[mythtv] [PATCH] MythGame MAME Help Text

[Dan Morphis]

This patch adds help text for the mame settings screens.  It also 
changes two settings from spin boxes to linesettings as spinbox only 
supports int's, and the settings should be float's. 

-dan
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Index: mythgame/gamesettings.cpp
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RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythgame/mythgame/gamesettings.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -d -r1.7 gamesettings.cpp
--- mythgame/gamesettings.cpp	17 Feb 2004 18:41:25 -0000	1.7
+++ mythgame/gamesettings.cpp	7 Mar 2004 23:03:38 -0000
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Game display order"));
         setValue("system year genre gamename");
         setHelpText(QObject::tr("Order in which to sort the games "
-                    "- this is for all systems."));
+                    "- this is for all systems. Available choices: "
+                    "system, year, genre and gamename"));
     };
 };
Index: mythgame/mamesettingsdlg.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythgame/mythgame/mamesettingsdlg.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -d -r1.11 mamesettingsdlg.cpp
--- mythgame/mamesettingsdlg.cpp	13 Sep 2003 16:19:11 -0000	1.11
+++ mythgame/mamesettingsdlg.cpp	7 Mar 2004 23:03:39 -0000
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         MameSetting("autoframeskip", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Auto frame skip"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable autoframeskip"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         MameSetting("rotleft", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Rotate left"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Rotate screen anti-clockwise"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         MameSetting("rotright", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Rotate right"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Rotate screen clockwise"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         MameSetting("flipx", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Flip X Axis"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Flip screen left-right"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         MameSetting("flipy", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Flip Y Axis"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Flip screen upside-down"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         MameSetting("extra_artwork", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Extra Artwork"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Use additional game artwork"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         MameSetting("scanlines", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Scanlines"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable displaying simulated scanlines"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@
         MameSetting("scale", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Scaling"));
         setValue(1);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Set X-Y Scale to the same aspect ratio. For "
+                                "vector games scale may have value's like 1.5 and even "
+                                "0.5. For scaling of regular games this will be "
+                                "rounded to an int"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@
         MameSetting("antialias", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Antialiasing"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable antialiasing"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@
         MameSetting("translucency", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Translucency"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable tranlucency"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -179,29 +182,29 @@
         addSelection(QObject::tr("1024 x 768"), "3");
         addSelection(QObject::tr("1280 x 1024"), "4");
         addSelection(QObject::tr("1600 x 1200"), "5");
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Always scale vectorgames to X x Y, keeping "
+                                "their aspect ratio. This overrides the scale "
+                                "options"));
     };
 };
 
-class MameBeam: public SpinBoxSetting, public MameSetting {
+class MameBeam: public LineEditSetting, public MameSetting {
 public:
     MameBeam(QString rom):
-        SpinBoxSetting(1, 15, 1),
         MameSetting("beam", rom) {
-        setLabel(QObject::tr("Scaling"));
-        setValue(1);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setLabel(QObject::tr("Beam"));
+        setValue("1.0");
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Set the beam size for vector games (float)"));
     };
 };
 
-class MameFlicker: public SpinBoxSetting, public MameSetting {
+class MameFlicker: public LineEditSetting, public MameSetting {
 public:
     MameFlicker(QString rom):
-        SpinBoxSetting(0, 10, 1),
-        MameSetting("beam", rom) {
-        setLabel(QObject::tr("Scaling"));
-        setValue(0);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        MameSetting("flicker", rom) {
+        setLabel(QObject::tr("Flicker"));
+        setValue("0.0");
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Set the flicker for vector games (float)"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@
         MameSetting("sound", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Use sound"));
         setValue(true);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable sound (if available)"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@
         MameSetting("samples", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Use samples"));
         setValue(true);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable samples (if available)"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -232,7 +235,9 @@
         MameSetting("fakesound", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Fake sound"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Generate sound even when sound is disabled, "
+                                "this is needed for some games which won't run "
+                                "without sound"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -242,8 +247,8 @@
         SpinBoxSetting(-32, 0, 1),
         MameSetting("volume", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Volume"));
-        setValue(-16);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setValue(-3);
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Set volume to x db, (-32 (soft) - 0(loud) )"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@
         MameSetting("cheat", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Enable cheats"));
         setValue(true);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable cheat subsystem"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -285,7 +290,7 @@
         MameSetting("mouse", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Use Mouse"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Enable mouse (if supported)"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -312,7 +317,7 @@
         addSelection(QObject::tr("NetBSD USB Joystick"), "5");
         addSelection(QObject::tr("PS2-Linux native pad"), "6");
         addSelection(QObject::tr("SDL Joystick"), "7");
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Select type of joystick support to use"));
     };
 };
 
@@ -322,7 +327,7 @@
         MameSetting("analogjoy", rom) {
         setLabel(QObject::tr("Use joystick as analog"));
         setValue(false);
-        setHelpText(QObject::tr("No Help text"));
+        setHelpText(QObject::tr("Use Joystick as analog for analog controls"));
     };
 };