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Usage

Overview

hatariui is a Python/Gtk UI for Hatari which can either embed the Hatari window (on X11 systems) or run in a separate window. By default it provides normal application menus and some extra buttons for faster access to fast-forward and other functionality, but these are fully configurable with the command line options. While it lacks support for some of the Hatari configuration options that Hatari's SDL GUI has, it also supports some options that the Hatari's built-in SDL UI doesn't.

Besides the UI configurability, some of the other advantages hatariui has over the SDL interface included with Hatari itself are use of a normal Gtk file selector with all of its features (directory shortcuts etc), support for UTF-8 (in file names) and in general blending better to the user's desktop environment.

Additionally, Hatari can run while one uses UI configuration dialogs, and it can stop Hatari completely to better save the battery on mobile computers. For devices without a keyboard, it offers a a text input dialog and one can configure (from command line) buttons for often used strings.

Hatariui / hatariui.py

hatariui is a shell script wrapper for the hatariui.py Python script. It's used to run the Python script with suitable options for default usage, and to set up the correct installation directory for rest of the Hatari UI Python scripts and data files.

Options below are actually for the hatariui.py script. If you want to change options given for it, modify the hatariui shell script or make your own based on the installed one.

Options

-h, --help

Hatari UI command line help

-n, --nomenu

Omit menubar from the window

-e, --embed

Embed Hatari window (to middle of controls)

-f, --fullscreen

Start in fullscreen

-l, --left <controls>

Add a toolbar at left

-r, --right <controls>

Add a toolbar at right

-t, --top <controls>

Add a toolbar at top

-b, --bottom <controls>

Add a toolbar at bottom

-p, --panel <name>,<controls>

Add a separate window with given name and controls

You can have only one toolbar on each side of the Hatari window. Panels are separate windows and you can have as many of them as you wish. For each of the panels, you need to add a button with the name of the panel (see "MyPanel" in the Examples section).

Following buttons can be added to toolbars and panels:

|

Separator between action buttons

>

Start next toolbar row in panel windows

compatibility

Hatari compatibility list

harddisk

Hard disk config dialog

reset

Warm or cold reset Hatari

sconfig

Save configuration

bugs

Report a bug

display

Display settings dialog

authors

Hatari authors

forward

Toggle Hatari fast-forward

debug

Activate Hatari debugger

quit

Quit Hatari UI

hatari

Hatari home page

recanim

Record animation

recsound

Record YM/Wav

mails

Hatari mailing lists

floppy

Floppy image dialog

device

Midi / Printer / RS232 enabling dialog

load

Load emulation snapshot

lconfig

Load configuration

path

Path config dialog

machine

Hatari machine config dialog

todo

Hatari TODO

hatariui

Hatari UI home page

save

Save emulation snapshot

joystick

Joystick settings dialog

trace

Hatari tracing dialog

pause

Pause Hatari to save battery

about

Hatari UI information

release

Hatari release notes

full

Toggle whether Hatari is fullscreen

manual

Hatari manual

input

Text / mouse click injection dialog

sound

Sound settings dialog

changes

Latest Hatari changes

run

(Re-)run Hatari

shot

Grab a screenshot

<panel name>

Button for the specified panel window

<name>=<string/code>

Synthetize string or single key <code>. NOTE: disable fast-forward before injection or key-repeat will repeat each injected key!

If no options are given, the UI uses basic controls.

Examples

Example on how to add top, right and bottom toolbars and a separate "MyPanel" panel window:

	hatariui.py --embed \
	-t "about,run,pause,quit" \
	-p "MyPanel,Macro=Test,Undo=97,Help=98,>,F1=59,F2=60,>,close" \
	-r "pause,debug,trace,machine,MyPanel" \
	-b "sound,|,forward,|,full"

For more examples on Hatari UI options usage, see the hatariui shell script.