the Spectrum's screen (display.c:display_image)
to the real display. Note that pixel ( 0, 0 ) is the top-left pixel of
the emulated border, not that of the actual screen.

* void uidisplay_frame_end( void )

This is called at the end of every spectrum frame, giving the ui a
chance to flush all the drawing done over the course of the frame.

* void uidisplay_hotswap_gfx_mode( void )

This is called when the user has changed the scaler in use by the
emulator. The ui should change the window to a multiple of the
size set in uidisplay_init as required by the requested scaler.
A ui does not have to support all or any of the scalers.

* void uidisplay_end( void )

Just undo whatever was done by `uidisplay_init()'.

* void uidisplay_init_scalers( void );

This function should set the scalers supported for the particular
machine and ui in question. For example the half size scaler only
makes sense for Timex machines (as it drops even scanlines), and
you may only want to enable it when a Timex machine has been
enabled.
Alteratively, if your emulator has a fixed display mode (say
320x240), then you may want to only enable the scalers that will
generate a 320x240 screen (i.e. Normal1x for Sinclair/Amstrad
machines, and Half for Timex models).

Keyboard handling
-----------------

There are two different sorts of keys which the UI has to handle:
those which correspond to Spectrum keys, and those which control Fuse
in some way.

There are two functions to handle Spectrum-related keys (from `keyboard.h'):

* void keyboard_press  ( keyboard_key_name key )
* void keyboard_release( keyboard_key_name key )

`keyboard_key_name' is an enum defined in `keyboard.h' which lists all
the Spectrum keys; calling these functions will cause the emulated
machine to believe that the corresponding Spectrum key has been
pressed or released.

If you're using widget code in your user interface, note that this
contains its own keyboard handling code, so you should ignore any
non-Spectrum keys if `widget_active' is true.

There is a general keyboard to Spectrum keys mapping listed in
`keysyms.dat', which is used to generate `keysyms.c' by
`keysyms.pl'. If you can generate a mapping from whatever your UI's
keyboard routines return to the Xlib keysyms used in `keysyms.dat',
this is probably the easiest way to deal with the Spectrum-related keys.
