docs/vj_ReleaseNotes.txt

   1 Release 4 (TBD)
   2 ---------------
   3 0) The zoom value setting has been fixed in the registry
   4 1) Debugger mode now shares the same alpine rom path setting
   5 2) Local browser window displays register name used for local variables
   6 3) Switch to Zlib 1.2.11 library 64bits for VS 2017
   7
   8 Release 3 (13th November 2017)
   9 ------------------------------
  10 0) Fixed the windows respawning in the next emulator launch within --alpine or --debugger options
  11 1) Added an Exception Vector Table browser window
  12 2) Modified the About window to update the credits list in a more appropriate way
  13 -- Updated the emulator application credits line
  14 3) Added 'Rx' word to the emulator name
  15 4) Fixed a crash when reading the DWARF information in the case of the DWARF2 format has not been used
  16 5) Added ui, alpine & debugger groups in the settings
  17 6) Added the possibility to erase settings
  18 7) Added the --es-all, --es-ui, --es-alpine & --es-debugger options to erase specific settings
  19 8) Added a keybindings tab and adapted the configuration dialog tabs
  20 -- User can modify the keybindings where appropriate
  21 -- Keybindings UI is displayed based on the option used (--debugger, -- alpine)
  22 9) Fixed a crash, in Release mode, when the HW labels setting is turn on
  23 10) Solved an interference between the HW labels setting and the one used by the debugger
  24 -- The setting is now only the reference used
  25 11) Fixed the SP (Stack) window UI potential missing data
  26 12) Create a directory for EEPROMs (based on the EEPROMs setting) if it doesn't already exist
  27 13) Keep the scrollbar position in accordance of the M68K PC pointer
  28 -- UI displays the source without the need to move down/up the scrollbar
  29 14) Fixed a crash when DWARF information report a source line number exceeding the number of lines present in a source file
  30 -- This may come from the linker vlink
  31 15) Improved the .heap section detection to avoid a detection error
  32 -- Depend vlink version, .heap section may have an Alloc flag
  33 16) Fixed a crash when DWARF information does references to missing source code files
  34 17) Added a Local browser window for local variables
  35 18) Project has switched to Visual Studio 2017 and QT 5.9.1 library
  36
  37 Release 2 (3rd September 2017)
  38 ------------------------------
  39 0) Added some error detections when reading the ELF executable file
  40 1) Added all hardware labels (based on the document scans from the Version 2.4 - June 7, 1995)
  41 2) "Step Over" code function for BSR/JSR functions
  42 3) Added the .debug_ranges detection to avoid a detection error
  43 4) DWARF support
  44 -- TAG: Compilation Unit, Subprogram, Variables, Types
  45 -- Line numbers, symbols, functions
  46 5) Added an All Watch browser window for non-local variables
  47 6) Added a heap allocator browser window based on my own memory allocation functions
  48 7) Added additional 4 memory browser windows with address input based on hexa, decimal or symbol name
  49 8) Windows refreshing executed only if windows is visible
  50 9) Added a restart function
  51 -- Restart only the 68000 program counter to his original set
  52 10) Modified the icons color backgound for the "Step In" and "Step Over" functions
  53 11) Updated the About window to update the credits list
  54 12) 64 bits Release executable
  55 13) Fixed (hacking) the display of the SP (Stack) memory browser
  56 14) Set the emulator in Halt mode when launched in alpine debug mode without a loaded rom
  57 -- Otherwise the 68000 program counter will have a 0 value and will execute the code at this address
  58 15) Added some information in the --help/-h/-? option
  59 16) --debugger option no longer force the log file
  60 17) Added a --dram-max option to extend the DRAM size to 8MB
  61 18) Added the "enter" key support when setting the BPM (Breapoint)
  62 19) Save the windows positions, size and visibilities (show or hide) status
  63 -- Such windows will automatically respawn in the next emulator launch
  64
  65 Release 1 (12th February 2017)
  66 ------------------------------
  67 0) BPM (Breapoint) now stop at the designated address and no longer stop after executing the code
  68 1) Clean-up the tracing / no-tracing flags for better U.I understanding
  69 2) Added SP (Stack) memory browser
  70 3) User can change now the number of lines of disassembly displayed in the tracing window
  71 4) User can turn on/off the op-codes associated in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window
