rockbox/manual/plugins/main.tex
Franklin Wei 33cb13dee5 Xworld - Another World interpreter for Rockbox
Co-conspirators: Franklin Wei, Benjamin Brown

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This work is based on:
- Fabien Sanglard's "Fabother World" based on
- Piotr Padkowski's newRaw interpreter which was based on
- Gregory Montoir's reverse engineering of
- Eric Chahi's assembly code

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Progress:

* The plugin runs pretty nicely (with sound!) on most color targets
* Keymaps for color LCD targets are complete
* The manual entry is finished
* Grayscale/monochrome support is NOT PLANNED
  - the game looks horrible in grayscale! :p

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Notes:

* The original game strings were built-in to the executable, and
  were copyrighted and could not be used.
* This port ships with an alternate set of strings by default, but
  can load the "official" strings from a file at runtime.

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To be done (in descending order of importance):

* vertical stride compatibility                          <30% done>
* optimization                                           <10% done>

Change-Id: I3155b0d97c2ac470cb8a2040f40d4139ddcebfa5
Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.rockbox.org/1077
Reviewed-by: Michael Giacomelli <giac2000@hotmail.com>
2014-12-23 23:48:12 +01:00

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\chapter{Plugins}\label{ref:plugins}
\opt{mpiohd200}{%
\fixme{The manual for MPIO HD200 is incomplete. Keymap definitions for plugins are missing.}\\
}
Plugins are programs that Rockbox can load and run. Only one plugin can
be loaded at a time. Plugins have exclusive control over the user interface.
This means you cannot switch back and forth between a plugin and Rockbox. When
a plugin is loaded, you need to exit it to return to the Rockbox interface.
Most plugins will not interfere with music playback but some of them will stop
playback while running. Plugins have the file extension \fname{.rock}. Most of
them can be started from \setting{Browse Plugins} in the \setting{Main Menu}.\\
Viewer plugins get started automatically by opening an associated file (i.e.
text files%
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{, chip8 games}%
), or from the \setting{Open with} option on the \setting{Context Menu}.
\section{Games}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}
{See also the Chip{}-8 emulator in \reference{ref:Chip8emulator}
\opt{archosrecorder,archosfmrecorder,iriverh100,iaudiom5,lcd_color}
{and Rockboy in \reference{ref:Rockboy}}.}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/2048.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/blackjack.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/brickmania.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/bubbles.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/chessbox.tex}}
\opt{lcd_color}{\input{plugins/clix.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/chopper.tex}}
\opt{lcd_color}{\input{plugins/codebuster.tex}}
{\input{plugins/dice.tex}}
\opt{swcodec}{\nopt{lowmem}{\input{plugins/doom.tex}}}
{\input{plugins/flipit.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/goban.tex}}
\opt{lcd_non-mono}{\nopt{iriverh10_5gb,ipodmini1g,c200,c200v2,mpiohd200,clipzip,samsungyh820}{
\input{plugins/invadrox.tex}}}
{\input{plugins/jackpot.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/jewels.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/mazezam.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/minesweeper.tex}}
\opt{archosplayer}{\input{plugins/nim.tex}}
\opt{iriverh100,iaudiom5,lcd_color}{\nopt{c200,c200v2,clipzip,samsungyh820}{\input{plugins/pacbox.tex}}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/pegbox.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/pong.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/reversi.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/robotfindskitten.tex}}
{\input{plugins/rockblox.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/rockblox1d.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/sliding.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/snake.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/snake2.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/sokoban.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/solitaire.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/spacerocks.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/star.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/sudoku.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/wormlet.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/xobox.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/xworld.tex}}
