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Feature request: List of supported systems in GUI #1212

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elosha opened this issue Nov 21, 2023 · 2 comments
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Feature request: List of supported systems in GUI #1212

elosha opened this issue Nov 21, 2023 · 2 comments

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@elosha
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elosha commented Nov 21, 2023

Clock Signal can emulate so many different devices, plus that selection really is widespread across computing history. When I launch it, it just requests a image or binary but without any comment. In that moment I'm always confused what I could choose from.

Therefore it would be cool if there was a list of all supported systems which the particular build can emulate, somewhere in its GUI. Possible locations that came to my mind , ordered by difficulty:

  1. A filetype dropdown in Open dialog, containing all systems and their supported filetypes (basically the applied filter, made visible)
  2. Mentioned in About box
  3. Output by a dedicated dialog box inside Help menu
  4. In form of documentation available as Help file

A web link to the project people can find releases and docs would also be helpful.

Thanks for reading and for CLK! 😃

Update: I just found out the File>New dialog is different and lists the systems. It would still be helpful if the list would be visible from Open dialog that appears on launch. 😄

@TomHarte
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Furthermore, File -> New... doesn't list all emulated systems since e.g. it doesn't make much sense to create one of the consoles — the Atari 2600, Master System or ColecoVision — without media. So possibly a rethink is justified.

@elosha
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elosha commented Nov 24, 2023

@TomHarte This absolutely makes sence. But I guess one might still expect the machine to appear in that list. (Maybe just trigger popup of the Open dialog then?)

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