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Where can I learn more about retropie code?

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    KANE81
    last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 06:29

    Help using retropie

    Where is the best place for newbies to learn how to use retropie function codes?

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      herb_fargus administrators
      last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 06:54

      Source code is here:

      https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup

      You can play with the modules

      Some docs on functions here:

      https://retropie.org.uk/api/

      Best way to learn is just to get into the code and play with things til they work. That's all I've done.

      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        meleu @KANE81
        last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 12:03

        @KANE81 I think I know how you feel. I've made/contributed with some (maybe two?) scriptmodules and yet feel a bit lost many times. :)

        The tips @herb_fargus gave above is the way to go.

        Although not directly related to the RetroPie-Setup code, playing with runcommand-onstart.sh and -onend.sh can be fun/useful to practice your bash programming skills. You can read about it here: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#runcommand-onstart-and-runcommand-onend-scripts

        And here are some topics that may interest you:

        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4621/some-questions-about-retropie-script-modules

        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2370/is-it-possible-to-call-an-retropie-setup-scriptmodule-from-command-line

        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4271/write-access-shares-in-md_inst-best-practises-question

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          KANE81 @meleu
          last edited by 8 Mar 2017, 15:35

          @meleu Thank you!

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            KANE81 @herb_fargus
            last edited by 8 Mar 2017, 15:38

            @herb_fargus Thank you!

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