\section{Demos}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/bounce.tex}}
{\input{plugins/credits.tex}}
{\input{plugins/cube.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/demystify.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/fire.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/fractals.tex}}
{\input{plugins/logo.tex}}
{\input{plugins/mosaic.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/oscilloscope.tex}}
\opt{tagcache}{\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/pictureflow.tex}}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/plasma.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/rocklife.tex}}
{\input{plugins/snow.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/starfield.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/vumeter.tex}}
\section{\label{ref:Viewersplugins}Viewers}
Viewers are plugins which are associated with specific file extensions.
They cannot be run directly but are started by ``playing'' the associated file.
Viewers are stored in the \fname{/.rockbox/rocks/viewers/} directory.
\par
\note{
Some viewer plugins can only be used by selecting the \setting{Open With...}
option from the \setting{Context Menu} (see \reference{ref:Contextmenu}).}
\begin{table}
\begin{rbtabular}{.92\textwidth}{Xlc}%
{\textbf{Viewer Plugin}& \textbf{Associated filetype(s)} & \textbf{Context Menu only}}%
{}{}
Shortcuts & \fname{.link} & \\
Chip-8 Emulator & \fname{.ch8} & \\
Frotz & \fname{.z1 - .z8} & \\
Image Viewer & \fname{.bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .png\opt{lcd_color}{, .ppm}} & \\
Lua scripting language& \fname{.lua} & \\
\opt{swcodec}{\nopt{lowmem}{
Midiplay & \fname{.mid, .midi} & \\
MPEG Player & \fname{.mpg, .mpeg, .mpv, .m2v} & \\
}}
\opt{swcodec}{
MP3 Encoder & \fname{.wav} & x \\
}
\opt{masf}{
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{
Movie Player & \fname{.rvf} & \\
}
}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{
\nopt{ondio}{% not enough buttons
Rockboy & \fname{.gb, .gbc} & \\
}
}
Search & \fname{.m3u, .m3u8} & x \\
Sort & \fname{.*} & x \\
Text Viewer & \fname{.txt,.nfo, .*} & \\
VBRfix & \fname{.mp3} & x \\
\opt{masf}{
Wavplay & \fname{.wav} & \\
}
ZXBox & \fname{.tap, .tax, .sna, .z80} & \\
Shopping list & \fname{.shopper} & \\
\end{rbtabular}
\end{table}
{\input{plugins/shortcuts.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/chip8emulator.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/frotz.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/imageviewer.tex}}
\opt{large_plugin_buffer}{\input{plugins/lua.tex}}
\opt{swcodec}{\nopt{lowmem}{\input{plugins/midiplay.tex}}}
\opt{archosrecorder,archosfmrecorder,ondio}{\input{plugins/movieplayer.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\opt{swcodec}{\nopt{lowmem}{\input{plugins/mpegplayer.tex}}}}
\opt{swcodec}{\input{plugins/mp3_encoder.tex}}
\opt{archosrecorder,archosfmrecorder,ondio}{\input{plugins/rockbox_flash.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\nopt{%
ONDIO_PAD%,m200, % not enough buttons for keymap
,ipod1g2g,ipod3g,ipod4g,ipodmini% horizontal pixelformat not implemented
,iaudiom3,mpiohd200, % vertical interleaved pixelformat not implemented
,mrobe100% lcd size/depth not implemented
}{
\input{plugins/rockboy.tex}}}
{\input{plugins/search.tex}}
{\input{plugins/shopper.tex}}
{\input{plugins/sort.tex}}
{\input{plugins/text_viewer.tex}}
{\input{plugins/theme_remove.tex}}
{\input{plugins/vbrfix.tex}}
\opt{archosrecorder,archosfmrecorder,ondio}{\input{plugins/wavplay.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/zxbox.tex}}
\section{Applications}
\opt{rtc}{\input{plugins/alarmclock.tex}}
\opt{archosplayer,archosrecorder,archosfmrecorder}{\input{plugins/alpinecdc.tex}}
{\input{plugins/batterybenchmark.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/calculator.tex}}
\opt{rtc}{\input{plugins/calendar.tex}}
{\input{plugins/chess_clock.tex}}
\opt{rtc}{\input{plugins/clock.tex}}
{\input{plugins/disktidy.tex}}
\opt{archosplayer}{\input{plugins/euro_converter.tex}}
\opt{archosrecorder,archosfmrecorder,ondio}{\input{plugins/firmware_flash.tex}}
{\input{plugins/keybox.tex}}
\opt{HAVE_BACKLIGHT}{\input{plugins/lamp.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/lrcplayer.tex}}
{\input{plugins/md5sum.tex}}
{\input{plugins/metronome.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/periodic_table.tex}}
\opt{swcodec}{\opt{recording_mic}{\input{plugins/pitch_detector.tex}}}
{\input{plugins/random_folder_advance_config.tex}}
{\input{plugins/resistor.tex}}
\opt{lcd_color}{\input{plugins/rockpaint.tex}}
\opt{archosrecorder,archosfmrecorder,ondio}{\input{plugins/split_editor.tex}}
{\input{plugins/stats.tex}}
{\input{plugins/stopwatch.tex}}
\opt{lcd_bitmap}{\input{plugins/text_editor.tex}}