WinUAE request: button to export current settings in txt format

[hexaae]

I usually finetune WHDLoad games while in-game through the GUI… and I wondered if could be added a button to export current cfg in txt format (or copied to the Amiga/Windows clipboard), just to make it simple to apply as WHDLoad games tooltype or in launcher scripts, e.g.:
ExecuteStartup=
ExecutePostDisk=C:UAE-Configuration cachesize 0 cycle_exact true cpu_throttle -500

Of course it should export just the current CPU/Chipset settings in a format suitable for single-line "uae-configuration" tool…

[Jope]

The config files are text files, so just save your config and open the conf file in your favourite editor?

The config file entries are also the same as command line parameters..

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by Jope

The config files are text files, so just save your config and open the conf file in your favourite editor?

The config file entries are also the same as command line parameters..

I concur, just tell Windows to open .uae files in Notepad and you're set.

[hexaae]

Please re-read the whole #1 msg

[Toni Wilen]

How would WinUAE know which settings you want? There are dozens of them, most of them are only rarely needed.

[haps]

While we're at it could WinUAE fetch me a beer while I'm kicking arse in Speedball 2? xD

[thomas]

@hexaae

Maybe you like the uae-config-export program from the attached archive. It will print the config items you name in the command line.

For example you enter:

uae-config-export cachesize cycle_exact cpu_throttle

and the output will be:

cachesize 16384 cycle_exact false cpu_throttle 0.0


@Toni

I also updated the C source of uae-configuration to include the handling of uae.resource.

[hexaae]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

How would WinUAE know which settings you want? There are dozens of them, most of them are only rarely needed.

The idea was to copy in clipboard only those from chipset/CPU GUI (the ones you usually play with to finetune games)…

Namely:
win32.cpu_idle=160
comp_trustbyte=direct
comp_trustword=direct
comp_trustlong=direct
comp_trustnaddr=direct
comp_nf=true
comp_constjump=true
comp_flushmode=soft
compfpu=true
cachesize=4096
immediate_blits=false
waiting_blits=disabled
blitter_throttle=0.00000000
chipset=aga
collision_level=full
chipset_compatible=Generic
cpu_speed=max
cpu_throttle=0.0
cpu_x86_throttle=0.0
cpu_compatible=false
cpu_24bit_addressing=false
cpu_data_cache=false
cpu_reset_pause=false
cpu_cycle_exact=false
cpu_memory_cycle_exact=false
blitter_cycle_exact=false
cycle_exact=false

E.g. the clipboard will contain:
"win32.cpu_idle 160 comp_trustbyte direct comp_trustword direct comp_trustlong direct comp_trustnaddr direct comp_nf true comp_constjump true comp_flushmode soft compfpu true cachesize 4096 immediate_blits false waiting_blits disabled blitter_throttle 0.00000000 chipset aga collision_level full chipset_compatible Generic cpu_speed max cpu_throttle 0.0 cpu_x86_throttle 0.0 cpu_compatible false cpu_24bit_addressing false cpu_data_cache false cpu_reset_pause false cpu_cycle_exact false cpu_memory_cycle_exact false blitter_cycle_exact false cycle_exact false"

mmmh, or maybe just the essentials required to make 99.9% (WHDLoad) games/demos work fine:
cachesize=4096
immediate_blits=false
waiting_blits=disabled
blitter_throttle=0.00000000
cpu_speed=max
cpu_throttle=0.0
cpu_compatible=false
cpu_cycle_exact=false
cpu_memory_cycle_exact=false
blitter_cycle_exact=false
cycle_exact=false

"cachesize 4096 immediate_blits false waiting_blits disabled blitter_throttle 0.00000000 cpu_speed max cpu_throttle 0.0 cpu_compatible false cpu_cycle_exact false cpu_memory_cycle_exact false blitter_cycle_exact false cycle_exact false"

@Thomas
Thank you… the problem is that you should be able to dump current cfg even when WB/multitasking is suspended in-games, so a CLI command is not the ideal solution.