Announcing: Screen Management Script

[coderkevin]

Hello,

I created a screen management script that will start roms or the dashboard without need of the UI. This is very useful for system daemons, programs or scripts that need to start roms or return to the dashboard. If you have need of such a thing, you're welcome to use the code here:

https://github.com/coderkevin/mini-nes/tree/master/screen

It's part of another repo of mine for now, but if enough people want to use it separately, I'd be willing to split it out to its own repo.

Cheers!

[meleu]

@coderkevin Didn't get what exactly it does... Could you post some screenshots?

[coderkevin]

@meleu I would, but they would just be screens of emulationstation and retroarch!

This is a script that better integrates with code that needs to start a rom without using emulationstation to do it. I've seen examples of that here where folks have a few buttons and they want each button to start a different game. This can do that.

I'm using it for an NFC reader that looks for tiny 3d-printed nintendo cartridges with nfc tags to be placed over it. Then my nfc_poll daemon uses this screen_manager to kill whatever's running (emulationstation or runcommand), and start up the correct rom. After I remove the cartridge, this script is fired to put emulationstation back up on the screen.

[obsidianspider]

@coderkevin I can see how that will be really useful to people using those 3D-printed mini carts!

[pjft]

@coderkevin Oh, I see. You can use this to, say, start a game straight from boot or something?

I've seen quite a few people asking for this, it does have its use! And your use case is just spectacular. Well done. I can see this as being a great way to gift the system to a kid, and then gradually offer them new games.

Wow.

Thanks for sharing!

[coderkevin]

Glad it can be helpful for others!