Bug 413743

Summary:	app-emulation/vice: Add a USE-flag for the SDL-UI
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Stefan Borschtel <lomaxx>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Games <games>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stefan Borschtel 2012-04-27 15:39:59 UTC

Please add a USE-flag to enable the SDL-userinterface of the vice-emulator. Although the menu does not support mouse-usage and is a bit hidden since you have to press F12 to open the menu), it offers MUCH more useability. It's fullscreenmode just works in contrast to some bugs/flaws of the current standard Gentoo-build, you can configure the joystick-controller in a much more pleasing way and even add emulator-shortcut-configurations for joystick-buttons.
 IMHO this UI should even be made the standard-interface due to all the additional options. But even if not, then a message should be output after installation to inform the user, that he might want to switch to it.

Additionally an install-message reading that you can open the menu by pressing F12 would be good.

To enable the UI the sourcecode has to be configured/compiled with the "--enable-sdlui" being enabled. I would provide such an ebuild myself, but i barely managed to get it somehow done with dirty hacks for personal usage and don't think that offering it for public makes any sense.

Beside the above I would also welcome a current-svn-snapshot-ebuild (something like "vice-99999.ebuild)

Comment 1 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2012-04-27 15:56:03 UTC

Please do not conflate several issues in one bug. If want a live ebuild added to the tree, report a separate enhancement bug.

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-02-11 03:18:14 UTC

sdl is available in vice-2.4.16-r1