  72 5) Added an emulator status window (GPU status, M68K debugger & tracking status)
  73 6) Added a GPU disassembly tracing window - Display the current PC pointer
  74 7) Added a DSP disassembly tracing window - Display the current PC pointer
  75 8) Added possibility to change refresh rate of browser windows when emulation is launched
  76 9) Display partial hardware labels (Internal Memory & Graphics sub-system address space) in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window
  77 -- Display first the hardware labels (based from the Jag V8 dev. PDF) and then the ones possibly found in the ELF debug symbol
  78 10) Minor U.I cosmetic changes
  79 11) User can turn on/off the hardware labels associated in the disassembly lines displayed in the M68K tracing window
  80 -- It doesn't apply to the hardware labels possibly found in the ELF debug symbol
  81
  82 Release 0 (5th January 2017)
  83 ----------------------------
  84 0) New option --debugger
  85 1) ELF format support
  86 2) ELF debug symbol support
  87 3) "Step Into" code function
  88 4) Menus layout dedicated to the debugger
  89 5) Added a dedicated main window for tracing (M68K)
  90 6) Added a Debugger tab in the config tab
  91 7) Visual Studio 2015 project support
  92 8) libelf-0.8.13 library support
  93 9) 64 bits debug executable only
  94
  95
  96 Known issues
  97 ============
  98 1) Video output is not displayed due to my OpenGL / QT5 5.5.1 integration with VS 2015 but solved when using the QT 5.9.1 package for VS 2017
  99 2) The BPM (Breapoint) remains stuck on his address when user wants to continue the code execution
 100 -- Need to trace over the BPM or unset the BPM
 101 3) To handle DWARF 2 issues with GCC, the code must be compiled with the -gdwarf-2 option
 102 4) The Local & Watch variables list may display not available (N/A) type information
 103 -- Such missing information may be included in future release
 104 5) The 2MB mirroring is no longer applied in case of --dram-max option usage
 105 6) Stack must reflect the --dram-max option usage otherwise the stack may be corrupted
 106 -- The application needs to set the SP (Stack) in accordance
 107 7) The Exception Vector Table broswer window displays only 65 vectors
 108 -- Missing vectors may be added in future release
 109 8) User needs to manualy check if the Atari Jaguar executable match his source code files
 110 -- Otherwise, source code and assembly may not match or leads to instabilities
 111 9) Application needs to be restarted in case of keybindings changes
 112
 113 Cosmetic / UX issues
 114 ====================
 115 1) The SP (Stack) icon color backgound doesn't look similar with the other ones
 116 2) The emulator status option has no icon
 117 3) The SP (Stack) window size always open at a forced size no matter if the size has been changed
 118 4) Not every features have associated keybindings
 119
 120 Legacy issues/hints
 121 ===================
 122 1) Emulator seems to have easter egg(s)
 123 -- The option --yarrr displays a single message and end the application
 124 -- Pressing F8, while in the main window, will create an extra message in the log file
 125 2) The --alpine option force the log file but it can be override if --no-log option is set after the --alpine option
 126
 127 Project information
 128 ===================
 129 1) Code based on the Shamus Hammons source code available via Gethub by the 12th September 2017 (2.1.3 Final)
 130 2) Visual Studio 2015/2017 project support for 64 bits
 131 3) libelf 0.8.13 library 64bits for VS 2015/2017
 132 4) libdwarf 1.41 library 64bits for VS 2015, cygwin64 & Msys2/MinGW64
 133 5) QT 5.5.1 library 64bits for VS 2015
 134 6) QT 5.9.1 library 64bits for VS 2017
 135 7) Zlib 1.2.8 library 64bits for VS 2015
 136 7) Zlib 1.2.11 library 64bits for VS 2017
 137 8) SDL 1.2.15 library 64bits for VS 2015
 138 9) The original make files have been modified to follow the requirements and modifications
 139 10) The 'Rx' word has been added to the emulator name to make distinction with the official version
 140 11) The project source is set at https://github.com/djipi/Virtual-Jaguar-Rx
 141 12) GPLv3 file document has been renamed as LICENSE, to fit better the GitHub requirements
 142 -- Text / License terms are the same
 143
 144
 145 Download statistics
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 147 jaguar64eu : 15 downloads for the Release 0 on the 12th Feb, 2017
 148 jaguar64eu : 18 downloads for the Release 1 on the 21st May, 2017
 149 No downloads statistics available for the Release 2
 150 No downloads statistics available for the Release 3