CHANGES - v0.2.b7, 09-MAR-2009

fix: general bug fixes
imp: improved functionality
new: newly added functionality
wip: (incomplete) work in progress
doc: documentation changes
inf: informational only

v0.2.b7, 09-MAR-2009:

fix: ini-import/-export didn´t work correctly when built for SDLMESS
fix: clear search results list when search pattern is empty
fix: ROMAlyzer: correctly reset the progress bar after analysing a game/machine for which the XML data indicates that it has no ROM files (MESS example: genesis)
fix: corrected item cursor behavior in parent/clone hierarchy view on rapidly changing selections (i.e. when hovering over the list)
fix: loading translations earlier now to allow for a translated welcome wizard
fix: SDLMESS variant: store machine-specific emulator configurations in the [MESS] section
fix: corrected a minor initial item selection issue for search results, play history and favorites lists
fix: ensure a trailing slash for preview-, flyer- and icon-directories for paths returned by the directory selection dialog
fix: corrected a series of bugs related to trimming the cached XML data -- if you don´t update MAME/MESS when first using this (hopefully) fixed version of QMC2, it´s recommended that you remove the gamelist- and XML-caches prior to starting QMC2 (the caches will be recreated cleanly)
fix: ROMAlyzer: use full range of main progress bar
fix: ROM state filter: correctly reset the progress bar after the filter has been applied
fix: corrected a minor style setup issue on startup
fix: ensure same minimum width for axis reset buttons of joystick calibration widget
fix: honor UpdateDelay not only for previews & flyers, but also for all the other game/machine details
fix: ensure main window is initially visible and not obscured by the menu bar
fix: install target works with spaces in paths
fix: center main widget on desktop if its restore position is yet undefined
imp: build: added installation of desktop entry files
imp: build: added optional support to build against a local / alternate SDL library (see new make options starting with SDLLOCAL) - the default is to use whatever SDL library the system may default to
imp: SDLMAME configuration template updated to 0.130 (no new options)
imp: SDLMESS configuration template updated to 0.129 (revised several option descriptions, removed remapjoys and remapjoyfile, added new options joy_idx1 - joy_idx8)
imp: ROM status exporter: more SDLMESS specific updates to translatable texts
imp: build: add qmc2.pro dependency for Makefile.qmake target
imp: avoid potential locking during the determination of the emulator´s version & supported games/machines due to a probably failed reception of the sub-process´ finished() signal
imp: ROMAlyzer: added more file status icons, log a warning on files with incorrect checksums
imp: ROMAlyzer: show count down in analyzer status
imp: code cleanup: replaced all occurrances of obsoleted QWidget method setShown() with setVisible()
imp: code cleanup: use constants instead of numbers for logical emulator options columns
imp: automatically fall back to parent´s game/machine- and emulator-info records when necessary/possible
imp: build: even nicer compile output
imp: more flexibility to layout the main widget (note that this can lead to unusable sub-widgets if you overdo what´s possible
imp: ROMAlyzer: colorize wrong checksums in red, unknown states in blue
imp: build: added new ARCADE_OPENGL make option - if enabled (default), QMC2´s arcade mode will support OpenGL (if available - direct rendering/hardware acceleration recommended!), otherwise only the software renderer will be available (should be fast enough, though)
imp: build: added new WIP make option - if set to 1, unfinished code will be made available (default = 0/disabled)
imp: updated redistributed Qt translations to Qt 4.4.3
imp: build: added new QT_TRANSLATION make option - set this to the absolute path to your Qt translation files if you don´t want to use the ones which are redistributed with QMC2 (which is the default)
imp: welcome wizard: remove initial sample path setup for MESS variant because MESS doesn´t support samples anyway
imp: added distribution specific build configuration for Mandriva Linux release 2009.0
imp: use -listfull ´*´ / -listxml ´*´ (instead of just -listfull / -listxml) to determine the total number of supported games/machines and their detailed XML data - some MAME/MESS builds wouldn´t report the full game/machine list without the asterisk
imp: ROMAlyzer: log elapsed time after analysis
imp: improved full screen toggling of main widget -- should work generally better now and be more independent of the window manager
imp: build: out-of-the-box build support for Mac OS X (Darwin) -- thanks to Vas Crabb!
new: log activation of joystick support and the run-time version of SDL (if applicable)
new: show compile- and run-time versions of SDL in about dialog (if applicable)
new: log run-time version of Phonon (if applicable)
new: added new setting ParentImageFallback (default: false) to enable falling back to the parent´s image if an individual clone´s image doesn´t exist (but the parent´s image does)
new: added optional/on-demand vertical status indicator in game/machine detail view
new: added optional/on-demand display of game/machine description in preview & flyer images
new: added new setting ShowMenuBar (default: true) to control the menu bar visibility
new: MESS: full device support through the new MESS device configurator, which is integrated into the main widget
new: added ROM state filter toggles to the main widget, including new short cuts
new: added new setting CheckSingleInstance (default: true) to enable/disable a startup check against multi-instance runs of the same QMC2 variant
new: all QMC2 variants are now separately configured - includes automatic settings conversion (if required) and automatic cloning of a probably already existing front end configuration (from another variant)
new: added runonce utility to project for use with the QMC2 variant launcher
new: QMC2 variant launcher: both QMC2 variants (qmc2-sdlmame & qmc2-sdlmess) can launch one another; if the other variant already runs, try raising it - note that this feature is very dependent on the window manager which may decide to ignore XMapRaised(); on KDE for example, it will only work correctly when focus under mouse or focus strictly under mouse has been set!)
wip: arcade mode (not working in this release -- disabled by default -- use "make WIP=1 ..." for a preview)
doc: added Q2.11 to FAQ
inf: checked SDL 1.3 (experimental!) compatibility of joystick API
inf: trying to build with Qt versions less than 4.4.0 is now completely inhibited!
inf: long project name changed to M.A.M.E./M.E.S.S. Catalog / Launcher II
inf: build: compile time measurement is disabled per default now
inf: there´s nothing like an emulator info DB for MESS, so this feature is completely disabled in case of QMC2 for SDLMESS
inf: project home page moved to http://qmc2.arcadehits.net/ -- thanks to Vincent Bousquet
inf: checked Qt 4.5+ compatibility (recommended due to much better performance!)