@CtrlAltDelMe said in [Question] Change shell to use with RetroPie?:

Wouldn't it be possible to run the bash script by invoking it with bash in whatever config file for fish?

Yes, that would be possible - but I'm not familiar with how fish works.

It stores a config in $HOME/.config/fish/config.fish. However I'd still want the ability to run the setup script to go back to Raspbian if need be. Is that doable?

Probably, but as I said I'm not familiar with how fish works so I can't be of service here.

@mitu

great, many thanks!

@EctoOne said in [Solved] Map SPACE to be useable in dialog menus?:

@sleve_mcdichael I don't know what happened, but now they do work as intended.

(...)

Wel, guess that's solved.

Hey, it happens to the best of us.

@ln_rc said in Daphne - Removing Fullscreen Parameters to Avoid Errors:

@DirtBagXon @johnodon Thank you for the information! I added back the full screen, it definity the $params and not the -fullscreen. This is the commands file that I used based on a tutorial on this webpage:

-nocrc -noissues -noserversend -latency 950 -x 640 -y 480 -bank 1 00110111 -bank 0 10011000

Is there a better version of a general .commands file to use?

I'll take a look at the hypseus emulator as well. The Daphne emulator has been working pretty well for me, but it doesn't hurt to see all the options.

There isn't really a one size fits all .commands file, as these files are game specific. i.e. each game has a different version in its own folder:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Daphne/#command-parametres

Alter arguments and get it to do what you want it to do. If you are including -bank switches then you need to start reading, and understanding, the arcade dip switch setting configurations. These are at the more complex end of config.

Dip switches are documented on the excellent DLP site: http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/tech/
General options for Daphne are documented here: http://www.daphne-emu.com/mediawiki/index.php/CmdLine
Hypseus has a few more: https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus-singe#extended-arguments-and-keys

Feeling overwhelmed :) Daphne is notoriously tricky to configure, so just spend some time with it.

Remember, you don't have to include any options. Defaults (empty .commands file) work fine most of the time.

If you did remove $params as the last argument from the daphne.sh script, you should add it back and fix the commands files. This option allows you to customise all games individually.

Note: These same arguments in $params (i.e. <game>.commands files) are also used by the hypseus.sh script, so any issues you address in Daphne will be ported to Hypseus Singe automatically.

There are some options that are now deprecated in Hypseus, -nohwaccel being one. These don't work well in the port to SDL2, especially on the Pi.

 

The question I would ask myself in your place is if I'd rather do without or rewrite my scripts than trying to adapt many unfamiliar scripts that may break again with the next update.

Most everything in terms of desktop shell replacements died out around Windows 7's release.

@mitu Seems a bit odd to launch a shell script for the sole purpose of launching another shell script, but it works. Thank you

@mitu said in SFTP ASCII Transfers Between RetroPie and Windows not working as expected:

I recommend using Notepad++ and choosing Unix newlines as default line endings.

Will use Notepad++ from now on. Resolved that head-ache for me. Thanks.

@cyperghost Hey, thanks! I'll take a look at them ;)

@nemecyys said in runcommand-onstart.sh pass data to python script:

Because im running this python script every time i run onstart.sh or onend.sh does that mean there will be LOTS of instances of it running?

On normal typical usage, no. The runcommand script calls the onstart one and waits it finish. The way you're invoking your python script in onstart also makes it wait the python script to finish.

Then, from what I'm seeing from the codes, I believe that there won't be lots of instances running.

With a Bash Script:
Would this also be the case?
Would i want to exit the bash after running and achieving the desired result?

There's no need.

*also, any links to some of meleu's coding goodness?

You can find links to some of my scripts on the "useful topics" post (link on my signature). You can find many other useful info there. ;-)

Oh, as @cyperghost said, we usually use this thread to talk about shell scripting.

By the way, you asked above and I'm not sure if you got an answer: the /dev/shm/runcommand.log file is deleted after a shutdown/reboot.

@darksavior Okay then.

Well, here it is! A new version of RetroPie Shell Script Boilerplate.

This is a template for building shell scripts for RetroPie.

I've added examples of the following dialog boxes:

--infobox --yesno --msgbox --menu

All the dialogs can be found at utils/dialogs.sh

I've also moved some functions to utils/base.sh.